Darius Frank

Senior designer

Washington, DC, USA
Innovative and engaging creative with over 12 years of progressive working experience in the design and marketing fields. Proven track record of measured success including lead generation increases and industry recognition. Collaborative across all levels of management to ensure buy- in and develop long-lasting relationships.

Work Experience

Loopcore

Graphic designer

Delivered strategic vision-driven creative solutions, including award winning support in content product management and growing 508 compliant creative literacy.

Expanded creative vision and capability in providing innovative design solutions; such as dynamic vector-based animation, 3D motion graphics, product development, and more.

Won several creative awards, as a design team, providing industry leading design, in support of The United States Veteran Affairs office’s mission.
February 2022 - Present Washington, District of Columbia, United States

District Collaborative Creative Consultancy

Founder and CEO

Provide strategy, ideation, creation of internal and external design to various companies

Establish automated tactics to ensure post project success and continuation

Maintain a portfolio of clients, managing multiple projects at various stages of the process simultaneously

Analyze target market information to recommend effective marketing approaches and to create equity-centered design

Expand marketing efforts through engagement on marketing strategy, creative, and digital processes.

Lead discussions on brand development, empowering company-wide creativity.

Create client-facing products and materials as a UX/UI designer, driven by user feedback and collaborative quality assurance measures.
January 2019 - January 2022 District of Columbia, United States

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Illustrator

Utilized illustrative and production design skills to develop new products and maintain legacy systems.

Developed strong relationships with core staff and management, as a remote employee, through productivity tools and collaborative processes.

Leveraged UX design/developer experience to provide support with user tools and accessibility in accordance with 508 compliance.
January 2020 - January 2021 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Atlantic Media

Senior Graphic Design (contractor)

Led ideation, execution, and delivery, on multiple projects for majors clients including Equifax 
and Verizon.

Corrected issues with the company’s server, allowing the marketing team to maintain a contract with a Fortune 500 strategic account.

Produced “Inside the Disaster Zone,” an interactive website project for Verizon, securing a multi-million dollar contract.

Participated in executive-level meetings on the direction and creative ideation of client based projects.

Managed junior designer, allowing for Marketing director to better manage content team.
October 2018 - December 2018 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

FiscalNote

Senior Graphic Designer

Managed design function, including a Junior Graphic Designer, which allowed for marketing team to effectively engage in newer, larger campaigns and experimentation.

Collaborated with various platform vendors to save the company 15%.

Produced collateral that contributed to early success, including increasing the open rate by 3.6%.

Worked with consultants in development of two company website redesigns and led FiscalNote’s new brand identity and direction in 2018.

Directed and designed work on two of FiscalNote’s largest campaign efforts, which attributed to the success of their pivot in message and creating a spike in business during 2018 PAC Miami.
September 2016 - October 2018 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Mosaic

Senior Graphic Designer

Acted as the creative authority in discussion with clients, facilitating the acquisition of new business and guided artistic direction.

Developed and managed the design of multiple trade editorials and publications which increased efficiency, noticeable by the CTO and Comptroller.

Deepened my knowledge in web design which gave the company another service offering.

Served as a second managerial figure which alleviated in-office tensions and marketing bottlenecks.
March 2016 - August 2016 Maryland, United States

Fishbowl Marketing

Graphic Designer

Supported company in handling and expanding on the brands identity.

Designed client and internal presentations, edited video webinars, and produced training collateral, deepening the quality in Marketing’s collateral.

Lead design on Fishbowl events and and deliverables. Allowing the company to attend more events.

2 years of sustained work and maintenance of web collateral and presence. Produced front-end design for websites and emails, using HTML, CSS, and JQuery; within a CMS.
February 2014 - July 2014 Virginia, United States

National Education Week LLC

Graphic Designer

Developed and designed all the deliverables for the National Education Week annual event, and continued efforts throughout the year.

Presented new channel options of communication with my talent in web design and animation.

Led design on other ventures owned by the CEO, CTO, and Marketing director.

Led creative ideation and direction during my time as the sole design asset.
February 2014 - July 2014 Maryland, United States

Create Expectations INC.

Graphic Designer

Created printed collateral and material for companies like CA technologies, where we worked within the scope of the brand to still create beautiful and informative creative.

Held discussions on creative direction and project details in designing presentations for companies like Reebok, Coca Cola, and Disney.

Researched current trends and offered industry changing solutions, utilizing the latest in technology and design services.
February 2013 - August 2013 Georgia, United States

Six Half Dozen

Graphic Design Intern

Designed preliminary mockups of websites for clients.

Revised or revisited ad designs for local and regional publications.

Handled multi-page documents from start to finish.

Offered illustrative design choices for logos, publications, etc.

Worked alongside team members to handle designing for large projects such as websites and large, bound publications
September 2012 - November 2012 Virginia, United States

Digital Arts Magazine

Contributor

I was approached to do an article which included some of my art work and writing talent.
January 2012 - March 2012 Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Education

Art Institute Of Washington

Bachelors of Fine Arts

Major: Graphic Design
3.0 GPA
August 2008 - June 2012 Arlington, Virginia, United States

Awards

Association Of Marketing And Communication Professionals (AMCP)

Viddy Gold Award, Non-Broadcast | Long form: VA Health and Benefits app - Secure Messaging

2024

Association Of Marketing And Communication Professionals (AMCP)

Marcom Platinum award, Marketing campaign: “OIT Brand System”

2023

Bombay Sapphire

Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Grand Prize Winner

2016

Skills

508 Compliant, Accessibility, Adobe Creative Cloud, Animation, Brand Development, Brand Management, Content Development, Creative Research, Creative Strategy, Data Visualization, Equity-focused Design, Front-End Development, Illustration, Leadership, Product Design, Product Development, Project Management, Social Media Marketing, UI RESEARCH, UI Testing, UX Design, UX Development, Video Editing, Video Production,

Organizations and Clubs

Member of AIGA
Former Member of the AIGA Student Chapter, Art Institute of Washington
Former member of Alpha Phi Omega
Former Treasurer/VP of the Student Government Association, Art institute of Washington