I'm a multidisciplinary Creative Director with a background in developing & designing best-in-class creative with a side of data-informed design thrown in. My most current adventure is at an ed-tech startup called Outschool, where I provide creative direction and design for a broad spectrum of campaigns, constantly pushing for innovation through art & science.


Some of the things I can do:

Creative Strategy & Development • Team Growth • Brand Development • Visual Design • Some UX Design • People & Project Management • Innovation • Marketing Campaigns • Product Art / Key Art Development • Expert Dog & Cat Lover


Notable Partners & Projects

Netflix • Disney / FOX • Warner Brothers • Columbia Records • Hulu • Paramount • Universal Pictures • Crackle • Adele • Beyoncé • Bruce Springsteen • AC/DC • Daft Punk • Pharrell Williams • Snoop Dogg • David Bowie • AC/DC

Experience.

 

Outschool 2021 - Present

Creative Lead

Creative Strategy • Creative Direction • Visual Design • Brand Art Development • Management • Motion • Integrated Marketing • Innovation • Illustration • Prototyping

  • Lead all creative efforts for omnichannel marketing for paid and unpaid initiatives, including print, OOH, digital, landing pages, ads, social, and CRM.

  • Give design direction to agencies, creative strategists, designers, video editors, and copywriters.

  • Work with cross-functional stakeholders on creative strategy and direction for campaigns and ad-hoc creative efforts

  • Work on DEI in creative imagery across the company

Netflix 2017 - 2022

Creative Director

Creative Strategy • Product Art Development • Game Art Development • Branding/Brand Design • Management • Motion • Marketing Campaigns

  • Provided creative direction to teams of designers to develop high-quality, data-informed creative on titles for the APAC market.

  • Worked in tandem with key stakeholders to work on campaigns, brand design/development, and game artwork for both in-house and outside partnerships.

  • Worked with the PR team & internal stakeholders to launch an Editorial Global Launch Campaign.

  • Creatively brainstormed and concepted branding for external facing creative for Apple & Google stores.

  • Created & defined tools, processes, and templates for designers coming into the department for an easier transition into the work. 

Creative Director - Creative Studio

Product Art Development • Key Art Development • Management • Motion • Marketing • Innovation

  • Provide creative direction to multiple teams of  freelancers to develop high quality, data informed creative on titles for global markets: U.S., APAC, LATAM & EMEA.

  • Work in tandem with key stakeholders to provide feedback and design direction to cross-functional partners & agencies.

  • Conceptualize and brainstorm innovation projects based off consumer insights and focused for the APAC market. 

  • Interview and provide feedback on candidates applying for positions within the department. 

Creative Director - Innovation & A/B Testing

Innovation • Visual Design • Management • Motion 

  • Managed external agencies to develop high quality creative on various data-informed tests for global markets.

  • Worked in tandem with key stakeholders to provide the highest quality creative.

Senior Art Director - Innovation & A/B Testing

Innovation • Visual Design • Management • Motion 

 

PXL 2017

Senior Art Director

Visual Design/UX • iOS App Design • Management • Marketing 

  • Art directed and designed best-in-class creative for numerous films and pitches. 

  • Brainstormed ideas and put together pitch decks for film studios. 

  • Interviewed and helped hire candidates for positions in the department. 

  • Mentored interns and temps on numerous projects.

 

Sony Pictures Entertainment 2016 - 2017

Senior Art Director

Innovation • Motion • Mentorship • Marketing 

  • Provided art direction & design for original series and partnerships for digital campaigns and print.   

  • Mentored & provided creative direction to intern and associates on numerous projects.

 

Columbia Records 2009 - 2016

Digital Production Manager (Creative Director)

Management • Visual Design/UX • Innovation • Web Development • Marketing

  • Wearing multiple hats, provided conceptual thinking, design, and delivery of all requests across multiple departments.

  • Mentored, managed and grew a team of designers and developers.

  • Established creative workflow managing end-to-end of in-house and external developers, designers, temps, agencies, and interns.

  • Instituted and kept control of the budgets; negotiated fees with external agencies and developers.

  • Lead multiple initiatives within the company (i.e. responsive design across mobile, tablets and desktop), analytics, and metadata.

  • Managed expectations of cross-functional partners, artist management & artists in a fast-paced environment.

  • Managed the QA process with developers to ensure quality.

Art Director / Project Manager

Visual Design/UX • Innovation • Web Development • Marketing • Management

  • Brainstormed, wireframed, designed and developed creative solutions for design-related requests.

  • Interviewed, hired, and mentored interns with their development of end-to-end projects. 

Digital Design Intern

Visual Design • Web Development • Marketing


Skill Set.

 

Adobe Creative Suite CC Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, InDesign

Wireframing/Prototyping Figma, Invision, Sketch

Experienced in designing for mobile, tablet, and desktop Responsive design, iOS App Design

Branding / Product Art / Key Art Development & Storytelling

Expertise with HTML, CSS
Some experience with Javascript, PHP, MySQL

Designing/Developing/Using CMS Wordpress, Hubspot, Squarespace, Tumblr, Drupal

E-mail blast clients Iterable, Salesforce, Neolane, Eclipse

Project management systems Asana, JIRA, AirTable, Wrike, Trello, Activecollab, Basecamp,

Fluent in Japanese, Intermediate Spanish


Education.

 

Otis College of Art & Design
BFA in Communication Arts, emphasis in Graphic Design
Los Angeles, CA

UCLA Extension
UX & After Effects Classes
Los Angeles, CA

熊本学園大学
Kumamoto Gakuen Daigaku

Japanese language and culture
Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan


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I’m like a design machine, if machines loved corgis and music.