Max Amato is a designer, art director, artist, illustrator, and children's book author based out of New York City. He is currently working as an independent design director and is open for project inquiries. Previously he worked full time with the amazing people at Character, Doubleday & Cartwright and Sidlee, and has freelanced with a variety of other studios and agencies. He was recently named a winner of Young Guns 21, an international portfolio competition from The One Club for Creativity.