Monte Atherton 🤙 Email & Phone Number

Santa Cruz, CA, US

San Francisco Bay Area

ASTONISHING WORK is a dynamic creative team led by Monte Atherton and Jack Herr. With over a decade of collaborative experience, we have been dedicated to building and revitalizing brands for clients across diverse markets, including food and beverage, technology, gaming, clothing, and more.

Bay Area, CA

Clients: Google, Chipotle, McGrath RentCorp, Yahoo Small Business, Zynga, Monterey Bay Wine Co., LIOCO Wine Co., Creator, Launch Pad, Jack Herr Design, FERNO Grills, The Fifty by Fifty Wine Co. ⦁ Developing brand identities and designing look/feel ⦁ Directing video and photography shoots for product and lifestyle ⦁ Designing UX/UI including web and apps ⦁.

Santa Cruz, California

⦁ Resurrected the vintage apparel line, Mr. California, and turned it into a direct-to-consumer boutique line manufactured in California. Organically built the marketing email list and social media channels.⦁ Designed, sourced, and produced all softgoods; focus on Made in the USA ⦁ Build out trade show booths and showroom designs; toured the US selling.

Clients include; Google, Salesforce, Toyota, Samsung, Range Rover, Turner Classic Movies⦁ Directed Art Department on commercial shoots and independent film projects⦁ Lead set design and pre-production planning⦁ Responsible for delivering final set design on time and within budget; both under tight constraints and fast deadlines⦁ Prop manager and handler.

⦁ Built retail gallery focused on modern surrealists like; Audrey Kawasaki, Jeff Soto, and Mark Ryden⦁ Fostered relationships with both established and up-and-coming artists to procure artwork for gallery shows and sales⦁ Curated books, toys, bags, and collectibles for retail sales⦁ Produced monthly gallery shows with a variety of artists

⦁ Managed a team of twelve creatives, including; story writers, animators, developers, UX designers, UI designers⦁ Collaborated with the Executive team to pitch and win clients, including; Microsoft, Dell, Nokia(Finland), Bandai, buy.com, Travelocity, MTV2(Finland)⦁ Created Social User Interfaces for Help System’s that were the first versions of.

High-end design and production studio, specializing in computer animation for characters stressing life like personalities and actions. Other duties included Web design, corporate ID, promotional packs and client presentations.-Microsoft Office97 Japan -Bandai (1997) SurfMonkey-Microsoft Mentor Kid’s Series (1997)-BMW (1997) Navigation Simulator-Portico.

Participated in special design and consulting group that integrated intelligent user help agents with market leading software, with viewership of over 50 million. Conceptualized characters, their design, and storyboards with actions and personalities for the Hoverbot and Office Logo*. Also writing, design, and animation postproduction work, including.

Responsible for designing, coordinating, and producing the artwork, advertising, corporate ID, accessories, garment merchandizing, and more. Acted as hub between company divisions, outside services, freelance artists- photographers and illustrators, to create printed materials displaying overall seasonal theme. Materials include; catalogs, brochures.