Rhea Dease
Design and Digital Manager at CivicAction- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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Hindi Elementary proficiency
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Tara Wood
Rhea helped me turn my brief for a basic holiday e-card into a delightful animated e-card that reflects my brand perfectly. She was easy to communicate with and asked the right questions to understand the assignment, plus, offered good tips and insights to improve my original brief. She delivered the project early and definitely exceeded my expectations! She suggested wonderful creative elements while addressing my mandatory elements, exploring creative ways to take the concept further. I highly recommend her services!
Indrani Pillai
Artist. Writer. Problem solver. Bad mood annihilator. No, not a tagline for a movie. It’s a tagline for Rhea Dease. But… If we were talking about a movie and needed somebody for the lead role who is all those things plus incredibly hard-working, talented and creative, I’d go with Rhea in a heartbeat. And if we needed more than that? Some special skills? Rhea’s got that covered too. Let’s start with versatile. I had Rhea work on two teams—content creation (games and series) and marketing. With her combination of graphic design skills and strong storytelling and copywriting abilities, she did a stellar job bridging the gap between the two departments. But she did more than that. Rhea was an ideas machine, brainstorming and solving creative and logistical problems. And she constantly came up with original series and games concepts, some of which we are continuing to develop at Kinsane today. Now, let’s move onto attitude. Rhea is a blast! My daily meetings with her were THE favourite part of my day. They were productive, creative, and filled with so much humour we soon had other team members sitting in just for a comic jolt of energy. And finally, there’s the biggie: She’s proactive. I mean this woman looks around at the company and figures out on her own things she can do to make people happier and more productive, and just better. An example: Rhea started and ran a weekly doodle session that drew in not just artists but also accounting people and the HR people and everyone else, and created a kind of company-wide team spirit you seldom see. And that’s really what is most special about Rhea. She is incredibly easy to work with—no ego, disarmingly honest, eager to learn and to help others grow—plus she’s a natural leader. She builds cohesiveness and positivity for everyone around her. Bottom line: Rhea’s awesome!
Tara Wood
Rhea helped me turn my brief for a basic holiday e-card into a delightful animated e-card that reflects my brand perfectly. She was easy to communicate with and asked the right questions to understand the assignment, plus, offered good tips and insights to improve my original brief. She delivered the project early and definitely exceeded my expectations! She suggested wonderful creative elements while addressing my mandatory elements, exploring creative ways to take the concept further. I highly recommend her services!
Indrani Pillai
Artist. Writer. Problem solver. Bad mood annihilator. No, not a tagline for a movie. It’s a tagline for Rhea Dease. But… If we were talking about a movie and needed somebody for the lead role who is all those things plus incredibly hard-working, talented and creative, I’d go with Rhea in a heartbeat. And if we needed more than that? Some special skills? Rhea’s got that covered too. Let’s start with versatile. I had Rhea work on two teams—content creation (games and series) and marketing. With her combination of graphic design skills and strong storytelling and copywriting abilities, she did a stellar job bridging the gap between the two departments. But she did more than that. Rhea was an ideas machine, brainstorming and solving creative and logistical problems. And she constantly came up with original series and games concepts, some of which we are continuing to develop at Kinsane today. Now, let’s move onto attitude. Rhea is a blast! My daily meetings with her were THE favourite part of my day. They were productive, creative, and filled with so much humour we soon had other team members sitting in just for a comic jolt of energy. And finally, there’s the biggie: She’s proactive. I mean this woman looks around at the company and figures out on her own things she can do to make people happier and more productive, and just better. An example: Rhea started and ran a weekly doodle session that drew in not just artists but also accounting people and the HR people and everyone else, and created a kind of company-wide team spirit you seldom see. And that’s really what is most special about Rhea. She is incredibly easy to work with—no ego, disarmingly honest, eager to learn and to help others grow—plus she’s a natural leader. She builds cohesiveness and positivity for everyone around her. Bottom line: Rhea’s awesome!
