bil Chamberlin

Creative Lead

Louisville, CO, USA
bil, one "L", lower case. I like the way it looks.

As a creative lead I have designed digital products, broadcast graphics, and brands. I have ideated concepts for award-winning campaigns and marketing strategies. I am passionate for animating motion graphics, characters, and micro-interactions.

I have lead teams in the creation of design systems, campaigns and other digital products. Took the lead in presenting work to clients from concept to creation. Lead initiatives in design operations to help design and dev teams work seamlessly together, managed seamless workflows with the latest digital tools.

I also enjoy painting, sci-fi, hiking, and skiing and spending time with my family.

Work Experience

IMM

Senior Art Director

Lead creative including oversight and client engagement on several projects including brand and logo design, website design & media production. Lead the team through updating design operations and elevated overall design and motion expectations.
August 2018 - May 2019 Boulder, Colorado, United States

VSA Partners

Senior Designer

Clients I worked with are IBM, Google, Conduent and VSA internal. I worked both independently and closely across diverse global teams on many digital initiatives, spanning the disciplines of branding, product design, design-ops, sonic design, and motion design. My last project was a leadership/design role on for an enterprise level design system for IBM.

My latest project was w3DS, an internal IBM design system, basically, a user interface framework for the web made of code patterns and visual tools, so teams can quickly develop responsive sites and apps. As the senior designer on w3DS, IBM's internal design system, my responsibilities included; overseeing designers and implementing design op tools to manage our workflow, design of components and patterns, responsible for analyzing a need and delivering a method for a motion UI system tied to code and developing materials, using the system to push the limits of design, by creating innovative sample sites, and finally, to create presentation materials to help market our effort.
August 2015 - April 2018 New York, New York, United States

BARKER Advertising & Interactive

Freelance Senior Art Director

Senior art director in charge of updating existing client website to include responsive functionality. The update also included creating more pages for new content and creating After Effects prototype to help demonstrate to the client a complex, yet elegant navigational system.
June 2015 - July 2015 New York, New York, United States

MRM-McCann Worldwide

Senior Art Director

Lead the design work on major projects for Verizon. Designed marketing landing pages, standard and rich media banners, email campaigns, videos and overall concept ideation. Led projects and mentored junior level art directors and designers. Led the product launch of FiOS Quantum TV, designing all the digital assets, and animating commercials. One of the campaigns I created was an Adweek ad of the day.
April 2013 - January 2015 New York, United States

RedFuse

Freelance Senior Art Director

Responsible for concept and design of a major social campaign using Rising Star rich media banners and Pinterest. Crafted Colgates first responsive web experience for Colgate Ultra White while pushing the brand forward to a strong yet elegant solution.
January 2013 - April 2013 New York, United States

INFUSION

ACD / Freelance Senior Art Director

Created in store interactive touch screen experience for the Samsung Galaxy Note II. To be displayed in Sprint stores throughout the country. Directed creative and development team, responsible for client presentations and interaction. Developed creative solutions to stay on budget. Liaison between account and creative departments.
September 2012 - December 2012 New York, United States

Organic

Freelance Senior Art Director

Created HTML5 parallax inspired web design layouts for new Audi website pitch, including the accompanying Audi app designs for mobile devices.
August 2012 - September 2012 New York, New York, United States

INFUSION

Freelance Senior Art Director

Created in store interactive touch screen experience for the Samsung Galaxy SIII. To be displayed in Sprint stores throughout the country. Directed creative and development team, responsible for client presentations and interaction.
May 2012 - June 2012 New York, New York, United States

Ogilvy & Mather New York

Freelance Senior Art Director

Web Design, Branding, UX design, App design & Illustration for Time Warner Cable and Time Warner Cable Business Class
April 2011 - October 2011 New York, New York, United States

VML

Freelance Senior Art Director

Created concepts for new HERSHEY’S flagship Canadian site.
February 2011 - March 2011 New York, New York, United States

TBWA Chiat Day

Freelance Senior Art Director

Created interactive game concepts for gallery page of new Michelin Tires website.
January 2011 - February 2011 New York, New York, United States

Organic

Freelance Senior Art Director

Designed website concepts and updated brand for a Hilton.
November 2010 - January 2011 New York, New York, United States

The Wonderfactory

Freelance Senior Art Director

Created new designs and templates for Better Homes & Gardens for the iPad. Designed and lead in the creation of iPad advertisements for Time Inc. Used After Effects to animate ads.
August 2010 - September 2010 New York, New York, United States

Digitas

Lead Designer

Designed and Concepted Websites, Lead Brainstorming Sessions, Animation in Flash and After Effects, Client Interaction, Creative Strategy and Ideation, Viral Marketing Concepts, Game Design, Logo Design, Illustration, Supported new client ( Samsung ) from initial pitch to present.

Accounts - Samsung, IBM, American Express, Kraft, Delta
November 2005 - July 2010 New York, New York, United States

Viewpoint

Art Director

Flash animation, art direction, HTML, 3D Integration into banners and websites.

Accounts – General Motors, Sony, America Online, General Electric, IBM
April 2002 - October 2003 New York, New York, United States

Gem.net

Art Director

Flash Animation and Art Direction, Digital Magazine Layout and Story Design.

An online award wining, Flash driven, weekly online jewelry magazine.
February 2001 - April 2002 New York, New York, United States

CNNfn

Designer

Animation, Show Design, Bumpers, Lower Thirds, Over the Shoulders, Promotional Animation, Set Design
January 1997 - January 2000 New York, New York, United States

Freelance

Senior Art Director / Creative Lead

Additionally – I worked with many other agencies and have managed multiple clients independently as a freelance designer. Projects have ranged from identity development to interactive branding solutions.

Accounts – Sony, Sci-Fi Network, Tribal DDB, American Greetings, Merrill Lynch, Nickelodeon, Samsung, American Express, McGraw Hill, Scholastic
July 2001 - New York, New York, United States

Education

Maryland Institute College Of Art (MICA)

BFA

September 1987 - May 1991 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Skills

Art Direction, Branding, Design, DIGITAL OPERATIONS, Illustration, Logo Design, Motion Graphics (After Effects), Product Design, Team Management, Website Design,