Career History
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Sr. Art Director / Brand Creative, Sports Marketing
• Creative Leadership & Partnerships: Guide creative direction across CarMax sports partnerships and sponsorship activations, serving as the creative point person across campaigns, events, and fan-facing experiences.
• Agency & Stakeholder Leadership: Direct the sports marketing agency and collaborate with teams and leagues across soccer, basketball, WNBA, NBA, and NWSL to maintain consistent brand positioning across partnership ecosystems.
• Design Systems: Own marketing iconography and company-wide visual assets; developed and own the design system for CarMax sports partnerships, creating a scalable framework for brand consistency.
• Integrated Creative: Partner with marketing and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business objectives into integrated creative strategies across digital, paid social, print, and other channels.
• Impact: Contributed to campaigns associated with an 11% increase in brand recognition and 15% lift in brand usage among NWSL fans during the 2024 season.
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Sr. Art Director / Brand Digital Team
• Led a brand identity refresh, refining illustrative elements, establishing clearer visual hierarchies, and defining standards that guided illustrators and cross-functional partners.
• Developed upper-funnel brand-awareness campaigns across digital, landing pages, OOH, content marketing, and paid social.
• Partnered with product, analytics, and development teams to connect brand expression with a cohesive omnichannel customer experience.
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Team Lead / Digital Brand Creative
• People Leadership: Led two designers and mentored a broader studio group supporting email marketing and the Beauty Insider membership program; managed workload, priorities, creative development, and day-to-day direction.
• Creative Direction: Set creative objectives, developed campaign concepts, directed photo shoots, and shaped visual and editorial direction across digital campaigns.
• Design Systems: Helped redesign the Beauty Insider design system, establishing a framework that improved production processes and introduced clear visual and messaging hierarchies for the new Beauty Insider program.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Partnered with analysts, developers, and channel owners to improve e-commerce creative and create a more unified customer experience.
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Creative Team Liaison / US, UK & Korea Brand Creative Teams
• Led cross-market creative collaboration across US, UK, and Korea, guiding local designers and aligning stakeholders around brand and campaign direction.
• Drove integrated digital and print campaigns, including product launches, membership communications, and global brand materials.
• Managed international image libraries and creative assets to support consistent brand expression across markets.
• Partnered with global teams to deliver effective, budget-conscious creative solutions for global and e-commerce marketing initiatives.
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Creative Director / UK Brand Creative Team
• People Leadership: Led a four-person creative team through a major product and brand launch, setting objectives, tracking progress, and shaping the team's creative vision.
• Brand Strategy & Localization: Developed strategic positioning for the UK market, adapting messaging, visual identity, and brand expression to local consumer and cultural context.
• Brand Identity: Developed concepts and directed photo shoots that translated the heritage of the Japanese beauty brand into a cohesive UK brand expression.
• Operations & Partnerships: Managed creative workflows, budgets, and vendor relationships while serving as a creative point of contact for teams in Japan and Korea.
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Art Director
• Coordinated monthly production schedules with agencies, stylists, and photographers, monitoring integrated campaigns for smooth execution.
• Developed concepts for membership magazines and marketing materials; directed editorial photo shoots and TV advertising.
Consulting & Freelance
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Creative Consultant & Creative Director / Brand Team
• Led a three-person studio team through a sub-brand rebrand, guiding creative concepts, digital advertising, video, paid social, and lifestyle/editorial production.
• Modernized the Inside Weather identity while preserving its distinctive personality and repositioning the brand for a new audience.
• Streamlined production workflows and managed 3D vendor relationships.
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Creative Consultant
• Created concepts and designs across print, OOH, digital banners, video, and paid social; refined creative strategy and developed case studies for acquisition marketing.
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Creative Consultant
• Developed creative strategy and brand expression to help the brand stand out in a crowded market, with concepts designed to engage a target audience of women ages 20–40.
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Creative Consultant / Card Acquisition Team
• Provided visual direction for a content-marketing initiative, aligning a soft-sell approach with SEO and audience needs.
• Collaborated with analysts and developers on strategies that improved user experience while supporting SEO.
Education
Master of Arts in Design University of Technology Sydney, Australia 2004
Graduate Diploma in Design University of Technology Sydney, Australia 2003
Leadership Program Certification Innerwill Leadership Institute, Richmond, VA 2026
Programs / Skills
Creative direction
Cross-functional team leadership
Strategic brand development
AI-enhanced content curation
Team Mentorship
Digital marketing & communications
Social media advertising
Directing Photoshoot
Multi-channel campaign development
Design: Adobe Creative Cloud
UI: Sketch, Figma
Productivity: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
AI Tools: AI image & generative tools (Nano Banana, Gemini)
Languages: Fluent in Korean; basic Japanese
Contact
I’m interested in creative leadership opportunities where I can shape brand direction, develop teams and create work that moves the business forward.