Career History
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Sr. Art Director / Brand Creative, Sports Marketing
● Sports Marketing & Partnership Activation: I serve as the point person overseeing partnership and sponsorship events and campaigns, and I direct the sports marketing agency to maintain consistent brand positioning. I lead creative collaboration between CarMax and sports entities — local teams and leagues across soccer, basketball, the WNBA, NBA, and NWSL — to grow brand exposure and drive sales. During the 2024 season, CarMax saw an 11% increase in brand recognition and a 15% lift in brand usage among NWSL fans.
● Integrated Campaign Development: I build the strategic approach to planning, creating, and executing design across integrated campaigns spanning paid social, digital, and print channels.
● Design Systems: I own the analysis and management of new marketing icon sets for company-wide use, and I developed the design system for our sports partnership to strengthen brand consistency.
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Sr. Art Director / Brand Digital Team
● Rebranding: I led a brand identity refresh, refining illustrative elements and establishing clearer visual hierarchies across the design system. The revamped branding contributed to increased site traffic and improved conversion rates.
● Brand-Awareness Campaigns: I developed concepts and produced upper-funnel campaigns — digital ads, landing pages, out-of-home, content marketing, and paid social — designed to build recognition, spark interest, and earn trust ahead of purchase intent.
● UX: I partnered with product teams, analysts, and developers on solutions that improved user experience and created a seamless omnichannel journey.
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Team Lead / Digital Brand Creative
● People Management: I led a new three-person design team focused on email marketing and the membership program — managing workload, mentoring designers, and shaping the visual direction of campaigns.
● Design System: I rebuilt the membership program's design system into a new framework that streamlined production and set clear visual and messaging hierarchies to integrate the new prestige tier, ROUGE. The change increased loyalty-program participation by about 20% and boosted sales.
● Creative Direction: I set objectives and tracked progress across multiple digital campaigns, developed concepts, directed photo shoots, and delivered design and editorial solutions.
● UX: I worked with analysts, developers, and channel owners on strategies that improved e-commerce creative and supported a unified customer experience across physical and digital touchpoints.
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Creative Team Liaison / US, UK, France & Korea Brand Creative Teams
● Integrated Campaigns: I drove strategic planning, execution, and creation of design for integrated digital and print campaigns — developing concepts, directing photo shoots for product launches and membership magazines, and creating branding materials for global distribution.
● Creative Consultation: I partnered with global subsidiaries in the UK and Korea to guide local designers, and I managed projects and image libraries for international use, delivering cost-effective creative solutions for global and e-commerce marketing.
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Creative Director / UK Brand Creative Team
● Brand Positioning & Localization: I led the strategic groundwork to shape DHC's perception in the UK market relative to competitors, tailoring messaging, visuals, and identity to the UK language, culture, and consumer preferences.
● Brand Identity: I developed concepts and directed photo shoots to convey the brand strategy, highlighting the heritage of the Japanese beauty brand and aligning visual and verbal elements with its UK brand voice.
● Creative Direction & People Management: I led a five-person creative team through our product and brand launch, set objectives and tracked progress, and shaped the UK team's creative vision. I managed workflows, budgets, and vendor relationships to protect profitability.
● Creative Consultation: I served as the point of contact for subsidiaries in Japan and Korea, supporting local designers and curating images for international use.
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Art Director
● Production Management: I coordinated monthly production schedules with ad agencies, stylists, and photographers, and monitored integrated campaigns to ensure smooth execution.
● Art Direction: I developed concepts for a monthly membership magazine, directed editorial photo shoots and TV ads, and designed marketing materials.
Consulting & Freelance
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Creative Consultant
● Art Direction: I created concepts and designs for print, out-of-home, digital banners, video, and paid social, all aligned with brand guidelines for consistency.
● Creative Consultation: I built case studies and refined creative strategy for acquisition marketing, delivering concept, graphic, and motion solutions for Atlantic Union Bank.
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Creative Consultant & Creative Director / Brand Team
● Rebranding: I modernized the Inside Weather sub-brand's identity, introducing lifestyle-driven imagery and storytelling to reach a new target audience of women aged 20–40. The work preserved the brand's quirky, vibrant personality while elevating the visual quality of its assets and social ads.
● Creative Direction & People Management: I developed concepts and produced digital ads, video, and paid social; led a three-person studio team; streamlined production workflows; and directed concept, lifestyle, and editorial shoots.
● Production: I cut production costs by nearly half through renegotiating with 3D model vendors and building a process that produced detailed product images that closely matched in-house editorial photography.
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Creative Consultant / Card Acquisition Team
● Creative Consultation: I gave the newly formed card-acquisition team visual direction for its content-marketing initiative, aligning a soft-sell approach with their SEO goals while prioritizing audience needs and supporting brand sales goals. I developed new concepts and refined visuals from a customer journey perspective. The approach doubled site traffic after launch.
● UX: I collaborated with analysts and developers on strategies that improved the 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
Problem-solving
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.