Creative Director

Posted on: 2006-07-10

MIKA KYPRIANIDES 4219 Coolidge Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90066 310-418-0538 (phone) 310-398-6775 (phone/fax) [email protected] www.creativehotlist.com/m-kyprianides Creative Director / Manager • Creative direction • photography concept and art direction • cutting edge visual approach • presentations • production • web input • marketing and branding • consultation • Management and supervision • budget determination & costs • Excellent communication and negotiation skills • well organized • high level of accuracy and detail • Hands-on approach • teacher • team player • multi-tasking... • Available for full-time or freelance Professional Experience Creative Direction 2/2004 - present ALO / Hayati magazine—Upscale international lifestyle quarterly newsstand/subscription consumer magazine. Circulation 62,000+, readership 328,6000. Large format, 120 pages 4/c, perfect bound, printed on heavy glossy paper. • Concept to completion • Initial format • Corporate identity and logo design • Editorial and creative input • Pagination • Production Unique Image, Inc. Pashgian Brothers-Oriental rugs gallery M. Mehraban-Oriental rugs gallery ORRICK-Orrick Herrington & Suitcliffe LLP. Icon Shoes Malibu Times Magazine Boyd Communications • Catalogs • Brochures • Advertising • Consultation • Comps • P.O.P. and in-store signs • Direct Mail • Photo composition and manipulation in Photoshop Teleflora-FLOWERS& magazine Design Director 9/1994 - 2/2004 • Design direction, branding, logo & format design (several format and typographical redesigns) • Concept and art direction of photography on location and in studio, set designs • Hiring and management of staff and freelancers • Performance reviews and evaluations • Budgets & costs • Prepare, oversee and maintain schedules • Obtain cost estimates from outside vendors and negotiate contracts • Hands-on design and production management • Composition and manipulation in Photoshop, color corrections and retouching • Worked with and contributed ideas to editors, copy writers, and web designers • Prepared pagination, promo pieces, media kits, stationery... • Pre-press and press checks Mika Kyprianides Creative Services Studio Creative Director/Account Manager 1983 - 1999 • Creative concept to completion • consultation, management and supervision of accounts and projects • budgets and costs • marketing and branding... Accounts and Projects Consumer and B2B magazines, books, publications, newsletters, marketing, media kits, collateral... • FLOWERS& magazine • Inside Events magazine • The Fashion Group International of L.A. • The Executive magazine • HEADLINES magazine-Sebastian International, Inc. • Architectural Digest magazine-Collateral material • Los Angeles Times Magazine-Creative direction for fashion • Southern California Brides magazine • Playgirl magazine • Silver Foxes magazine • Lots of Luck hard-bound book • The Speros Basil Vryonis Center • United Airlines magazine • Continental Airlines magazine • Express (Amtrak) magazine • more... Catalogs, brochures, P.O.P. signs, logos, package designs, comps... • Bullocks Wilshire • JCPenney Company, Inc. • Cole of California • BILA of California • The Phoenician Hotel • Redken Laboratories, Inc. • Valerie of Beverly Hills • Modafini and Sorbie • Sebastian International, Inc. • Indo Argyle Diamond Council • Diamond Jewelry Showcase • OroAmerica Jewelry • Fior-Drissage Jewelry • Pallidio Jewelry • IANET Jewelry • Custodians-Art gallery • more... Education California State University, Los Angeles-B.A. in Advertising Design. Art Center College of Design-Advertising Design. Supervision/Management Series-Courses in management and supervision. mac based, expert in most programs.