Christopher Rubin De La Borbolla Email & Phone Number

Saint Louis, Mo

Currently serving as a co-founder of a company offering digital solutions focused on multi-modal, multi-device + multi-disciplinary environments. Services include visual design (e.g. branding, graphics, responsiveness), development (e.g. programming/code authoring, CMS, QA), UI/UX (e.g. personas, sitemaps, content audits, wireframing, use cases/user journeys, design patterns, interface + interaction design, information architecture), digital strategy (e.g. digital ecologies, technology architectures, software/services) + social media campaign strategy (e.g. channel selection, maintenance, measurement/metrics/analytics, timelines, reporting).Duties include web + new media design/development, marketing, project management, new product development, prototyping + technical implementation, business development, account liaison, research + development.

Saint Louis, Mo

Helped launch a new experimental brick-and-mortar retail concept which is a design-driven blend of high/low culture, mixed-price points + pop/avant garde across a spectrum of offerings including menswear, womenswear, gifts, accessories, collectibles + other delectable sundries. Aside from the retail venture, also involved with numerous collaborative efforts with emerging + existing artists/designers/vendors/facilitators to bring new products/ideas to market.Primary duties include branding, creative direction, marketing + communications strategy (for print, digital, social), curation/buying + trend hunting. Responsibilities include inventory management, technology (internet-connected devices/ecosystem, point of sale systems, e-commerce, operations/processes, integration of 3rd-party services, research + development), maintenance/deployment of brand standards, visual merchandising, management of interns + employees, purchasing/invoicing, vendor relations, reporting + analytics, administration of culture.

Saint Louis, Mo

Numerous digital media responsibilities including website design/development, research & development of emerging technologies, social media, events, client pitches, maintenance/support, technology services + related. Also serve as ongoing consultant/partner and developer for Saint Louis Fashion Week initiative.

Saint Louis, Mo

Co-teaching as well as independently teaching several graduate (School of Communications) + undergraduate courses (Interactive Digital Media, Department Electronic + Photographic Media) concerning the following topics: design processes + creating high-level documentation, programming, information architecture, usability, user interface/experience, social media + marketing (location-based services, blogging, microblogging, the backchannel, facebook), internet security + emerging technologies.Also assisting in the development of numerous new courses + seminars that involve social media (marketing, design + development), analytics + metrics, infographics, interface design (gestural, 2.0, AJAX), web technologies + emerging web services/API’s.

Saint Louis, Mo

Assisting in the development + piloting of visual design coursework for the Fashion Merchandising department. Topics include various Adobe Illustrator + Photoshop skill sets including the fundamentals of 2D graphic image creation, digital image manipulation, current techniques/trends for digital fashion design + illustration as well as gaining a familiarity with tools, panels, menus + the creative capabilities of the software.

Saint Louis, Mo

Director of marketing + communications (print, digital, social) in addition to Senior Buyer.Responsibilities include inventory management, point of sale systems, e-commerce, technical operations, maintenance + deployment of branding standards, visual merchandising, management of interns + employees, purchasing/invoicing, trendhunting, vendor relations, purchasing, reporting, analytics, ministry of culture.

Saint Louis, Mo

Responsibilities included the general management and directing of all web and new media projects/new media staff for the company with a strong focus on interactive visual technologies requiring an extensive knowledge of both design and programming. Projects included but were not limited to static + dynamic HTML, Flash, hybridized websites, applications, rich media experiences, etc. Executive responsibilities included project management, team + resource planning/tracking, design documentation, proposals/pitches, business development, strategy, research + development.Also played a pioneering role in developing customized projects for clients that united both print + web media thus creating a comprehensive branding and marketing package. From this, the company coined the term "cross-discipline studies".The position required high levels of proficiency in web development and spanned the gamut from hand-coding HTML/CSS to dynamic data-interaction with Flash. Strong proficiency in AS 2.0 with knowledge of AS 3.0 + Flex 2.0. Utilized AS + OOP to help make design and interactive tasks faster + more concise.

Philosophy

Art, Statistical Mathematics, Philosophy

Ba/Ba, Applied Mathematics, Art Theory And Practice