Los Angeles, California (860) 519-6844 [email protected] www.monica-griffin.com I’m an Art Director with nearly a decade of experience designing for both print and digital campaigns between NYC and LA. I’m looking to work on projects in which I can harness my deep understanding of digital design, social media, new technologies, and market-wide trends to create beautiful content for your brands. EXPERIENCE Verizon Media Group (Senior Art Director) LA • 2018-Present - Concept, strategize, and execute digital campaigns for clients including Yahoo Finance, Yahoo News, Yahoo Home, Yahoo Commerce, HuffPost, Engaget, TechCrunch, Makers and RYOT studios - Ensure pixel-perfect quality and cohesiveness amongst a large quantity of assets including paid media, animations and video, emails, app store creative, event creative, social, and more - Work hand-in-hand with other disciplines and teams across the organization (ie. editorial, product and video departments) to execute successful campaign launches - Work directly with clients under extremely tight deadlines to achieve approvals for multi-phase projects - Kick off projects, create decks, and present concepts clearly to stakeholders and executives - Manage multiple projects simultaneously Contract Art Director & Graphic Designer Worldwide • 2017-Present Clients include: The Center for Arts Education, NYC; The Country Music Association; The Rox List, LA; Coastal Events, UK; Greenpoint Open Studios, NY; Greenpointers, NY; The Kinks, UK Projects include: Typography design; Motion graphics; Branding; Web design; Infographics; Environmental design Quotable, Inc. (Senior Graphic Designer) New York, New York • 2012-2017 - Work closely with founder to brainstorm, develop, and design new retail products and packaging for bi-annual releases - Design, layout, and proof product catalogs - Typography design, including font research, manipulation, and picking color palettes - Packaging design for the entire range, adhering to manufacturer templates and brand standards - Retouch photography of products for catalogs and advertisements - Redesign of two e-commerce websites, utilizing shopify and squarespace, as well as custom css/html - Design large scale event graphics for a variety of international conferences Leadership Directories, Inc. (Graphic Designer) New York, New York • 2010-2012 - Designed weekly email campaigns - Designed printed marketing collateral such as flyers, brochures, and post cards - Designed promotional materials used at sales meetings and trade shows - Direct marketing and design support for sales team - Designed social banners for use on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook - Web maintenance including page updates, troubleshooting, new page layouts EDUCATION Stevenson University Baltimore, Maryland Bachelors Visual Communication Design School of Visual Arts New York, New York Continuing Education: Motion Graphics SOFTWARE Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Sketch, After Effects, Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Mailchimp, Squarespace, Shopify, Dreamweaver, QuarkXpress MEMBERSHIPS American institute of graphic arts (AIGA) AWARDS International Book Awards (Best book design) 2013 INTERESTS Travel; Painting; Art gallery hopping; Music gigs; Fancy dress; Bike rides.