Christopher Alan

Art Director

San José, CA, USA
Hello, I am an experienced art director, interactive designer and front-end web developer. I've worked mostly in the retail space with companies like JCPenney, RadioShack, & Neiman Marcus just to name a few. I like to keep my style simplistic but with a great attention to detail.

Work Experience

Kohl's

SR. ART DIRECTOR

August 2015 - Present California, United States

RadioShack

SR. ART DIRECTOR

Assist in driving awareness to the newly re-branded RadioShack with a simple and bold evolution of the RadioShack brand. Bright, rich colors, big bold photography, refreshed typography, and intuitive design applications create a brand identity for new generations of technology shoppers.

• email campaigns & websites to engage customers to shop online and in-store.
July 2013 - May 2015 Oregon, United States

Fred Meyer

FRONT-END DEVELOPER

Collaborated with designers to translate visual concepts into functional webpages that work consistently across a variety of clients and platforms using modern technologies such as CSS3, HTML5 and jQuery.

Developed a responsive email framework designers could use and understand while reducing last-minute changes and bugs for developers which resulted in faster turnaround times all around.
July 2013 - December 2013 Portland, Oregon, United States

Jcpenney

INTERACTIVE DESIGNER

Created eye-catching storyboards for online advertising to increase brand awareness of JCPenney thus increasing click-through rates on average 200%.

Collaborated with the motion designers to deliver outdoor advertising for the Texas Rangers Baseball Stadium.
June 2011 - June 2013 Plano, Texas, United States

Self-Employed

FREELANCE DESIGNER

Created a number of email campaigns for Neiman Marcus’ holiday campaign that increased the click-rate to their online clothing store.

Designed and developed a website for Coppell Heating & Air Conditioning including a PHP contact form to help increase new customer growth, and faster support response times.
June 2008 - January 2011 Dallas, Texas, United States

Rogers

WEB DESIGNER

Re-designed Rogers Communications and Media website with a minimalist approach and a focus on mobile phone sales. http://www.rogers.com

Designed eye catching micro-sites and emails to announce new mobile phones as they were introduced into the market.
July 2009 - September 2010 Irving, Texas, United States

Ariamedia

JUNIOR CREATIVE

Where it all began; hired on as web designer even though I had no experience but had a stand out portfolio. Dived right in and learned HTML and CSS within the month and had my first solo project.

Designed and coded the State Tax Group website using valid HTML/CSS with a focus on getting the user’s attention while maintaining readability. http://www.statetaxgroup.com

April 2008 - September 2008 Addison, Texas, United States

Education

Collin College

Applied Graphic Design Associates Degree

May 2007 - January 2009 Plano, Texas, United States

Languages

English (Native),

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, App Design, CSS3, HTML5, Jquery, Mobile, Paper & Pencil, Sketch, Xcode, XML,