Christopher Channing Cooper
[email protected] • 917.734.3206 OBJECTIVE: A multi-faceted Creative Director with diversified design and management expertise in pursuit of a full-time or freelance opportunity to create high- EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE: quality, engaging, strategic, and innovative visual 03/2008 - 11/2008 communications. eFashion Solutions [www.efashionsolutions.com] Creative Director - Design Studio Manager • Reported to the President/Creative Director (Jennifer Foy) on all aspects of the day to day creative & internal management • Responsible for all approvals on creative branded by eFS • Oversee creative development with the photo studio, interactive, and marketing teams • Management of the design staff on all day to day workflow and schedules • Responsible for hiring design staff and freelancers • Oversee all promotional calendars and the daily design tasks with my design team, interactive, and marketing teams • Oversee all creative coming from third-party design firms working for eFS • Daily client interaction with their design teams & executives for all concepts & timing of web launches/website refreshes • Manage budget, timelines and schedules in coordination with the production managers, designers, and clients to ensure live online dates are met Clients Include: DKNY, Ben Sherman, Sean John, New Era, Baby Phat, Deréon, Rocawear, Orange County Choppers, Playboy, Vince, Etc. Responsibilities include: My roles included, but were not limited to being a multi-tasking creative director, manager, and also a designer within an eCommerce platform of web-design. I oversaw all creative coming out of eFS with ease during multiple hard-hitting deadlines and managed scheduling of all teams involved. I was responsible for rebuilding and managing the design department and conceptualized & created with the team daily.