JAN 2024 — OCT 2024
Creative Director
CREATIVE PRODUCTIONS, INTEGRATED MARKETING AGENCY
Long Beach, CA. (Remote)
Led a skilled, integrated team in developing 360° marketing initiatives for clients in the luxury sector. Focused on brand positioning, awareness, visual storytelling, stylized key art development, photo shoot art direction, and asset creation/management. Delivered cohesive and impactful marketing strategies and collateral across digital, print, video, and social platforms.
DEC 2023 — JUN 2024
Sr. Creative Consultant
ALCHEMEE, LLC., FORMERLY "THE PROACTIV COMPANY"
Remote, Hawthorne, NY (Remote)
MAR 2021 — SEP 2023
Sr. Digital Designer of Brand Marketing
ALCHEMEE, LLC., FORMERLY "THE PROACTIV COMPANY"
Santa Monica, CA (Hybrid)
Senior Digital Designer and Senior Creative Consultant of Brand Marketing focused primarily on re-envisioning/re-branding Proactiv’s acne and skincare brand in order to improve customer experience and achieve increased global sales of over $125M.
Developed high-quality creative and marketing collateral tailored for both direct-to-consumer (D2C) and business-to-business (B2B) channels. Implemented strategies using best in class design principals across affiliate marketing, paid and organic digital channels, website UI/UX enhancements, email layouts, SMS, broadcast advertisements, and various social media platforms (e.g., Meta, Instagram and YouTube). Additionally, created visual merchandising mechanicals including planogram, gondola, and store shelf designs for prominent brick-and-mortar retailers like Ulta, Target, and CVS leveraging A/B testing insights to effectively engage new and existing customer bases.
Drove international branding efforts by aligning creative outputs with headquarters in the US. Spearheaded projects such as developing downloadable Global Asset Menus (GAM), designing retail counter units, updating web designs, directing stylized product and model photoshoots, overseeing external image retouching, and managing assets for both the US and Canadian market. Led the creation of new product logos and packaging designs adopted for team Japan (e.g., Proactiv Sun, Proactiv Solution, Proactiv Plus) tailored for online and retail spaces, including Costco. Most recently, contributed to logo design and digital mock-ups for the EU/UK launch of the latest product line, Proactiv Gentle.
Prior Full Time Experience
Graphic Communications Manager in charge of advertising, promotions and marketing collateral including company branding, identity, visual style guides, web design, UI, UX, mobile site, Power Point presentations, infographics, printed brochures, sponsored signage, flyers, detailed construction site maps, photography and RFP templates. Responsible for project management, ensuring creative department goals are met, design approvals, brand consistency and production deadlines.
Design Consultant for Metrolink (SCRRA) and related projects focusing on rebranding and subsequent marketing collateral including campaign key art for the nation’s 3rd largest commuter rail system; Consulted on lifestyle photo shoot shot lists; Designed social digitals and promotional marketing materials including OOH station posters and billboards; Animated rich media banner ads; Pitched interim branding concepts; Developed live-site project management process resulting in timely deliverables; Implemented asset management protocols; Arranged interdepartmental routing forms improving accountability; Created dynamic presentation templates for CEO and internal team members; Collaborated alongside external agency partners; Worked cross-departmentally to ensure brand consistency.
Worked on internal program logos, infographics, visual style guides, rich media ads, government pamphlets, Power Point presentation templates with instructional "How to..." guides, train timetables booklets, monthly newsletters, station posters, TVM (Ticket Vending Machines), social media ads, email layouts, community notices, printed maps, fact sheets, and award certificates - www.metrolinktrains.com.
JUL 2018 — SEP 2018
Senior Graphic Designer
Long Beach, CA / Malvern, PA
Senior Designer assigned to several client projects including the design and creation of infographics, digital banners (social media & Pandora), print ads (English & Spanish), eBooks, flyers, SEO banners, lawn signs, direct mail, emails, print collateral, etc... including robust website and graphic/logo translations and interpretation for fluid team work flow. -www.streamcompanies.com & www.streamautomotiveadvertising.com.
