Jamie Stark Email & Phone Number

• Owned and operated Stark Designs, LLC, a full-service graphic design and advertising studio, since 1996 with client retention exceeding 10 years • 20+ years without an unprofitable year• Employed full-time, part-time, and freelancer personnel• Build successful advertising and collateral campaigns for companies with marketing budgets as small as $10,000 and as large as $10 million, tailoring solutions to fit client budgets and needs• Provide creative direction, art direction, brand identity, and marketing to a diverse client roster of national and international clients • Partner with start-up companies to define their customers, target their marketing efforts, develop identity, website, collateral, and advertising• Consistently bring projects in on time or ahead of schedule, and always on budget• Manage brands and brand image across multiple markets to ensure consistency• Form partnerships with sales and marketing to define the company’s core competencies and leverage those into increased sales and profitability• Educate traditional businesses in new ways to market products through social media management, social marketing, pay per click, and targeted email marketing• Implement best practices for print and web design• Lead teams in the development of all projects. Inspire employees and freelancers to develop new skills and think in new ways• Develop presentations and actively pitch clients on new ideas• Provide diplomatic account management and enthusiastic presentation

Los Gatos, Ca, Us

Brand and title treatment development as well as illustration and key art work for product and marketing.

I work with entertainment ad agencies (The Refinery, Lindeman & Associates, Greenlight Creative, Rhubarb, & WC+A) to develop creative marketing for film and television. Primarily title treatment design, but also key art and concept work. Agency-based projects for Warner Bros., HBO, Amazon, Netflix, AMC, Lionsgate, Apple TV+ (Apple Films), and more.

Laguna Beach, Ca, Us

As a member of the illustration department, I'm teaching "Words, Images & Ideas." A class focusing on illustrated typography and typographic design for illustrators. This course gives the illustrator hands-on opportunities to explore the interaction of words and images. Students will learn basic principles of type and it’s role in visual communication and historical context. This course also encourages experimentation with type and text as a central component of narrative art, which includes, book, comics, editorial/advertising illustration, and posters.

Creation and implementation of "Power Up" The AIGA-OC mentorship program. The AIGA-OC mentorship program pairs seasoned creatives across a wide variety of occupations and industries with the next generation of talent, whether they be students or emerging professionals. The goal is to share insights, offer career advice, exchange inspiration and collaborate to elevate our industry as a whole.

New York, Ny, Us

• In my capacity as principal and owner of Stark Designs, LLC, I worked as a freelance art and creative director for Ogilvy Foodcomm, the foodservice division of WPP based Ogilvy & Mather• Creative director on accounts such as Dannon Yogurt, Ocean Spray, Nice-Pak, and Icelandic Seafood • Created award winning B2B advertising and marketing campaigns that persuaded, motivated and drove sales• Client facing functions include pitches, presentation and on-going account management• Provided creative leadership, design direction, problem solving and team building• Negotiated with vendors to purchase illustration, photography, printing and ad placements• Art directed photo shoots, supervised the hiring of models, sourced set and props* Advised large businesses on brand building and maintenance of brand identity. Developed strategies for improved brand visibility

Studio Art

Ba, Media Studies

Liberal Arts