Ari Wagner
Lead Designer, Apparel at Rooster Teeth- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Rooster Teeth
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United States
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Movies, Videos, and Sound
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200 - 300 Employee
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Lead Designer, Apparel
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Mar 2022 - Present
- Work closely with brands to ideate, design, and develop unique content-driven merchandise collections and specialty items from start to finish. - Provide technical designs for all items, and work with overseas / domestic developers (in tandem with our internal merchandisers) to ensure production quality through sampling and revisions. - Design / present pitch decks containing details for merchandise collections; including but not limited to color story, identifying trends… Show more - Work closely with brands to ideate, design, and develop unique content-driven merchandise collections and specialty items from start to finish. - Provide technical designs for all items, and work with overseas / domestic developers (in tandem with our internal merchandisers) to ensure production quality through sampling and revisions. - Design / present pitch decks containing details for merchandise collections; including but not limited to color story, identifying trends, development strategies, details, graphics, etc. - Project management among internal team of eComm designers for merchandise collections. - Coordinating with merchandisers in planning for each quarter. - Working with online drop-ship manufacturer for a variety of Print-On-Demand items.
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Graphic Designer
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Sep 2017 - Mar 2022
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Apparel Designer
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Jan 2021 - Present
- Provide design services to clients within a variety of industries, often revolving around anime, gaming, and entertainment. - Projects include work with brands and IP's such as Viacom, Crunchyroll, Lady Gaga, Independent Twitch partners, and more. - Provide design services to clients within a variety of industries, often revolving around anime, gaming, and entertainment. - Projects include work with brands and IP's such as Viacom, Crunchyroll, Lady Gaga, Independent Twitch partners, and more.
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Kodansha USA, Inc.
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United States
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Graphic Designer
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Oct 2019 - Jun 2020
∙ Designed services for new titles that include but were not limited to logo design, cover design, and series brick for partners. ∙ Banner ads to promote new series and/or sales & promotion campaigns. Include various sizes & placements among partners & retailers. ∙ Designed services for new titles that include but were not limited to logo design, cover design, and series brick for partners. ∙ Banner ads to promote new series and/or sales & promotion campaigns. Include various sizes & placements among partners & retailers.
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Self-Employed
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Columbia, Missouri
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Freelance Illustrator
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Jan 2015 - Sep 2018
Domestically and internationally commissioned for custom illustrations. Domestically and internationally commissioned for custom illustrations.
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University of Missouri-Columbia
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graphic Design Intern
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Feb 2016 - Jun 2017
Graphic Design intern for Mizzou Football Recruiting Design Team
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Graphic Design Lab Assistant
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Aug 2016 - May 2017
Supervized lab during weeknights and weekends. Aided students in troubleshooting any technical, design, or software issues they may have had. Responsible for maintaining a healthy work environment.
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Forest Hills Country Club
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United States
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Hospitality
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1 - 100 Employee
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Event Server
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Aug 2013 - Oct 2013
- Responsible for preparing and serving events at the country club. - Worked events such as: swim meets, large formal dinner events (i.e. weddings, anniversaries, etc.), small private events, golf tournaments, etc. - Responsible for preparing and serving events at the country club. - Worked events such as: swim meets, large formal dinner events (i.e. weddings, anniversaries, etc.), small private events, golf tournaments, etc.
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Oberweis Dairy
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United States
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Dairy Product Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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General Employee
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Aug 2011 - Aug 2013
Prepared food, worked register, drive-through, cleaning, and dishes. Prepared food, worked register, drive-through, cleaning, and dishes.
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Education
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University of Missouri-Columbia
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design