Art Director for VANS 2019-2023.

Main responsibilities were SNOW, SKATE, and BMX categories working and concepting and leading creatively various campaigns.

Typical work included but not limited to; visual direction for campaigns, product photography/video direction, creating “toolkits” for building out print and digital assets, leading creative team/counterparts.

Art Director and Designer for 3 Volumes of Snowboard Magazine.

Layouts of issues front to back handling large bodies of text as well as photo heavy features/stories.

Packaged and organized by me to hand off to printer.

Custom typography and artwork incorporated as well as custom image editing/altering.

Concepting thematic covers per volume as well as features with subtle tie-throughs per issue.

Art Director for SNOWBOARDER Magazine 2013-2019.

Redesigned print and main logo & rebranded visually the look and feel of the magazine.

In charge of designing/laying out all editorial in each issue as well as packaging and producing print ready files for production for multiple different printers.

Provided digital ready files for online repurposing as well.

Product/Logowear design for SNOWBOARDER brand

Logos/Identity creation for various programs applied to both print and digital

Volume 27 - Volume 31

22 Standard Issues / 6 Special Issues

Art Director for The SNOWBOARDER Movie: Beta

Released in 2018 on iTunes

Provided design and video animation for movie, digital promotion, on site event branding, editorial, and more

Art Director for TransWorld SNOWboarding Magazine.

Volumes 31-32

8 standard issues.

In charge of design/layout for all editorial as well as sending print ready files to press and corrections. Oversaw completion of each issue from start to finish from design standpoint.

Oversaw all points of design for events, movies, and paid programs.

Apparel design including creating tech packs for printer.

Logo/identity creation for programs in both print and digital.

Art Director for “The Snowboarder Movie: Foreword”

Released in 2014 on iTunes and DVD

Design achievements included are; identity creation, social rollout campaign, iTunes specific graphics, custom web page, special 100+ page print issue.

Custom type/font created from hand painted letters for film.

Art Director for the TransWorld SNOWboarding movie, Arcadia.

Released in 2017 on iTunes

Identity creation, print ads, web graphics/banners, 132 page special issue book.

Created base animation/direction for in-movie graphics.

Board graphics made for a PYLON Skateboards collection

Logo study/work for Volcom’s Road Rager while working for SNOWBOARDER Magainze.

Concept was to try and create a winter version of the already existing summer “Road Rager” tour.

Included in the presented logo ideas is a look into the process.

Art Director for SNOWBOARDER’s blind board test “The Blackboard Experiment”

Design achievements include: On site/event graphics. Web graphics including thumbnails/promotion and landing page. Motion graphics and in-video styling. Post event award stickers.

Art Director for Riders Poll 20, TransWorld SNOWboarding’s annual award show/event 2018/2019

Logo creation. On site graphics that included; drink menus, table reservations directional signs, digital/web graphics, digital ads, motion graphic templates for live award show use.

Designed and conceptualized social campaign for nominees/winners

Freelance designer for Academy Snowboards.

Illustrated & designed board graphics. Created production ready files for other boards in the yearly line as well.

Designed and packaged 2 catalogs as well.

Freelance work for Snowboard On The Block 2016.

Created main illustration/identity for event as well as complimenting illustrations to use to build out all necessary assets for event including but not limited to; event signage, web ads, print ads, social promotion, billboards and banners

Designed and laid out PSD/INDD templates for team to demonstrate use of assets as well as provide a multiple templates to build from for junior designers.

Freelance work for “Keep The Change” a video production crew.

Various apparel design, video animations, print design, web graphics design.

Design work for adidas’ event Over/Under contest.

Provided check templates, bibs, designed and conceptualized meter towers for the event/contest.

BFA Thesis project. 2013.

Conceptualizing a company from start to finish and then displaying work in a gallery exhibition at the end of the year.

Logo/identity creation, advertisement and packaging design, billboard design, and 3D design.

Intro video created for the snowboard film “Rendered Useless”

Arguably one of the most notable independent films to be released in snowboarding in the past 10 years.

Video editing, video sourcing, stop animation, sound editing are among the skills demonstrated.

Art Director for Transworld’s annual product event Goodwood

Design achievements include; Logo creation (Various versions of the same skeleton for multiple categories and identifiers. Icons designed for consumer experience in figuring out shape and bends of boards.

Motion graphics created for each logo.

Annual print feature laid out in multiple issues.

Various web applications of logo/identity.

Art Director for the SNOWBOARDER MOVIE: Pepper

Design achievements include; over 30 different stop animations created for in-video use and social promotion. All made from custom scans frame by frame.

Freelance work for Salomon Snowboards

2017-2019

Designed 2 snowboard graphics both based off original drawings/paintings.

Worked with in-house design team and team rider Chris Grenier to complete both graphics according with everyone’s needs.

Over 50+ mocks created in process.

Freelance work for Bonfire Outerwear

Design achievements include; Booth banner design for SIA trade show. Social campaign designed blending videos and photos for instagram. Emailer layout. Event flyer design.

Parent company of SNOWBOARDER Magazine & TransWorld SNOWboarding. Designed and laid out sales decks annually under the TEN guise for both sister publications.

Art Director for “The SNOWBOARDER Movie: Resolution”

Design achievements include; special 100+ page print issue, video editing/animation of custom name title graphics, longform web interview layouts in Wordpress.

Identity/logo creation.

Unique approach to blending photos with video and animation for an original art direction in-movie.

Various web applications fo identity including all social platforms, iTunes, Vimeo, YouTube.

Art Director for “The SNOWBOARDER Movie: SFD”

Released in 2015

Design achievements include; a strong exploration of use of type. Custom made titling/font for all rollout.

Logo/identity creation.

Oversaw and directed visual identity for whole film.

Multiple print ads as well as special 100+ page print issue.

Various use of identity across digital and web including Vimeo, iTunes, social platforms, and word press.

Art Director for SNOWBOARDER Magazine annual event “The Launch”

2014-2019 (5 events)

Identity creation, web graphics, PSD template creation, on site event graphics, editorial layout, motion graphic for video recaps.