Co-owner Nick Fader graduated from Vesper George School of Art and attended Massachusetts College of Art where he studied photography and photojournalism. In 1973 Nick Founded the nationally recognized design firm of Fader Jones + Zarkades (FJ+Z ). FJ+Z, which quickly grew into a thirty-person design firm, worked on national and international brands such as Polaroid, Gillette, Ocean Spray and Revlon. Nick served as President of FJ+Z for 17 years.

In 1990 Nick went on to form Marketing By Design (MBD), during this time the “digital revolution” was taking place. Recognizing graphic art and design would be produced on computers MBD invested heavily in technology becoming a recognized leader in the field of digital art production and workflow.

In 1995 Workflow By Design (WBD) was established to assist clients in implementing digital workflows for their graphics. A database management system for corporate design departments, an on-line approval system and a Internet based Digital Asset Management system were all developed by WBD.

In October 2003 Nick sold all his interest in MBD and WBD to the Intouch Group PLC, the largest independent prepress house in Europe and started Ditto Editions.

 

Co-owner Susan Fader attended Rhode Island School of Design and graduated from Philadelphia College of Art with a bachelor of Fine Art degree. Upon graduation, Susan headed the advertising department of a large retail chain before opening her own agency, Design Studio Two in 1980.

Based in the Philadelphia market, her design firm specialized in consumer product design for accounts such as Campbell Soup Company, Whitman Chocolates and others. In 1989 Susan sold her interest in her agency and went into the promotions industry where she sold products and services to large pharmaceutical companies becoming one of the top performers in the $20 million agency that employed her.

Susan has kept her interest in Fine Art working in Chinese watercolor, traditional western fine art, decorative furniture painting, and wall murals, In 1999 Susan established Cushion /Art, fine art for your furniture. Susan has won many awards for her work which was also included in Art in Bloom at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Most recently, Susan was selected for a 30 minute segment about her work by cable television station, HGTV.

In addition to co-owning Ditto Editions with her husband, Susan manages myartmarketingcoach.com, a division of Ditto Editions. She also serves on the board of LynnArts (lynnarrts.org) and is a Vice President of the Creative Economy of the The North Shore (CEANS.org).

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