Experience

John Paul Mitchell Systems

• Cosmetics
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Production Artist

  • Mar 2022 - Present



Markwins Beauty Brands

• United States
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Production Artist

  • May 2018 - Mar 2022

  Promoted to Senior Production Artist after 4 years with wet n' wild Beauty. Additional duties include: • Reports directly to the Creative Director, serving as second in command managing projects for designers and production artists. • Project lead for beauty product segment encompassing primary and secondary artwork, including mockups, renders, samples, and final production. • Takes design concepts into production for countertop displays, POPs, and wall fixtures. • Functional… Show more Promoted to Senior Production Artist after 4 years with wet n' wild Beauty. Additional duties include: • Reports directly to the Creative Director, serving as second in command managing projects for designers and production artists. • Project lead for beauty product segment encompassing primary and secondary artwork, including mockups, renders, samples, and final production. • Takes design concepts into production for countertop displays, POPs, and wall fixtures. • Functional lead for artwork deliverables collaborating with Brand, Merchandising, Product Teams, and project manager to ensure timely delivery of quality artwork. • Collaborates with Merchandising to create artwork assets for wall fixtures featured in major retailers such as Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, and Target. • Liaison with international manufacturing firms in China ensuring production deliverables remain faithful to the original design and concept. • Conducts press checks with vendors.

• Production Artist

  • Mar 2014 - May 2018

  Markwins International is a cosmetics company that manufactures the wet n' wild, Black Radiance, Physicians Formula, and Lipsmacker brands. I work under the wet n' wild.



Earthwise Bag Co.

• Packaging & Containers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Mar 2009 - Sep 2013

  A reusable bag company that specializes in eco-friendly products for retail & grocery stores. • Charged with illustrating and developing new seasonal design concepts including product packaging for large grocery retailers such as Kroger and Supervalu. • Managed quality assurance of design process and bag production, ensuring all images are high quality artwork, redesigning low resolution images as needed. • Served as website administrator updating and maintaining the company’s… Show more A reusable bag company that specializes in eco-friendly products for retail & grocery stores. • Charged with illustrating and developing new seasonal design concepts including product packaging for large grocery retailers such as Kroger and Supervalu. • Managed quality assurance of design process and bag production, ensuring all images are high quality artwork, redesigning low resolution images as needed. • Served as website administrator updating and maintaining the company’s content management system (CMS) Wordpress. • Ensured proper set up of templates for manufacturing in China. • Created content for promotional/advertising materials, including catalog layout and photography. Show less A reusable bag company that specializes in eco-friendly products for retail & grocery stores. • Charged with illustrating and developing new seasonal design concepts including product packaging for large grocery retailers such as Kroger and Supervalu. • Managed quality assurance of design process and bag production, ensuring all images are high quality artwork, redesigning low resolution images as needed. • Served as website administrator updating and maintaining the company’s… Show more A reusable bag company that specializes in eco-friendly products for retail & grocery stores. • Charged with illustrating and developing new seasonal design concepts including product packaging for large grocery retailers such as Kroger and Supervalu. • Managed quality assurance of design process and bag production, ensuring all images are high quality artwork, redesigning low resolution images as needed. • Served as website administrator updating and maintaining the company’s content management system (CMS) Wordpress. • Ensured proper set up of templates for manufacturing in China. • Created content for promotional/advertising materials, including catalog layout and photography. Show less



Broccoli International USA

• Los Angeles, CA

• Graphic Designer

  • Feb 2002 - Feb 2009

  United States branch of Broccoli, a Japanese company that caters to fans of anime & manga (Japanese animation & comics, respectively). • Fashioned packaging and menus for DVD animation projects such as Di Gi Charat, Aquarian Age, and the highly acclaimed FLCL. • Laid out and supervised the localization of several Japanese graphic novels and magazines under the Broccoli Books imprint. • Created and maintained websites using the Drupal/Joomla… Show more United States branch of Broccoli, a Japanese company that caters to fans of anime & manga (Japanese animation & comics, respectively). • Fashioned packaging and menus for DVD animation projects such as Di Gi Charat, Aquarian Age, and the highly acclaimed FLCL. • Laid out and supervised the localization of several Japanese graphic novels and magazines under the Broccoli Books imprint. • Created and maintained websites using the Drupal/Joomla CMS and HTML/CSS. • Designed promotional materials for Square Enix’s line of Japanese graphic novels that were used at San Diego Comic-Con. • Made catalogs, promotional items, and advertising. Show less United States branch of Broccoli, a Japanese company that caters to fans of anime & manga (Japanese animation & comics, respectively). • Fashioned packaging and menus for DVD animation projects such as Di Gi Charat, Aquarian Age, and the highly acclaimed FLCL. • Laid out and supervised the localization of several Japanese graphic novels and magazines under the Broccoli Books imprint. • Created and maintained websites using the Drupal/Joomla… Show more United States branch of Broccoli, a Japanese company that caters to fans of anime & manga (Japanese animation & comics, respectively). • Fashioned packaging and menus for DVD animation projects such as Di Gi Charat, Aquarian Age, and the highly acclaimed FLCL. • Laid out and supervised the localization of several Japanese graphic novels and magazines under the Broccoli Books imprint. • Created and maintained websites using the Drupal/Joomla CMS and HTML/CSS. • Designed promotional materials for Square Enix’s line of Japanese graphic novels that were used at San Diego Comic-Con. • Made catalogs, promotional items, and advertising. Show less



Digital Manga, Inc.

• Greater Los Angeles Area

• Graphic Designer

  • 2000 - 2002

  A US media company that specializes in localization of Japanese anime & manga (Japanese animation & comics, respectively). • Hand coded the animation news website “Akadot”. • Laid out advertisements, promotional items, and packaging. A US media company that specializes in localization of Japanese anime & manga (Japanese animation & comics, respectively). • Hand coded the animation news website “Akadot”. • Laid out advertisements, promotional items, and packaging.