Tara Wood
Rhea helped me turn my brief for a basic holiday e-card into a delightful animated e-card that reflects my brand perfectly. She was easy to communicate with and asked the right questions to understand the assignment, plus, offered good tips and insights to improve my original brief. She delivered the project early and definitely exceeded my expectations! She suggested wonderful creative elements while addressing my mandatory elements, exploring creative ways to take the concept further. I highly recommend her services!
Indrani Pillai
Artist. Writer. Problem solver. Bad mood annihilator. No, not a tagline for a movie. It’s a tagline for Rhea Dease. But… If we were talking about a movie and needed somebody for the lead role who is all those things plus incredibly hard-working, talented and creative, I’d go with Rhea in a heartbeat. And if we needed more than that? Some special skills? Rhea’s got that covered too. Let’s start with versatile. I had Rhea work on two teams—content creation (games and series) and marketing. With her combination of graphic design skills and strong storytelling and copywriting abilities, she did a stellar job bridging the gap between the two departments. But she did more than that. Rhea was an ideas machine, brainstorming and solving creative and logistical problems. And she constantly came up with original series and games concepts, some of which we are continuing to develop at Kinsane today. Now, let’s move onto attitude. Rhea is a blast! My daily meetings with her were THE favourite part of my day. They were productive, creative, and filled with so much humour we soon had other team members sitting in just for a comic jolt of energy. And finally, there’s the biggie: She’s proactive. I mean this woman looks around at the company and figures out on her own things she can do to make people happier and more productive, and just better. An example: Rhea started and ran a weekly doodle session that drew in not just artists but also accounting people and the HR people and everyone else, and created a kind of company-wide team spirit you seldom see. And that’s really what is most special about Rhea. She is incredibly easy to work with—no ego, disarmingly honest, eager to learn and to help others grow—plus she’s a natural leader. She builds cohesiveness and positivity for everyone around her. Bottom line: Rhea’s awesome!
Tara Wood
Rhea helped me turn my brief for a basic holiday e-card into a delightful animated e-card that reflects my brand perfectly. She was easy to communicate with and asked the right questions to understand the assignment, plus, offered good tips and insights to improve my original brief. She delivered the project early and definitely exceeded my expectations! She suggested wonderful creative elements while addressing my mandatory elements, exploring creative ways to take the concept further. I highly recommend her services!
Indrani Pillai
Artist. Writer. Problem solver. Bad mood annihilator. No, not a tagline for a movie. It’s a tagline for Rhea Dease. But… If we were talking about a movie and needed somebody for the lead role who is all those things plus incredibly hard-working, talented and creative, I’d go with Rhea in a heartbeat. And if we needed more than that? Some special skills? Rhea’s got that covered too. Let’s start with versatile. I had Rhea work on two teams—content creation (games and series) and marketing. With her combination of graphic design skills and strong storytelling and copywriting abilities, she did a stellar job bridging the gap between the two departments. But she did more than that. Rhea was an ideas machine, brainstorming and solving creative and logistical problems. And she constantly came up with original series and games concepts, some of which we are continuing to develop at Kinsane today. Now, let’s move onto attitude. Rhea is a blast! My daily meetings with her were THE favourite part of my day. They were productive, creative, and filled with so much humour we soon had other team members sitting in just for a comic jolt of energy. And finally, there’s the biggie: She’s proactive. I mean this woman looks around at the company and figures out on her own things she can do to make people happier and more productive, and just better. An example: Rhea started and ran a weekly doodle session that drew in not just artists but also accounting people and the HR people and everyone else, and created a kind of company-wide team spirit you seldom see. And that’s really what is most special about Rhea. She is incredibly easy to work with—no ego, disarmingly honest, eager to learn and to help others grow—plus she’s a natural leader. She builds cohesiveness and positivity for everyone around her. Bottom line: Rhea’s awesome!
