Derek Higaki Email & Phone Number

United States

Columbus, Ohio

As Civitas’ creative & strategy lead, I'm relentless in my mission to help our clients be bold, disruptive and effective with their brand marketing experiences.It's my obligation to our team and clients to own the agency’s creative and strategic vision and communicate it clearly to internal and external stakeholders. I define the creative strategy, oversee.

Columbus, Ohio

As one of the leaders on the Creative team across our group's portfolio of clients, it was my responsibility to guide team members through their projects and to mentor them when they encountered difficulties or conflicts.I developed Creative for new business opportunities that helped to grow scopes for our existing clients as well as assisted in the.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

As Art Director, I led design teams in project work and managed junior associates according to the guidelines provided by our human resources team. I was the client-facing representative during all design-centered conversations and a creative steward throughout lengthy and on-going projects. I was tasked with the oversight of design tasks and was.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Working in the digital marketing industry, I experienced the social advertising revolution that diversified and multiplied the capabilities that brands demanded of their digital agencies. Our company experienced the growth in demand for social content in the form of video and static image creation for our brand's owned-properties. My personal roles and.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

As a User Experience Designer, I worked directly with Creative Directors to parter with internal information architecture specialists and digital brand strategists to interpret client needs and deliver best-in-class digital marketing solutions for national brands. Deliverables included wireframes, website page layouts, promotional visual design units..

Columbus, Ohio, United States

As a Junior Designer, I worked alongside User Experience Designers, Copywriters and Art Directors to assist in the production and maintenance of digital brand properties including website, digital paid media, email campaigns. I focused on immersing myself in a Creative environment and learning all I could during the start of my career. I was fortunate to.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

In my experience as a graphic design intern, I supported the design team with the completion of assigned production and graphic design tasks. I worked alongside user experience designers, copywriters and art directors to develop digital brand assets that included email campaigns, banner ad concepts and their development, website assets and other graphic.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Responsible for the design and development of print and digital materials that support the College of the Arts and Sciences and its various departments. Responsibilities include project coordination, graphic design, copywriting and print production.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Completed design tasks as part of the Ohio State Athletics Creative Team. Working with stakeholders for all collegiate sports including Football, Men's and Women's Basketball as well as all Olympic Sports.

Bachelors Of Science, Visual Communication Design

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