Ethan Ross
Design Freelancer
New York, NY, USAI am a graphic designer that specializes in: Branding, Key Art, Retouching, Photo-Comping, and Production Design. I am fluent in: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Keynote, and have some experience with Cinema 4D.
Work Experience
HBO
Senior Designer
October 2016
- Present
New York, United States
Ethan Ross Design
Freelance Designer
I am a graphic designer that specializes in: Branding, Key Art, Retouching, Photo-Comping, and Production Design. I am fluent in: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Keynote, and have some experience with Cinema 4D.
June 2015
- Present
New York, United States
NFL
Freelance Designer
Designed: key art, environmental graphics, and storyboards for various projects.
August 2016
- October 2016
New York, New York, United States
WME IMG
Freelance Designer
Designed: sponsored events, packaging, products, and logos for corporate brand activations, primarily in the beer, sports, and festival industries. Visualized marketing concepts through photo-illustration, designed pitch decks.
June 2015
- August 2016
New York, United States
Spotco
Designer
Designed: branding, key art, and ad campaigns for Broadway shows. Art directed and built-out accounts across digital, broadcast, and production departments. Notable clients: “Kinky Boots”, “Bright Star”, and “The World of Extreme Happiness”.
June 2014
- June 2015
New York, United States
Aka Promotions
Junior Designer
Developed: Marketing Strategies, Branding, and Key Art for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Regional Theater clients. Responsibilities included: designing for web, broadcast, point-of-purchase, and events as well as over-seeing projects between departments. Notable clients: “Matilda the Musical”, “A Christmas Story The Musical”, “La Soiree”.
August 2012
- July 2014
New York, New York, United States
Aka Promotions
Design Intern
Created the entire brand for “Bare The Musical” which included: print, web, social media, and illustration components. Pitched branding, key art, and editorial design for Olney Theater Center.
May 2012
- August 2012
New York, New York, United States
The Anderson Group
Design Intern
Assisted in the creation of: Instructional videos, package design, branding, and editorial design primarily for the pet and herping (reptile) industry.
October 2011
- December 2011
Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, United States
Education
Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Fine Arts
-Concentrated in: Advertising and Graphic Design
-Cum laude
-Dean's List
-Cum laude
-Dean's List
August 2009
- May 2012
Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
Bucks County Community College
Associates of Arts
-Dean's List
August 2007
- May 2009
Newtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Awards
Art Directors Club (ADC) - New York
2012 Advertising Student Portfolio Review
2012
Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania
Nominated: Dianne V. Dockery Advertising Design Award
2012
Skills
Adobe Acrobat,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Branding,
Cinema 4D,
Compositing,
Concept Development,
Digital Illustration,
Event Design,
Key Art,
Point Of Purchase Design,
Retouching,
Campus Activities:
-2010, 2012 Design-A-Thon: 24 hour pro-bono event for non-profits.
-2012 Design RX: 4 hour pro-bono event for KU fine art majors.
Sharadin Art Gallery Assistant for two visiting visual artists:
-2011 Chris Dacre: “WAR is FUN”
-2010 Nene Humphrey: “Circling the Center”
-2012 Design RX: 4 hour pro-bono event for KU fine art majors.
Sharadin Art Gallery Assistant for two visiting visual artists:
-2011 Chris Dacre: “WAR is FUN”
-2010 Nene Humphrey: “Circling the Center”