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Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

Specializing in creative strategy, brand identities, campaign development, publishing design (books, journals, magazines, catalogs etc.), printed collateral, environmental graphics, installations, front-end web design, and brand standards.Clients: Art Los Angeles Contemporary (2015/2016), Assouline Publishing, Atelier Projects, Bartle Bogle Hegarty (Los Angeles), Commonwealth Projects, Kneeland Co., HART+LËSHKINA, Los Angeles Dance Project, Powerhouse Publishing, RAC Design Build, Reed Krakoff, Samsung, SAMUEL Guì YANG, Smashbox Studios.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Led creative effort to reposition Grindr from dating app to lifestyle destination.• Worked with the Creative Director and key stakeholders to develop and activate a cohesive visual and verbal identity across all brand touchpoints.• Concepted and executed global brand experiences, verticals and campaigns.• Mentored and managed junior creative staff to maintain consistent, quality work.• Collaborated with product managers, engineers, producers and developers to implement new content platforms from concept to launch.

Beverly Hills

• Created and communicated concepts for brand activations.• Developed scalable design systems and standards to support Netflix’s global launch.• Designed comps, storyboards, initial graphic concepts, and final deliverables.• Served as a mentor and influencer to other design teams in Netflix.• Managed projects from conception, design, to execution and advocacy.• Collaborated well with others—stakeholders, technical teams, agency partners and other designers.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Worked with clients and project teams to execute creative solutions with businessgoals in sight.• Designed and implemented brand books, logos, brand guidelines, presentation layouts, OOH, digital, and print as well as various brand collateral.• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams including copywriters, strategists, UX/UI, and brands.• Conceptualized new brand platforms and manifestos in collaboration with the Creative Director.

New York, New York

• Concepted, created, and executed online marketing unique to each issue in collaboration withthe Editor-in-Chief.• Oversaw day-to-day operations of Vmagazine.com and Vman.com, including art direction, design, photo editing, maintenance, trouble shooting, advertising, marketing, social media management, and content workflow.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Generated and refined digital advertisements to help the Hammer Museum to raise awareness of forthcoming exhibitions and public programs.• Worked closely with the design, curatorial, and marketing departments.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Supported the art department through photo editing, researching, and designing forprojects including invitations, newsletters, mockups for advertising clients, and otherin-house materials.