Scott Banks
all things design
Atlanta, GA, USA
(404) 307-8206
scott-banks-design.myportfolio.com/work
Visual designer, type designer, art director, copywriter, UX/UI, animator, illustrator, leader, teacher, mentor, front-end developer, Adobe Creative Suite expert.
My in-depth experience includes a wide variety of industries from healthcare and financial to entertainment and retail.Over the past 10 years I have worked with CARE, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, WarnerMedia, Turner Classic Movies, Coca-Cola, DC Comics, Golden Corral Restaurants, Pennington Seed, Quality Care for Children, Comcast SportsNewYork, Turner Broadcasting, and OshKosh B'gosh.
I'm also an adjunct design & typography professor at the Miami Ad School as well as an AIGA and ADPlist mentor.
My in-depth experience includes a wide variety of industries from healthcare and financial to entertainment and retail.Over the past 10 years I have worked with CARE, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, WarnerMedia, Turner Classic Movies, Coca-Cola, DC Comics, Golden Corral Restaurants, Pennington Seed, Quality Care for Children, Comcast SportsNewYork, Turner Broadcasting, and OshKosh B'gosh.
I'm also an adjunct design & typography professor at the Miami Ad School as well as an AIGA and ADPlist mentor.
Work Experience
Cartoon Network
Interactive & CMS PR Website Designer/Developer
Develop, design and animate PR websites for new show launches and integrate them into Cartoon network’s prorietary Content Management System.
January 2012
- Present
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
DragonCon
Alternate History Track - Digital & Social Media Art Director
Currently using 2012 visitor feedback to develop strategy, content, redesign visuals & UX/UI for the Alternate History Track’s website to achieve a better online experience for visitors.
Visual Design of 2013 website
Design & direction of HTML5 mobile app for track attendees.
Developed strategy, wrote, and designed promotional banner ads and printed postcards.
Developed strategy and content for social media
Consulting and implementing emerging media
Conduct Content Management System training for marketing team.
Visual Design of 2013 website
Design & direction of HTML5 mobile app for track attendees.
Developed strategy, wrote, and designed promotional banner ads and printed postcards.
Developed strategy and content for social media
Consulting and implementing emerging media
Conduct Content Management System training for marketing team.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Quality Care For Children
Interactive Creative Director / Integrated Marketing Art Director
Responsible for maintaining brand standards across al digital media.
Designed and directed a major redesign to the organization website integrating tools for visitors, a CMS.
Designed and directed interactive websites for QCC annual reports, ALL-GA-CAMPS.org a statewide summer camp search website, and QCCdata.org a county-by-county cost of childcare website.
Design and create specialty invitation, online marketing materials, and mobile site for the past 5 years for "El Dîa de los Niños" Quality Care for Children's largest annual fund raiser.
Designed and directed a major redesign to the organization website integrating tools for visitors, a CMS.
Designed and directed interactive websites for QCC annual reports, ALL-GA-CAMPS.org a statewide summer camp search website, and QCCdata.org a county-by-county cost of childcare website.
Design and create specialty invitation, online marketing materials, and mobile site for the past 5 years for "El Dîa de los Niños" Quality Care for Children's largest annual fund raiser.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Oshkosh B'Gosh
Brand Development Art Director
Worked as part of a team in redefining the OshKosh B'gosh brand as an industry leader in children's fashion.
Produced seasonal catalogs.
Consulted on visual development of Carter's Cares branding.
Produced seasonal catalogs.
Consulted on visual development of Carter's Cares branding.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Care
Art Director - Branding, Print, Film, Digital and Interactive
Co-developed and Art Directed branding for CARE’s documentary “A Powerful Noise” including: movie titles, website, press-kits, interactive educational materials, DVD packaging, interactive DVD menus, advertising, email marketing, live event visuals, environmental design for movie premiere after-party.
Designed CARE’s “Half the Sky Live” ticket preordering website.
