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
Résumé
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