Derek Vowles

Design, Marketing, Motion Graphics

Profile

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.

Skills

Communication

Adept at crafting visual media and messaging that resonates with consumers, promoting customer awareness and increasing sales.

Management

Proven ability to lead and manage a wide variety of technical and creative projects in both team and independent situations.

Experience

Years of working in the trenches, testing ideas, failing and succeeding have built a foundation of practical design application.

Technical Proficiencies

  • Graphic Design
  • UX/UI Development
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  • Marketing
  • Copywriting
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  • Graphic Design
  • WordPress
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Experience

Sometimes Y Productions

Creative Director, Owner

2011-Present Day

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.

Smith Micro Software, Inc.

Director, Marketing; Productivity and Graphics Division

2004-2011

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.

McMullen B2B Marketing Communications

Senior Art Director

2001-2004

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.

Technology Solutions Company, Inc.

Senior Web Developer

1997-2001

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.

Education

Loyola Marymount University - Los Angeles, California

Bachelor of Arts, Communications

Derek Vowles — derek@sometimesy.com — (831) 297-0601