Chris O'Keefe Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Canada Area

'Children Ruin Everything' S4 (Series; 2024, New Metric Media)1st Assistant Art Director'My Dead Mom' (Web Series; 2023, Bell Media)Art Director'A Nice Indian Boy' (Feature; 2023, Wayfarer)Title Cards, Main on End Credits'Don't Feed the Children' (Feature; 2023, Independent)Graphics'Children Ruin Everything' S3 (Series; 2023, CTV)1st Assistant Art Director'World's Best' (Feature; 2022, Disney+)Graffiti Artist and Main Titles Designer / 1st Asst. Art Dir. - Daily'Children Ruin Everything' S2 (Series; 2022, CTV)1st Assistant Art Director'Code 8: Part II' (Feature; 2021, Netflix)1st Assistant Art Director'Women Talking' (Feature; 2021, MGM)TAAD'Children Ruin Everything' S1 (Series; 2021, CTV)TAAD'Sneakerella' (Feature; 2020, Disney+)Props, Key Illustrations, Concepts, Costumes, Set Dec.'Sort Of' S1 (Series; 2020, CBC/HBO)TAAD/2nd Asst. Art Dir.

Toronto, Canada Area

Selected Clients:• Infinity Ward/Activision (COD:MW 2019), Sony Pictures Animation, Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Electronic Arts (EA), Elections Ontario, Français du Monde, Artemide Canada, University of OttawaServices:• Conceptual design and final digital illustrations for film and video games; logo creation; digital typography and layout; copywriting and editing services; advertisement designSuccesses:• 100+ Sprays/Emblems for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) • Background graffiti elements for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation)• Front-end UI development, interface design, background graffiti, character illustrations, and creation of digital elements for use in web-based and print promotion for Need for Speed Nitro (EA)• Background graffiti elements for Battlefield: Hardline (EA)• Art development for the TTCshop.ca online store, including design of graphics for backpacks and t-shirts, with designs being featured in the 2019 TTC print ad campaign• Advertisements published in Toronto Life Magazine, Toronto Life City Guide, Design Lines Toronto, The Globe and Mail, Plaisirs de Livre, Design Lines, and Avenue Magazine• Set element designs (logos, newspapers, labels, record albums, handbills) for 2013 film, Lucille’s Ball, director: Lulu Keating• Logo design for OMA Illuminate, Pocket Gems mobile games, Midge Flower Studio; Select Harvest Cannabis Co., Emerald Ninja Extracts & EdiblesLinks:chrisokayart.blogspot.cachrisokeefeblogspot.caetsy.ca/shop/ChrisOkayArtthreadless.com/@ChrisOkayArt

Toronto (Remote)

Visual Development work for the upcoming film, 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' and the associated Metro Boomin' lyric music videos: Calling, Annihilate,

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150 Bloor Street West

• Created, implemented and maintained databases for internal request management system, resulting in a centralized portal that provided better customer service to employees and meaningful analytics for goal measurement• Developed all outgoing department communication initiatives and training materials, liaising with multiple teams to ensure clear, effective and consistent messaging• Managed department intranet space, including daily content updates and creation of internal association-wide communication campaigns• Created and facilitated internal onboarding system for new hires and a series of ‘Welcome to the OMA’ communication memos, streamlining the onboarding process to ensure quicker integration for new staff• Monitored, tracked, and reviewed mass print communication initiatives, as Editor-at-Large in the OMA print shop, capturing errors and typos prior to production and saving time and money• Provided quality control and copy editing for external communication initiatives• Coordinated association-wide purchasing through multiple vendors, re-evaluating and re-visiting contracts on a yearly basis and performing RFPs as needed to ensure best pricing and practices were achieved• Created internal and external communication pieces for a varied audience base, exceeding the needs of the organization and increasing staff intranet engagement (e.g. training manuals, introductory guides, department updates, direct marketing initiatives, product launches, event recaps)

Bloor West Village

A Toronto retailer dedicated to becoming an educational and social hub for the local canine community; if you need dog stuff, all you gotta do is Fetch.Fetch: Your Dog Store is an upcoming brand new retail establishment that will strive to offer you the highest-quality dog toys and accessories, the most nutritionally-appropriate dog foods and consumables, as well as stylish and fun dog-related books, magazines and giftware for owners; and don't worry, being lovers of all animals, great and small, we will also stock similar products for cats and their owners. We here at Fetch: Your Dog Store will work to highlight sustainable choices for you and your pets, and make a concerted effort to stock more locally-produced and -manufactured items to promote the quality of Canadian-made goods and support the local economies. To this effect, Fetch: Your Dog Store will be dedicated to contributing positively to the communities as well as becoming an educational and social hub for all of the local canines and their owners.

Entailed managing a high-end retail pet goods store in one of Toronto's most densely dog-populated neighbourhoods. Consummate customer relations and an in-depth understanding of our products, our clients, and our industry were foundations of the business model. Annual gross sales peaked at $750,000 during my tenure as store manager. Other duties included interviewing and hiring prospective employees, employee training, ringing through sales, balancing sales totals and cash at end-of-day, banking duties, maintaining a customer database of 1000+ clients, preparing quarterly sales reports using CATAPULT, merchandising, window displays, selection/review of new products, communicating with head office, system troubleshooting, and general maintenance of the property. Implementation of novel sales techniques and best practices helped the business increase overall annual sales by close to 25% over the course of an 18-month period. Due to the higher-end nature of the customer base and the boutique nature of the franchise, exemplary customer service and product knowledge were paramount. Additionally, as this was an independently owned franchise, and therefore smaller in nature, I would typically be working alone in the store for a minimum of 25 hours each week, performing all cleaning and upkeep duties.

Providing support to the Director of the Business Cluster Policy Secretariat, and facilitating coordination for the team of five employees. Responsibilities included scheduling and organizing appointments, meetings and conferences; facilitating employee status changes and maintaining up-to-date contact information; typing letters, memoranda, emails and summary notes for distribution; proofreading and editing documents; sorting and distributing incoming correspondence, among other administrative duties. Well-honed organizational skills were a necessity in this position.

Contract work for the Montreal studios of the international video game developer and distributor, Electronic Arts (EA). Projects included creation of three fonts for use in their upcoming Need for Speed Nitro Nintendo Wii game, in-game background graffiti and character illustrations, as well as numerous vehicles' skin designs for this latest installment in their award-winning Need for Speed series. This contract also included user interface design and the creation of digital elements for use on web pages and at various functions to promote the game's release.

Freelance advertising design for a lighting company based in Toronto and Montreal. Published ads have appeared locally in Toronto Life Magazine, Toronto Life City Guide, Design Lines Toronto, and The Globe and Mail, as well as in Plaisirs de Livre and Design Lines in Montreal, and Avenue Magazine in Alberta.

Various data entry related to the ongoing Honours & Awards Volunteer Service Awards public recognition ceremonies. Duties included reviewing nomination forms, contacting nominators to ensure information completeness, data entry, proofreading of entries, preparation of materials to be mailed to recipients, guests and MPPs, assembly of items for distribution for the ceremonies and creation of files to RIMS standards.

Graphic Design

Ossd

Mostly hacky sack and skateboarding, plus a lot of drawing and writing.

Non-Credit, Advanced Gesture Drawing

Art and junk...

Education record

I wore a tie every day, so there's that.

Education record

Had a great time in Peterborough, that's what I did.