Matthew T. Rogers Email & Phone Number

Rochester, NY, US

Rochester, New York, United States

• In addition to Art Director responsibilities:
• Reviewed and critiqued creative work with Art and Associate Art Directors, providing feedbackfor effective creative solutions, as part of internal review process before client presentation.
• Scripted and hosted agency-wide knowledge sessions (learning pods) on technical skills, client industry knowledge, and agency processes.
• Hosted and presented creative work to clients, from developed relationships withlong-time company contacts to project pitches for prospective companies.

Rochester, New York, United States

• In addition to Associate Art Director responsibilities:
• Coordinated and conducted status calls and project updates with clients, handling internal and external comms between coworker support and client contacts, managing timelines and project parameters, coordinating.
• Served as steward for multiple brands across beer, wine, spirits, and cannabis, as resource and authority on the ever-evolving brand standards and identity.
• As brand steward: directed in-studio and offsite photoshoots, served as researcher on national market studies, hosted product knowledge sessions to share unique traits of client products, and updated/maintained brand.

Rochester, New York, United States

• Member of in-house/agency hybrid model Vine Creative Studios, focusing on creative needs of multi-tiered clients: Constellation Brands, Corning, Bausch + Lomb, and Canopy Growth, with efficiency and shopper-marketing.
• Designed 360° marketing campaign creative: from integrated national campaigns with mass displays, to digital and social media, to branding and packaging.
• Managed projects from initial brief to final production, handling creative tasks in layout rounds through creating mechanical files for various production outlets.
• Maintained project time, milestones, and relevant details for client/internal project timesheets (Workamajig).

Rochester, New York, United States

Rochester, New York Area

Founded and operate apparel brand in Rochester, NY. Provided product development, branding, advertising design, social media support, web design, inventory management, business projections and future planning, transportation, and event planning.

Rochester, New York Metropolitan Area

Artist Row Art/Music/Food FestivalLead Coordinator, January 2016–January 2019Creative Coordinator, January 2014–January 2019

Rochester, New York Area

Volunteered graphic design services to student entrepreneurial groups looking to pitch ideas to potential investors. Contributed creative and marketing advice, designed brand identities and marketing collateral, and provided print-ready materials for students to utilize in their ideas and businesses.

Rochester, New York Area

Designed sports apparel templates, created custom art to scale for the garment, and constructed production art for screen printing, tackle twill, and embroidery. Developed new apparel designs in Sublimation and ‘Cut and Sew,’ working closely with production to ensure feasible, athletic, and technical sports apparel. Produced “In-House” design work.

Collaborated with designers and fellow interns to create solutions for clients. Completed numerous creative projects to enhance the agency’s working environment. Participated in the design process from brainstorming to finished product, working closely with Art Directors and Account Executives.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: Breakthru Design, Design Lab Manager, Lifestyles Center Graphic Designer, Zeta Beta TauThesis concentration in.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Fine And Studio Arts

Activities and Societies: Zeta Beta TauConcentration in Zoology, Graphic Design, and Art History.

Transferred, Fine Arts

Concentration in Drawing, Zoology, and Figure Studies