2483 Channing Road, University Heights, Ohio 44118
Mobile: 440-714-0355
Email: carreon@oh.rr.com / website: www.johncarreon.com

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NAS Recruitment - Cleveland, OH - Sr. Art Director/Developer/Video, May 2012-Present
Creative lead in development of employment branding campaigns and advertising through interactive applications, web, video/editing and multimedia.

• Creative lead in maintaining branding requirements for U.S. Army Medical and USAA accounts as well as overseeing multiple video productions and photo shoots.

• Development of CMS based website platform for small budget clients.

• Provide design and pre-press production of various collateral material, including trade ads, posters, brochures, infographics, logos and displays.

• Working directly with copywriters, strategist, project managers, developers and client/prospect contact.

• Testing of existing designs to ensure they meet user experience requirements.

United Airlines / Cardinal Health / USAA / Mercy Hospital / US Army / Reading Hospital System / MedExpress / Fountain Tire / WellCare / Cincinnati Children's / Bosch / Phillips 66 / Ross Stores / Freddie Mac / Kao Brands / City of Hope / Springleaf Financial

 

Freelance - Cleveland, OH - Sr. Art Director, August 2010-May 2012
Print and online creative development - Print retail marketing - Spanish language advertising.
Malone Advertising/JWT Action / al Punto Advertising / Linear Creative / Brooks Advertising / Vilocity Interactive / Rock Hall of Fame / Sonnhalter Advertising / Reality2

 

Vilocity Interactive - Cleveland/Phoenix - Sr. Art Director, March 2007-August 2010
Creative development of interactive SEO friendly websites, landing pages, Flash elements, banners, email design, CDs and print materials. Supervised all creative materials.
eTelecare Recruitment / Little Kids Inc. / Emergen-C / SweetLeaf / Desert Botanical Garden / NCCA / Mesa Arts Center / Arizona Opera / Western Reserve Historical Society / Flaming River

 

Freelance - Cleveland, OH - Sr. Art Director, July 2006-March 2007
Print creative for retail clients.
Doner Advertising / Marcus Thomas Advertising / Goldstein Group Communications / Jamestown Group

 

Grey Direct West - Burbank, CA - Associate Creative Director/Art Director, Sept. 2005-July 2006
Print, online and DRTV creative development, art department management of Art Directors, Production Artist, Interactive Artist and interns. Responsible for bringing graphic standards inline for Princess Cruises and an increase in the client budget.
Princess Cruises / Cunard / AAA (Auto Club)

 

Kern Direct - Woodland Hills, CA - Sr. Art Director, Feb. 2005-Sept. 2005 Direct response print creative materials.
DIRECTV / California Chamber of Commerce / Nextel / SAP / VeriSign / Hitachi / Nortel / 21st Century Insurance / Zorich / Cardiac Science

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Freelance - L.A., CA - Sr. Art Director, Feb. 2004-Feb. 2005
Direct response print creative materials - Development of Flash elements for motion picture industry.
DDB / Creative Domain / Kern Direct / Watters Design

 

Grey Direct West - Glendale, CA - Design Supervisor/Sr. AD, Feb. 2001-Feb. 2004
Print and online creative development, supervision of art department.
Washington Mutual / AAA (Auto Club) / City National Bank / Bank of America / Excite / AT&T Broadband / DHL / Bally's & Paris Las Vegas / Caesars / Sparkletts

 

Freelance - L.A., CA - Sr. Art Director, March 2000-Feb. 2001
Print and web development of online store for Wherehouse Music, including Flash promotions. Checkout.com—Wherehouse Music – Redesign and maintenance of Wherehouse Music's online store website. Creation of online banners and flash/html promotions / Bidz.com – Online auction site redesign & creative banner development

 

Fotouhi Alonso Associates - Century City - Sr. Art Director, March 1996-March 2000
Print and online creative for general market. Creation of web team within agency as well as management of Hispanic marketing assignments.
GetPlugged.com / Anyloan.com / QuikkTutor.com / NewCentury Financial Corp. / Hollywood Reporter / Epson / fX Cable Networks / Los Angeles DWP / Catalina Marketing / Marshall Industries / First Federal Bank / Hughes Avicom / Garrett Aviation / JAKKS Action Figures / M2 Collision Centers / Long Beach Ice Dogs Hockey / American Honda / Univision Network / Aquarium of the Pacific / Pacbell-SouthCoast Wireless Stores / Frame-n-lens

 

Freelance - L.A., CA - Sr. Art Director, May 1993-March 1996
Print and broadcast creative development for Hispanic market. Hispanic/General Market Advertising
KCET-PBS / Valencia, Maldonado & Echeveste (PR) - McDonald's, S. California Gas / Tamayo-Miyares Advertising - MCI, White Castle, FHP HealthCare, Gamesa-PepsiCo., Lazzar Furniture, CMH Hospital / Anita Santiago Advertising -See's Candies / La Agencia de Orcí & Asociados -L.A. Times, Alta Dena / Southern California Organ Procurement Center / Casanova Pendrill Publicidad - California State Lottery / La Maquina KMQA FM 98.3 / Noble & Asociados / S.C. Johnson- Raid, Raid Max, Edge Gel, Glade / Huggies Pull-Ups / Gamesa / PepsiCo Foods Imports / La Tapatia Tortillas

 

La Agencia de Orcí & Asociados - L.A., CA - Sr. Art Director, February 1989-February 1993
Print and broadcast creative for Hispanic market. Development of over 30 commercial spots.
American Honda Co. / PepsiCo. / KFC / Nestlé-Carnation / Libby's / Contadina / Wells Fargo Bank / Hills Bros. / Anheuser-Busch Corporate / MJB Coffee / Zenith / Armor All - Protectant, Tire Foam / World Vision Childcare Sponsor / U S WEST Communications / Domecq Importers - Presidente / Miss Clairol

 

Uber Advertising - Upland, CA - Art Director, Oct. 1986-Feb. 1989
Print creative and production.
Monrovia Nursery Co. - Plants / Landscape Materials, Seed / Taxware Inc. - Accountancy Software / Jameson Phamaceuticals - Vitamins, Health Bars / Kinyo - VCR Rewinders

 

Programs
InDesign, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, Flash, Fireworks, Premiere, AfterEffects, Quark, Freehand, ImageReady, Sharepoint7, Webpop, Bridge & PowerPoint

 

Education
Columbus College of Art & Design - Columbus, OH B.F.A. - Major: Advertising - Minor: Illustration