RÉSUMÉ
Apparel Graphic Designer
Mitch Dowd Design
March 2015 - current
Designing licensed / generic artwork for outerwear, sleepwear, underwear, socks.
Creation of artwork adhering to brand guidelines.
Quality control: print, color, sizing, texture at pre-production.
Illustrations for prints & yardages.
Creation of storyboards, mood boards & “on trend” analysis.
Packaging, P.O.S. and other related retail material.
Brand presentations, visual merchandising and motion graphic video reels.
Creative Graphic Artist
Disney Consumer Products
Feb. 2014 - Dec. 2014
Visual merchandising and point-of-sale retail imagery - includes die cuts, POS rendering, concept store displays.
Detailed illustration work of the iconic Disney castle.w
Packaging and finished art.
Creating presentation visuals and finished art for multiple retails pitches.
Disney-branded back-to-school product mock-ups.
Designing seasonal calendar templates for forecasting brand projections in the retail sector.
Disney fashion storyboards and multi-page brand awareness prospectuses.
High-end retouching for pre-press and web.
Freelance Designer, Illustrator, Retoucher, Web Designer
Studiotas Pty. Ltd.
May 2012 - current
Designing style guides and brand identity.
Website development, using both standard XHTML and CMS platforms.
Illustration, character design, logos and icons.
Visual merchandising, POS and retail displays.
Packaging and finished art.
Mood boards for branding and retail presentations.
High-end retouching for pre-press, web and motion graphics.
Animating Flash banner ads for the web.
Motion graphics and TVC editing.
Apparel Graphic Designer
Casco Blu
May 2013 - Jul. 2013
Designing licensed storyboard ranges for sleepwear, outerwear and swimwear.
Quality control over print, color quality & sizes of pre-production sample prints with overseas apparel samples and bulk shipping samples.
Research competitive fashion trends within real-world retail environments.
Designing packaging and swing labels within brand guidelines.
Illustration of high quality Disney character art - authorized by Disney - for girls and womens apparel prints.
Illustrator
Freelance
May 2013 - Aug. 2013
Created over 30 full-color illustrations for the book “Unleash Your Inner Koala” by Nadine Rabu.
I developed the koala character with my own brand of humor, then infused him with teachings from the book.
I also designed the book's cover and related promotional material.
Image Retoucher
ONE20 Studios
Jan. 2013 - Apr. 2013
Image manipulation both talent and product photography, via client-side mark-ups and proofs.
Liaison with photographers and account managers for processing batch image sets according to client-side specs.
Accurately color match image manipulated prints with actual retail product samples.
Quick turnaround retouching for catalogue work and online stores.
Supervising quality of bulk contour paths from overseas retouching facilities.
Project leader for the 2013 Myer Mother’s Day catalog within the studio.
Illustrator, Finished Artist, Retoucher, Web Designer
Studio Bauhaus
Jan. 2002 - May 2012
Producing artwork and storyboards, both licensed and generic, for apparel, footwear, home ware, toys, sporting goods and outdoor activity sets.
Designing global packaging, swing tags, header cards, etc, for consumer products.
Illustrations for popular children's brands involving characters, icons, yardages and background assets.
Technical illustrations of apparel, footwear, home ware, licensed merchandise.
Visual merchandising, POS and retail displays.
High-end retouching for fashion campaigns, pre-press, web and motion graphics.
Website development in both standard XHTML and CMS platforms.
Animation, motion graphics and video editing.
Cartoonist & Illustrator
Starlog Magazine
Nov. 1997 – Apr. 2009
Contributing artist generating humorous cartoons and illustrations based on past, present and future science fiction media.
Main feature and editorial illustrator.
Web Designer
Advanced Web Creations
Dec. 1999 – Jun. 2000
Design, development and maintenance, from landing pages to entire web sites.
Organize client-side concepts into UX structured frameworks.
Creation of logos and graphics, including image retouching and web-safe optimization.
Hand-coding of HTML and CSS, with supportive javascripting for dynamic content.
Testing, troubleshooting and IT support.
Contributing Illustrator
IDG Commucications
Nov. 1998 - Jan. 2000
Created illustrations based on feature articles for “AUSTRALIAN PC BUYER” magazine and selected IDG publications.