Jim Debarros
Visiting Instructor
A lifetime Brooklyn resident, I studied Illustration and Graphic Design at Pratt Institute.
Upon finishing school I worked for 10 years in the music industry designing CD packaging and related materials for Island Records, Sony Music and Elektra Entertainment. Projects included recording artists Brandford Marsalis, Pantera, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Better Than Ezra, Mercury Rev and many others.
After working as Sr. Art Director at Elektra Entertainment, I moved to RDA Int'l to try advertising. The boutique agency specialized in professional electronics brands like Korg and Sony as well as video game developers, Acclaim Entertainment and Infogrames.
In June of 2000 I began working at MTV starting with the annual Video Music Awards promotional campaign for that year. Since then I have served as VP of Off Air Creative and overseen other event projects like Movie Awards, series campaigns for Hard Times, SKINS, The Buried Life and the launch of sister channels, MTV2, mtvU, and MTV Tr3s.
Personal interests include watercolor painting, Japanese culture and comic books. I've won awards from Communication Artsand Print.