Experience
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CivicAction
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Canada
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Design and Digital Manager
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Mar 2023 - Present
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Teach Away
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Canada
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Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Designer
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Aug 2021 - Jun 2022
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Digital Design and Content Manager
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Apr 2018 - Dec 2019
Kinsane is a global media house creating live action, animation, narrative, and reality shows for OTT (Over the top content) networks and YouTube. Kinsane also has a mobile games division. - Oversaw strategic marketing communication for Kinsane from concept to launch with the aim to drive awareness and executed across social, YouTube, video and print various platforms including Facebook, YouTube Subscriptions and Game Downloads. - Revamped the 5 page Kinsane website, collaborating with the tech team and VP Content. This included user experience research, redesigning wireframes, user flow creation, content creation, and presentation of final website design to senior stakeholders. www.kinsane.com - Conceptualized and executed marketing collateral for the company's social media pages on Facebook (Kinsane Games 17k likes, KinToons 19K likes), and YouTube (Kinsane Games, KinToons English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu). Conducted audience research to develop the brand voice and character for Kinsane on social media and created a strategic social calendar for all future content. - Developed and ensured consistent implementation of brand visual guidelines for all external communication and took ownership in creation of pitch decks to clients like Amazon, Netflix, and Zee5, as well as for parent company Rainshine. - Managed external vendors in the creation of marketing materials (game icons, videos, screenshots, promotional banners, etc.) for 27+ games currently on Google and Apple Play stores that are at 2+ million downloads. Show less
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Sony Music Entertainment
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United States
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Musicians
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700 & Above Employee
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Visual Designer
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Mar 2017 - Mar 2018
Sony Music Entertainment is a global record music company with a current roster that includes a broad array of local and international artists. - Consulted with the in-house design team, ideated and designed a variety of design solutions, reporting to the Senior General Manager: Promotions and Head, Sony Music Pop Division. - Designed 6 artist and brand management EPKs for the Sony Music Pop division in keeping with brand visual guidelines for individual artists. Also created marketing assets such as artist album/song covers and logos, tour posters, animated lyric videos, mailers, social media creatives and merchandise for Indian local artists such as Divine, Badshah, Arjun Kanungo, Raja Kumari, Darshan Raval and more. - Developed marketing assets for Bollywood films; album art and retargeting campaign videos for Tubelight and Jab Harry Met Sejal. Created logo and album art for 4 volumes of Sony Music’s Café Classics series, a series dedicated to renowned Indian classical singers. - Worked for international artists under the Sony label: designed milestone achievement plaques for global artists such as Ed Sheeran and The Chainsmokers. - Collaborated on various creative projects, supporting multiple internal stakeholders: Sony Pop, Sony International, Sony Music Kids and the Sony Catalog division. Aligned on creative briefs and completed projects under strict deadlines. Show less
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Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
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India
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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IIM-B Ed-x intern, MOOC Course
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Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
Created and designed all assets for 4 motion graphic explainer videos for IIM’s massive open online courses (MOOC), in partnership with EdX – a not-for-profit online initiative of Harvard and MIT. Created and designed all assets for 4 motion graphic explainer videos for IIM’s massive open online courses (MOOC), in partnership with EdX – a not-for-profit online initiative of Harvard and MIT.
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Leo Burnett
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1 - 100 Employee
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Trainee Copywriter
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Jul 2012 - Sep 2012
Worked on brands like Tide, Shiksha, Godrej, Rejoice and Essilor writing pre bids and concept notes, conducting market research surveys and conceptualizing events and activities. Worked on brands like Tide, Shiksha, Godrej, Rejoice and Essilor writing pre bids and concept notes, conducting market research surveys and conceptualizing events and activities.
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Education
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2013 - 2017
National Institute of Design
Master’s Degree, Animation Film Design -
2010 - 2013
St. Xavier's College
Bachelor’s Degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies -
2007 - 2009
Canossa High School
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