Eddie Chai Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Built a creative and production team from scratch, starting with 2 in-house staff, currently up to 10+ world-class professionals. With a bullpen of 30+ vetted external contractors and vendors.- Managed online, broadcast, trade show, print, and multi-platform (local and global) campaigns for clients such as City of Hope, Cancer Treatment Center of America, Banfield Pet Hospital, Honda,Sony Xperia, Caesars Entertainment, Adobe, Monster Energy, OGN E-Sports, CJ Media, TOHO International, and more.- Expert in understanding and collaborating with various department heads and stakeholders throughout multiple industries.- Fostered a creative climate between creative departments consisting of art directors, designers, animators, editors, copywriters, and other functional areas.- Displayed ingenuity with project owners and stakeholders to ensure clear creative vision and alignment on products.- Revitalized fundraising campaign efforts for non-profit healthcare organizations, resulting in a total funding of over $120MM over a 7-year period.- Championed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.- Created and monitored promotional approaches to increase sales and profit levels.- Expert at maintaining relations with corporate, healthcare, e-sports, entertainment, and educational clients; with a 85% client retention rate since team inception.- Controlled cost and saved over $100k annually through expert maintenance of relations with vendors, securing favorable rates with several studios and photographers/videographers.- Led recruitment and development of strategic alliances to maximize utilization of existing talent and capabilities.- Inspired confidence and developed strong partnerships with other businesses for collaboration and growth opportunities.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Secured and maintained 10 new accounts during tenure- Managed multi-platform regional campaigns for brands such as City of Hope, Hakkasan Las Vegas, Paul Oakenfold, Arianny Celeste, Uriah Faber.- Managed a team of designers, animators, editors, and cinematography professionals.- Mentored and trained junior designers to help enhance skills and capabilities.- Designed and implemented cost-effective creative strategies to improve ROI.- Managed campaigns with specific focuses in order to meet customer needs and creative visions.- Evaluated and contributed constructive ideas to the creative team and translated them into actionable project plans.

Encino, Ca

- Developed functional design deliverables that elevated and differentiated clients' branding and marketing strategy.- Collaborated with art directors to create marketing ad banners for major motion pictures studios, premium television networks, and major streaming platforms.- Designed and animated rich media ad for the movie industry- Created ad and digital experiences for Disney, Marvel, Warner Brothers, HBO, Netflix, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, Mattel, DreamWorks, and more.- Guaranteed designs adhere to company brand standards and guidelines for major motion studios.Handled daily high-volume rich media design productions.- Collaborated with key designers to develop production and graphic materials for motion picture key-art usage.- Led newly-established motion graphics department with art directors and enabled collaboration.- Researched new design technology and tools to bolster professional skill sets and quality deliverables.- Developed design deliverables that elevated, differentiated, and functioned on-brand and on-strategy.

Venice, Ca

- Created vivid, and detailed animation storyboards for sports broadcast productions; utilized for the NBA, NFL, MLB, MLS.- Designed storyboards and animations for major broadcast outlets such as FOX, FSN, NBC, SPEED CHANNEL, YES NETWORK.- Combined technical and artistic abilities to accomplish challenging animation objectives.- Collaborated with art directors, designers, and animators, both in-house, and external vendors.- Created sequences under tight deadlines and seamlessly integrated them with other components.- Provided accurate project time frames and deadlines for every aspect of animation creation.Clients: FOX, FSN, NBC, SPEED, YES NETWORK, and more

Artesia, Ca

Developed branding and marketing campaigns from the ground up.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Freelance web and print designer / animator