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That’s where Telesco works. He left his job as creativre director at Stand Advertising to dedicate time to MikeTelescoi Design, and it’s hardly a Mickey Mousew operation. Telesco, 35, opened his company March 1, 2008. A year this past March 20, his work was recognized at the Advertising Clubof Buffalo’s annual Addy which honors the area’s top creative work. As his house features a new set of nine to be They are Addys he took home for work createsfor , and Only The (22 awards) and (17) won more this past He said he left Stand Advertising to be able to work directluy with clients and that he had builft strong relationships through his freelancer work.
“It was time for me to go out onmy own, but I thinj I did it intelligently,” he said of leavinhg to start his own company. Ericka is an analyst at . To play it safe, they savee money leading up to the job just in case thework wasn’t steady or if emergenc y cash was needed. His second-flood office, a converted bedroom at the fronty ofthe house, is whers he developed Time Warner TV the ones featuring local landmarks visited by characters who appeafr to be cut from comic book Besides clients in New York City and Fla., he also has done work for and radilo spots for Inc.
He hasn’t had to market himself, he and the steady workload keeps him morethan “People have heard I’ve been on my own and have Telesco said. He wouldn’t disclose sales but in his first year running his new he said he billed more thanhe projected. The 15 TV spot s he worked on within that first he said, were “probably the most I’ve worked on in one year in my His dream of working as a Disneh animator was squelched at when he realized other artistxs were better animators. “So instead, I decided I’d be a guy who hires animators,” he said with a He’s done that and as he’s taught and lectured on design.
Above all, he considerws himself a businessperson first, then a marketing exec and an extensionn ofa company’s marketing department. He also consider s himself lucky to be able to be home whenhis 9-year-oldf son and 7-year-old daughter come home from To minimize distractions, Telesco usually keepws the TV off. But today is different. It’s a perfecf spring day, and the baseball season is underr way. The TV is on, tuned to YES Telesco’s favorite team, the , is about to play the firstg game in thenew stadium. The game and the momenty in history arebeing DVR’d. When his son comez home, they’ll watch it together.