SEAN HEMAK

CREATOR + DIRECTOR

Vancouver, Washington

503-998-9773 | seanhemak@gmail.com | www.seanhemak.com | www.linkedin.com/in/sean-hemak

CORE SKILLS:

Creative Direction, Art Direction, Branding & Identity, Advertising, Marketing, Design, Strategy, UI, Print, Digital, AV

SUMMARY:

Pioneering Creative Director and Design Management professional specializing in branding, advertising, marketing and creative work. Communicator of vision and strategy for campaign development and leading creative teams toward success.

EXPERIENCE:

Creative Director, Xenobox, 11/2021 – present

·       Creative Director and owner of creative agency.

·       Offering creative services and consultation to promote our clients’ brand, products and services.

Communication Projects, The UPS Store Corporate Headquarters, 04/2019 – present

·       Manage and coordinate national advertising/marketing communication projects for corporate business and strategy performance.

·       Oversee all aspects of creative projects and responsible for their organization and completion.

·       Design digital and print assets for national retail locations.

·       Consultant to The UPS Store, Inc. and partner agencies.

Illustrator, The New York Times, 09/2019 – 05/2020

·       The Fear Issue: Illustration for 3 covers, center spread, exit illustration and 15 spot illustrations.

·       Parenting: Name That Rash - Medical Illustrations.

Design Manager, Disguise Inc., 12/2016 – 03/2019

·       Manage and oversee our team of designers, engineers, photographers, and image re-touch artists while fostering an empowered creative culture.

·       Initiate direct daily correspondence and in-person conferences with top-tier brands such as Disney, Lego, Hasbro, Microsoft and more. Advised branding direction and negotiated asset usage for product design and packaging.

·       Delegate task directives for our overseas factories and suppliers. Accelerated and centralized communication to ensure proper guidance for time sensitive solutions.

·       Organized and collaborated with licensors to capture R&D for consumer products based on actual costumes used in current film production.

·       Prototype and produce creative work such as design, storyboarding, photography, and strategic concept boards.

Costume Designer, Disguise Inc., 4/2015 – 12/2016

·       Costume graphic design for global brands and proprietary styles.

Creative Director, PSC Graphx (Pacific Service Center), 1/2008 – 12/2016

·       Functioned as Corporate Creative Director across six company divisions.

·       Implemented PSC Graphx, a new company division for Pacific Service Center, which functions as an advertising/marketing agency and full-service graphics house.

·       PSC Graphx grosses $2-3 million/year and attracts an estimated 15-20% increase to incoming sales for other divisions within the company.

·       Successfully launched nation-wide advertisement strategies, campaigns and branding development for companies and organizations such as Pepsi, Franz, Major Soccer League, and Goodwill.

·       Orchestrated, produced, and prototyped creative work: graphic design, copy, AV content, custom website design, dioramas, architectural/structural plans, and more.

Fine Artist, Upper Playground, 03/2016, 03/2014

·       Smokey Bear, Retelling of an American Icon. 3/2016

o   My first sold-out solitary gallery show.

o   Showcasing my collection of work: Smokey, Retelling of an American Icon.

·       Gold Bank Sketches. 04/2014

o   Solitary gallery show presenting a body of 200 original works individually hand-pressed in gold.

Other Work Experience:

·       Pacific Truck Colors, Creative Director

·       Kiss / Kisstorysource, Graphic Designer + Illustrator

·       Intel, Graphic Designer + Animator

·       Dark Horse Comics, Illustrator + Writer

·       Vans, Textile Designer + Fine Artist

·       Canon, USA, Architectural Illustrator

·       Universal Studios, Makeup Artist

EDUCATION:

·       Bachelor of Fine Art, Kendall College of Art & Design, 1996 – 2000

·       Brand-Building Certificate, Association of National Advertisers, 2022 - 2026

·       Certified ANA Marketing Professional, Association of National Advertisers, 2020 – 2026

·       Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Association for Integrative Psychology, 2018

·       Certificate of Industrial Design, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, 1995

·       Certificate of Fine Art, Alma College, 1995

COMPUTING:

·       Mac & Windows OS.

·       Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.

·       Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Bridge, Lightroom, Animate, After Effects, Premiere.

·       Creative Programs: Blender, SketchUp, Corel Draw, Flexi Sign Pro, Sketch Book, Painter, Sound Forge, Acid Pro, Fruity Loops and more.

·       Printing: large format, thermal, solvent, plot cut, network and RIP management.

CLIENTS:

Disney, Nintendo, Coca-Cola, Hasbro, Intel, Goodwill, Lego, Nike, Microsoft, Dreamworks, Saban, UPS, McDonalds, U-Haul, Sesame Street, Ryder, Wal-Mart, Entertainment One, Safeway, The New York Times, Habitat for Humanity, Portland Timbers, Cartoon Network, Union Pacific, Olympia Provisions, AAA, Junior Achievement USA, Cartoon Network and more!