César Salazar
Senior Designer
Berlin, Germany
01742740699
be.net/cesarsalazar
To create is the most natural thing to do, let´s design on top of that...
Work Experience
Smava GmbH
Creative Team Lead
Manage designers/writers employees and outsourced resources for all marketing channels. Ideation for Brand Booking, Display, CRM, B2B, etc. Direct our In-House Productions. Research & Development, i.e AI tools like Heygen and Eleven Labs.
March 2024
- Present
Germany
Smava GmbH
Senior Visual Designer
-Design and development of layouts and visuals for all Marketing channels
-Creating animated content for digital ads (e.g. GIFs, short video)
-Brainstorming of creative concepts that will shape Marketing campaigns (online & offline) from brief to launch
-Creating animated content for digital ads (e.g. GIFs, short video)
-Brainstorming of creative concepts that will shape Marketing campaigns (online & offline) from brief to launch
July 2022
- February 2024
Germany
Smava GmbH
Freelancer / Graphic designer
-Design and development of layouts and visuals for all Marketing channels
-Creating animated content for digital ads (e.g. GIFs, short video)
-Brainstorming of creative concepts that will shape Marketing campaigns (online & offline) from brief to launch
-Creating animated content for digital ads (e.g. GIFs, short video)
-Brainstorming of creative concepts that will shape Marketing campaigns (online & offline) from brief to launch
June 2020
- August 2020
Germany
Manuco Group
Freelancer / Graphic Designer
Photo Design & Post-Production for an international e-commerce company with locations in Europe (Berlin) and the US (Miami). As an online sales expert, they focus on the development and marketing of direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands. Today, they have many strong private labels under their umbrella. The successful combination of different digital distribution channels such as self-owned online brand shops, marketplaces (such as Amazon, eBay and Co) and social media commerce.
April 2020
- June 2020
Germany
Booming Games
Gameplay designer
Working as a technical artist between international product teams, developers, illustrators, and animators. Taking on responsibility for the development of new Architectures to enhance a smooth UX, such as transitions and behaviours for end consumers, aka players. Releasing two next-level slot games to the market per month.
January 2019
- December 2019
Germany
Booming Games
Sr. graphic designer
Supervising marketing strategies and corporate branding.
Being the bridge between the product department and the art &
animation department.
Supplying artistic assets to complete the games.
Maintaining and enhancing the game UI.
Being the bridge between the product department and the art &
animation department.
Supplying artistic assets to complete the games.
Maintaining and enhancing the game UI.
April 2018
- January 2019
Germany
Booming Games
Brand and marketing designer
Creating, managing and delivering all marketing arts, including public communications with clients and consumers (players). This was not limited to the two-game released per month, as all corporate images were part of my job responsibilities.
April 2016
- April 2018
Germany
Freelance
Graphic designer
As a professional freelancer, I had the opportunity to work with different
clients with a diversity of needs, expanding my technical, artistic, and even
my general knowledge (e.g. "La Rinconada" a memorable horse race project). It was an excellent experience to get directly involved in sales and deals.
clients with a diversity of needs, expanding my technical, artistic, and even
my general knowledge (e.g. "La Rinconada" a memorable horse race project). It was an excellent experience to get directly involved in sales and deals.
February 2015
- March 2016
20 Segundos Producciones
Brand designer / Motion designer
First employment as a professional designer, working in marketing, corporate identity, and motion graphics. One of the important company clients was "Full Pizza" which is one of the biggest local fast-food restaurants in Venezuela, with more than 20 years of experience in the market, and for a long time positioned in
1st place as a pizza-seller.
1st place as a pizza-seller.
April 2013
- January 2015
Venezuela
Proyectos Buena
Intern designer
My first experience in a design studio start-up as a design student was making mock-up proposals for other young companies and non-profit campaigns for NGOs.
January 2012
- December 2012
Venezuela
Education
Instituto De Diseño De Caracas
Graphic Designer
Diplomat in graphic design, based on BAUHAUS’ fundamentals.
2010
- 2013
Venezuela
Languages
Ingles (Fluent),
German (Advanced),
Spanish (Native),
Awards
Smava
Best Employee of the month
2022
Skills
Animation,
Brand,
Graphics,
Id Systems,
Ideation,
Leading,
Logo,
Management,
Marketing,
Motion,
Post Porduction,
Product,
Production,
Rebranding,
UI,
Ux,
Wireframing,