Steve Mortensen Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, CA, US

Santa Clara, CA, US

Santa Clara, CA, US

Santa Clara, CA, US

Santa Clara, CA, US

Portfolio: https://steve-mortensen.squarespace.com/work

Waltham, MA, US

In April of 2016, Affymetrix was acquired by Thermo Fisher. I remained on as Director, Creative Services for the Affymetrix division until my position was retired in August of 2016.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Managed global brand identity for $1 billion publicly traded biotech life sciences company

Santa Clara, California, US

• Creative Director and lead designer responsible for product advertising, conceptual design, packaging, A/V, event graphics, and online visuals

Santa Clara, California, US

• Conceptualized and developed 10+ major product advertising campaigns from 2009-2014
• Re-designed corporate logo and look & feel in 2013; re-branded sub-brand logos and addressed all visual touch points
• Design and direct corporate identity, collateral, print ads, landing pages, online banners, styleguide, and tradeshow graphics
• Art direct photoshoots, manage freelancers and two direct reports, and supervise printing while adhering to strict deadlines
• Coordinated, designed, and executed booth graphics for HUGO (Human Genome Organization) 2012 tradeshow in Australia that generated over 200 leads; worked with international team overseeing distributors and managing.
• Oversaw the 2012 brand integration of the $315 million acquisition of eBioscience by Affymetrix; Modernized the eBioscience logo to conform to Affymetrix branding and currently managing brand continuity between the two.

San Jose, California, US

• Designed the landing page for Gaia’s 2008 launch of massively multiplayer online game, zOMG!
• Created site modules that were influential in the sales of virtual goods
• Worked under tight deadlines and across a variety of groups (branding, UI, sales, marketing)
• Reported to Senior Art Director and worked directly with CMO on product launches

• Acted as Founder, CEO, and CFO by managing all aspects of the company of four employees
• Conceptualized and designed the Micurio.com web site for sharing collectibles, drawing from his own experience as a collector and his background in branding
• Directed CTO and Director of Marketing to create the features and functions of the site
• Raised $100,000 in seed funding and developed relationships with Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, and Foundation Capital
• Secured relationship with prominent venture capital law firm Gunderson-Dettmer, who provided all legal counsel and documentation on spec
• Gained first-hand knowledge of the technology, marketing and networking resources available for Web 2.0 companies by participating in conferences and thought leadership groups

• Designed the identity and web site for Entrisphere, changing their start-up image to that of a more established telecom company, which facilitated their sale to Ericsson
• Created Rasvia Systems’ corporate identity and web site, helping them launch the company and secure a second round of funding
• Founded and managed a side business, Colossus Comics, which reached a peak of $250,000/year in gross revenue and had five employees
• Colossus Comics developed a revolutionary subscription service for collectors of high-grade modern comics and positioned Steve as an expert in this niche; elected to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide global.
• Designed the book Great Women of Film featuring photographs and interviews of notable women in front of and behind the camera; the book was a part of a traveling exhibition sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture.
• Worked with numerous clients including Siebel, Cisco, San Francisco Film Arts Foundation, and the Women’s Film and Art Foundation

Cupertino, California, US

• One of the first 50 hired in the graphic design group, from the legacy agency CKS Partners that Steve Jobs decided to take in-house
• Worked directly with Andy Dreyfus, then the creative director at Apple, and Hiroki Asai, the current VP & creative director at Apple, to develop promotional materials and graphics to pair well with Jonathan Ive's.
• Designed environmental graphics and packaging that were approved directly by Steve Jobs for use in the launch of the first Apple Stores
• Developed concepts and created collateral and trade show graphics for the successful 2001 Mac-to-School campaign
• Designed highly secretive brand materials for the first generation iPod

• Created identities, promotions, collateral, web designs and packaging for clients such as Apple, Visa, Macromedia, Financial Engines, e/Madison, Grupo Televisa, Novell, Mars Music, JC Penney, Applied Materials.
• Was influential to the development of the new Alta Visa brand identity, launched in 2000
• Designed the identity and co-led the design of the web site for Work.com, a joint venture between excite@home and Dow Jones
• Developed Apple software packaging and collateral

• Worked under Mauricio Arias on the redesign of the look-and-feel of Pottery Barn, which won the firm San Francisco Ad Club’s 1997 Agency of the Year award
• Served as art director for projects such as the Pottery Barn Gift Registry, the Disney Gift Catalog, the 1997 Quantum Annual Report, Rancho Bernardo Inn collateral, and signage for Four Seasons Sharm el-Sheik in Egypt
• Created a 30-page brochure announcing the $50 million renovation of the San Francisco Westin St. Francis Hotel; the piece received numerous awards and was featured in several top design publications including Graphis.
• Managed a team of three designers as well as everyday client relations

• Worked as summer intern for noted corporate identity designer Gordon Mortensen (surprisingly, no relation)
• Designed a section of the branding guidelines for Zenith Data Systems, prepared mechanical artwork, and concept illustrations