15+ years of B2B and B2C management, creative direction and hands-on production of printed, online and animated marketing materials for agencies, corporations, and small businesses worldwide.
Adept at crafting visual media and messaging that resonates with consumers, promoting customer awareness and increasing sales.
Proven ability to lead and manage a wide variety of technical and creative projects in both team and independent situations.
Years of working in the trenches, testing ideas, failing and succeeding have built a foundation of practical design application.
Independent marketing consulting, motion graphics, web design and coding, illustration, UI/UX design, 2D/3D animation and video scripting, production, and editing for a variety of domestic and international business clients.
Promoted from Marketing Manager. Responsible for the branding and marketing of over 100 products; products that generated 72 million in revenue from brick-and-mortar and online sales. Built, trained and ran in-house creative department, developing promotional videos, product packaging, sales collateral, advertising campaigns, user interfaces, eblasts/online newsletters, microsites and corporate webpages for iOS, Macintosh and Windows applications.
Combined hands-on creative production with client facing sales, contributing to strategy and building PR and advertising campaigns for the industrial manufacturing, construction and communication industries.
Promoted from Senior Artist, Production Artist. Designed interactive instructional applications for SAP and Baan ERP implementations, created 2D and 3D animation, edited digital video and designed user interfaces and front ends for websites.
Derek Vowles — derek@sometimesy.com — (831) 297-0601