Thom Olson

Freelance Art DirectorFull Time

• Job Details:I develop concepts through comprehensives for promotional marketing. Accounts and work assignments have included all areas of concept development, logos/branding, design, print, book/magazine production, web/online and social media, event marketing/sales/presentations, POP, DM, CPG, technical illustration, apparel/accessory design and development. • Established in-house production department for Revlon NYC. • Brand Development Specifications Guides for Kitco (Dubai), • Interface design for two phone applications for Cago Inc. • Designed a 30-piece line of jewelry for Kohl's and Target which targeted professionals that use a lanyard in their business/professional wardrobe. • 700 technical sketches for a college textbook – my third so far (working on the fourth).

Digital And Print Production ArtistFull Time

• Job Details:Responsibilities: Digital event marketing and ticketing for select kiosks where event tickets were available at the box. Developed weekly POS display advertising and email marketing for US and Canada. • Strategic planning for lightbox testing and strategy resulted in a 4% rise in sales per week. • Built 70-piece digital asset download library for co-op partner advertising — including web banners, print ads and email templates. • Wrote and produced Redbox branding standards manual.

Digital Art Director and Production ArtistFull Time

• Job Details:Responsibilities: Designing weekly e-commerce catalog sales marketing landing pages and targeted email solicitations for online shopping and pharmacy. This was a contractor position.