FEB 2011 — JUN 2018
Senior Design Director
MARKETING AGENCY
Long Beach, CA
Senior Design Director for agency and client marketing collateral working directly with clients and or agency leadership and design teams; Provided creative vision and concept designs for $200k client contract while maintaining corporate brand standards; Created presentation materials for pitches and RFPs ensuring the agency remained competitive; Maximized ROI by building client relationships; Translated client white paper documents into clear and effective infographics; Award winning design and art direction for websites, mobile apps, video storyboarding, social media and printed collateral; Mentorship; Photo retouching / compositing; Web UI and UX wire framing; Designed winning logo for SBCTA’s Redlands Passenger Rail (Arrow) - www.creativeproductions.com.
SEP 2008 — FEB 2009
Senior Designer/Tech Liaison
DISNEY INTERACTIVE MEDIA GROUP
North Hollywood, CA
Senior Designer for Disney Family working within the Art Department on digital assets for DisneyFamily.com, WonderTime.com, FamilyFun.com, and various other Disney sub-sites focused on community, travel, parenting, and more… Responsibilities included creating site templates, animated ad banners, sweepstakes and promotional digitals, landing pages, printed travel brochures, app widget prototypes for pitches (ex. Gap Kids), tent-poles, and team calendar work. Asked to represent the Art Department as the “Tech Liaison” ensuring all deliverables were set to proper specs for programming and IT department. Worked closely with Senior Lead Designer on “Pregnancy Today” and “Babies Today,” iParenting sites that became part of the Disney Family brand. Project included re-brand and identity, logo clean-up, mood boards, site UI, UX, and visual style guide creation.
Email design, ad banners, landing pages, and digital marketing creative for Disney Consumer Products and www.DisneyShopping.com including the Holiday Gift Shop and DVD Collections for the Walt Disney Collector's Society.
2004 — 2006
Creative Director
SETRAM MUSIC
Los Angeles, CA
LOVE THE KIDS, NON-PROFIT
Los Angeles, CA
Assisted in founding “Setram Music,” an independent music recording studio for local artists in the Los Angeles area. Established brand identity, logo design, merchandise, client artwork design, promotional print collateral and website UI & UX. Co-founded "Love the Kids," a non-profit music organization through Setram Music that partnered with “Beyond the Bell” to helped inner-city kids learn the inner-workings of music writing, recording, performing, producing, cataloging, and packaging an album from concept to completion. Proceeds from album, concert and t-shirt sales went back to "Beyond the Bell" and the after school programs.
Graphic Artist focusing on digital media for various Viacom entities including Entertainment Tonight Online, Star Trek, Paramount.com and various television show and movie mini-sites such as Tomb Raider, Frasier, Resurrection Blvd., Survivor, The Academy Awards, and The Godfather Anniversary DVD Collection. Responsibilities included working on web designs, animated ad banners, social contest and sweepstakes digitals, web templates, web skins, icons, interactive media, 360˚ virtual reality spins, prototyping interactive CDs for pitch processes with UI & UX, and vector illustrations for Star Trek: The Original Series. Worked along side Creative Director and Art Director on design and production for a Star trek themed DSL service portal, www.Startrek.net, powered by Earthlink which included outer space timelines, desktop wallpapers, tech and space weather icons, the “Gorn Quarterly” newsletter, customized navigation bars, and photo galleries.
Designed digital and print collateral for in-house marketing department of a post production sound effects company specializing in feature films. Vocal scream for "Urban Legend," the movie.
Freelance + Contract Work Experience
Photography, styling, photo retouching and fine art portrait composites using advanced Photoshop techniques (including overlays, masks, blend modes, brush work, dodging & burning). Includes skin retouching and using PortraitPro Studio Max, Adobe Camera Raw & Adobe Photoshop.
Identity, branding and logo design for Element Consulting, Inc. As well as marketing collateral, such as trifold brochures, bi-folds, folders, business cards, proposals, photography and website design/programming: www.ElementConsultingInc.com
Freelance & remote design in identity, branding, power point presentation decks, image compositing and marketing collateral for Right Now Technologies, (now Oracle RightNow).
Identity, branding and logo design for Parent Revolution, non-profit organization. As well as marketing collateral, such as t-shirts, celebratory balloons, folders, post-cards, business cards, etc...
Worked as a Production Artist on www.SimpsonsMovie.com (People's Voice / Webby Award Winner, 2008).
Created site landings in several different languages in order to gain more international exposure. Created vector graphics of character renderings and character items/accessories for interactive avatar gaming experience.
Website design for interior design company featuring residential, commercial and exhibition projects. Worked closely with a Flash programmer to create an interactive site experience.
Intern at Buzz Magazine. Layout design and proofing.