Creative/Design Director

Posted on: 2006-12-21

MIKA KYPRIANIDES 4219 Coolidge Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90066 310-418-0538 (phone) 310-398-6775 (phone/fax) [email protected] URL: www.creativehotlist.com/m-kyprianides Creative Director/Manager • Management and supervision of up to 12 art directors and designers • Creative direction • photography concept and art direction • cutting-edge visuals • presentations • hands-on • production • web input • mentor • team player... • Budget determination & costs • marketing and branding • Excellent communication and negotiation skills • well organized • high level of accuracy and detail • multi-tasking... Present/Recent Professional Experience Creative Direction/Project Manager Unique Image 2/2004 - present, on a contract/freelance basis ALO / Hayati magazine—Upscale international lifestyle and entertainment quarterly consumer magazine. • Creative concept to completion • Format and logo design • Typography • Corporate identity • Editorial layout and design • Pagination • Production of entire magazine • Media kits and marketing • Advertising, and other promotional material • Photo-composition and manipulation in Photoshop • web input • Pre-press • Design of other advertisers’ ads Teleflora FLOWERS& magazine Design Director 9/1994 - 2/2004 • Hiring and management of creative staff and freelancers • Performance reviews and evaluations • Budgets & costs • Prepare, oversee and maintain schedules • Obtain cost estimates from outside vendors and negotiate contracts • Creative direction, branding, logo & format designs • Concept and art direction of photography on location and in studio • Set designs • Hands-on design, 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 Additional Experience Creative Services Studio East/West Network, Inc., publisher of 12 magazines Creative Director/Project Management Catalogs, brochures, advertising, P.O.P. signs, logos, package designs, books, directories, newsletters, media kits, collateral, posters, marketing and branding... • JCPenney Company, Inc. • Cole of California • BILA of California • The Phoenician Hotel • Bullocks Wilshire • Redken Laboratories, Inc. • Valerie of Beverly Hills Salon • Modafini and Sorbie hair products • Sebastian International, Inc. • Indo Argyle Diamond Council • Diamond Jewelry Showcase • OroAmerica Jewelry • Fior-Drissage Jewelry • Custodians-Art gallery Magazines: • Inside Events • Headlines • The Fashion Group International of L.A. • The Executive • Architectural Digest-Collateral material • Los Angeles Times Magazine-Creative direction for fashion • Southern California Brides • United Airlines • Continental Airlines • Express (Amtrak) • 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. Expert in most mac programs.