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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.

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.