Designed CARE’s “Half the Sky Live” ticket preordering website.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Cartoon Network / Adult Swim
Product Launch & Integrated Marketing Art Director
Developed and directed over 20 integrated marketing campaigns for DVD & show product launches including design for PR, online, print, and out-of-home.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Freelance
Interactive & Print Creative Director
Cartoon Network:
Product Launch & Integrated Marketing Art Director / Packaging Art Director
-Developed and directed over 20 integrated marketing campaigns for DVD & show product launches including design for PR, online, print, and out-of-home.
-Designed over 35 DVD packages including outer package, specialty packaging, and interactive onscreen DVD menus.
Quality Care for Children
Interactive Creative Director / Integrated Marketing Art Director
-Responsible for maintaining brand standards across al digital media.
-Designed and directed major redesign to organization website integrating tools for visitors, a CMS system and training users on the CMS system.
-Designed and directed interactive websites for QCC annual reports, ALL-GA-CAMPS.org a statewide summer camp search website, and QCCdata.org a county-by-county cost of childcare website.
-Design and create specialty invitation, online marketing materials, and mobile site for the past 5 years for "El Dîa de los Niños" Quality Care for Children's largest annual fundraiser.
Carters/OshKosh B'gosh
Brand Development Art Director
-Worked as part of a team in redefining the OshKosh B'gosh brand as an industry leader in children's fashion.
Product Launch & Integrated Marketing Art Director / Packaging Art Director
-Developed and directed over 20 integrated marketing campaigns for DVD & show product launches including design for PR, online, print, and out-of-home.
-Designed over 35 DVD packages including outer package, specialty packaging, and interactive onscreen DVD menus.
Quality Care for Children
Interactive Creative Director / Integrated Marketing Art Director
-Responsible for maintaining brand standards across al digital media.
-Designed and directed major redesign to organization website integrating tools for visitors, a CMS system and training users on the CMS system.
-Designed and directed interactive websites for QCC annual reports, ALL-GA-CAMPS.org a statewide summer camp search website, and QCCdata.org a county-by-county cost of childcare website.
-Design and create specialty invitation, online marketing materials, and mobile site for the past 5 years for "El Dîa de los Niños" Quality Care for Children's largest annual fundraiser.
Carters/OshKosh B'gosh
Brand Development Art Director
-Worked as part of a team in redefining the OshKosh B'gosh brand as an industry leader in children's fashion.
March 2008
- Present
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Creative Circus
Instructor
Illuminated students of the importance of typography in branding and design through typography history and "real world" projects.
Helped third-year students prepare their portfolio for job searches through critiques of existing work and advanced projects.
Helped third-year students prepare their portfolio for job searches through critiques of existing work and advanced projects.
September 2006
- June 2008
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Miami Ad School
Adjunct Professor
Adobe Creative Suite & Typography Instructor
June 2021
- Present
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Education
Michigan State University
BA Advertising / BA Graphic Design
September 1982
- June 1987
Michigan, United States
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite,
Art Direction,
Brand Identity,
Compositing,
Copy Writing,
CSS,
Design Management,
Design Team Management,
Digital Retouching,
Frontend Development,
Illustration,
Interactive Design,
Lettering,
Model Making,
Sculpting,
Type Design,
Typography,
UX/UI,
Visual Design,
WordPress,
Achievements, Awards and Publications
Over 50 awards including: Communication Arts Design Annual, Regional Addys, Print Regional Design Annual, Graphis, HOW, Step Into Design, ShowSouth.
Published work, articles & interviews in over 25 books & magazines including: Graphis Posters, 1000 Great Retail Designs, Communication Arts, American Design, Print, HOW, Utne Reader, New York Times Magazine.
Published work, articles & interviews in over 25 books & magazines including: Graphis Posters, 1000 Great Retail Designs, Communication Arts, American Design, Print, HOW, Utne Reader, New York Times Magazine.