My name is Chris Thomas and I am a California based Art Director, creative, strategist, wilderness explorer and resident Star Wars nerd. I spend my time slaying pixels, exploring the great outdoors, and looking for new opportunities to grow and collaborate.
Please feel free contact me for inquiries great and small.
La Visual | Art Director
Lead team in understanding and communicating client needs, Managing and Delegating Workload to team, Build Creative Briefs, Identity, Brand Positioning, Brand Strategy, Concept Development, UI/UX, Web design, Campaign Design, Prototyping, Lead Presentations, Presentation Design Team Management, Marketing Design, Copywriting, Logo Sketching, Research
Spire | Cofounder / Director of Development
Organizational Development, Partnership Engagement, Sponsorship, Member and Student Engagement, Outreach, Event Management, Experiential Design, Managing of Student Ambassadors program, Academic Outreach, Business Outreach, Branding, Project Management, Print Design, Copywriting
La Visual | Contract Graphic Designer
Identity, Brand Positioning, Concept Development, UI/UX, Web design, Campaign Design, Prototyping, Presentations, Marketing Design, Copywriting, Research
DISTINC_ | Graphic Designer
Identity, Brand Positioning, Concept Development, Client Management, Project Management, Layout Design, Campaign Design, Prototyping, Web Design, Presentations, Marketing Design, Print Design, Copywriting, Research
ONDIGO | Creative Lead
Identity, Brand Development, Brand Positioning, Packaging, UI/UX, Web Design, Prototyping, Interactive Design, Presentations, Marketing Design, Print Design, Copywriting, Research
NCompass | Graphic Designer
Experiential Marketing Design, Event Design, Interior Design, Print Design, Branding, Concepting, Presentations
Wipit, Inc. | Creative Intern
Mobile Design, Print Design, Advertising, Marketing Design, Campaign design, UI/UX, Wire-framing, Storyboarding
Evoke: a print Studio | Graphic Assistant to Graphic Supervisor
Print Design, Print Production, Customer Service, Workflow managing, Team managing, Screen Printing, Color Separation, Retail
Defiant Youth | Design Intern
Print Design, Print Production, Apparel Design, Concept Development, Customer Service, Managing Shipment
Azusa Pacific University | Azusa, CA
Bachelors of Arts in Graphic Design with a Studio Art Minor
Applications: Adobe Creative Cloud (.ai, .psd, .indd, .aep), Sketch, Sketchup, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Keynote, Acrobat, Excel, Google Drive
Skills: Art Direction, Branding, User Experience, User Interface, Concepting, Content and Copy Writing, Print Production, Prepress, Web/Mobile Design, Wireframing, Storyboarding, Photography, Illustration, Iconography, Event Coordination, Team Building, Project Management, Instruction and Teaching