RESUME

TRAVIS HAIGHT // 310.357.8320 // travis.haight@gmail.com

SuMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Hands-on creative leader with extensive industry knowledge of best design practices and over 20 years of experience in graphic design, art direction, illustration, and product/lifestyle photography. Expertise in using Adobe CC for high-level design and typographic detail, managing designers (in-house and freelance). Mastery of open, collaborative and proactive communication, time management, and project management skills. Discerning liaison between internal departments, and outside clients and vendors.

App Experience: Adobe Creative Cloud // Microsoft 365 // Google Suite // Asana // Jira

employment

June 2022-Present Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games + Animation
North Hollywood, CA
Art Director
Oversee all design, photography & video needs for the entire college across all departments. Manage in-house and freelance graphic design team & delegate tasks for print, digital, and social media graphics needs. Work includes college viewbook, booklet, brochures, event booths, event flyers, emails, digital & print advertisements, registration cards, business cards, stickers, social media content creation, etc. Liaise between outside vendors and internal teams/departments to ensure assets are printed accurately, on time and within budget. Art Directing video shoots and art gallery shows.

2003-Present Freelance / Self-employed
Los Angeles, CA // Portland, OR // Phoenix, AZ
Graphic/Web Designer, Illustrator, Flash Developer and Commercial/Fine Art Photography
Design custom graphics for both print and digital applications (clients ranging from small businesses to ASICS Clothing & Apparel, Dickies Girl Clothing, MTV, Warner Brothers Records, etc). Custom illustration work. Internationally published commercial photographer of products, architecture & portraits of people for businesses, promotional materials, catalogs, magazines, books, headshots, look-books, newspapers, etc.

Sept 2017-December 2019 NewAir
Cypress, CA
Art Director/Photographer
Worked directly with Vice President of Marketing on all design and photography needs. Managed in-house and freelance graphic design team, delegating task workload and managing all projects. Mentor junior designers. Design print, digital, and social media graphics for in-house brands as well as licensed brands such as Pepsi, Frigidaire, and Magic Chef. Work included catalogs, trade show booths, product packaging, emails, advertisements, registration cards, web banner ads, business cards, sales assets, social media content creation, Amazon A+ page assets, etc. Liaise between outside vendors and internal marketing team to ensure products are printed accurately, on time and within budget. Art Directing studio and lifestyle location photography of products (with and without models), and editing of product photos.

June 2004 - October 2008 R. C. Lurie Company, Inc.
Phoenix, Arizona (602) 258.2400
Graphic Designer/Office Manager
Design all print and web based graphics, manage 3-4 employees in submittal department, train new employees, data entry, answer phones, customer service, and other various administrative tasks.

Oct 2000 - Oct 2004 Office Max
Phoenix, Arizona (602) 870.1888
Desktop Publisher/Sales Associate
Graphic design and production work, customer service, merchandising, cashier.

EDUCATION

2003–2006 Arizona State University – Phoenix, Arizona
BAS in Interdisciplinary Arts
Graduated Magna cum Laude – 3.71 GPA

2006 Arizona State University – Phoenix, Arizona
Commercial Photography Internship, Giulio Sciorio Photography, Phoenix AZ
Responsibilities included set design, photographing clients, lighting, prop management, administrative duties, marketing, portfolio design, post-production editing in Photoshop.  Completed 140 hours on site through Arizona State University’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, Department of Integrative Studies.

2000-2002 Art Institute of Phoenix – Phoenix, Arizona
AAS in Multimedia & Web Design
Graduated with highest honors, President’s and Dean’s Honor Roll-3.8 GPA

1993-1996 Crater High School - Central Point, Oregon
High School Diploma
Honor Roll, 3.5 GPA