design experience ]
PARTNER: OH5 Design Studio
• OH5 DESIGN is a Los Angeles based communication design company,
founded in 2009 by Nan Oshin and Liz Hale. Providing a wide range
of design service. The studio specializes in all forms of communication
including editorial, interactive, advertising, packaging and identity.
OH5 Design functions as creative directors and design consultants
to a number of freelance clients in the music and arts industries,
packaging design, interactive publications and educational institutions.
DEPUTY ART DIRECTOR: Los Angeles Times
Magazine
• Accurately and effectively art directed and designed the weekly,
award winning
Sunday magazine.
• Served as liaison to the Art Director.
• Assigned and purchased photography and illustration, both freelance
and stock vendors, that enhanced and informed all editorial needs.
• Participated in production of photo shoots from logistical assistance
to art direction.
• Photo and picture editor, pursued a selection of imagery that provided
compelling, appropriate visual content.
• Supervised all aspects of digital pre-press production.
• Served as liaison to pre-press and printer.
• Served as design team leader.
• Responsible for all web content.
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Los Angeles
Times Magazine
• Worked with Art Director to execute a consistent and compelling
design idea within
each weeks issue.
• Responsible for pre-press production elements.
ART DIRECTOR: Slash Records; (a Warner
Bros. record label)
• Art directed and designed music packaging for an alternative music
record label.
• Worked with recording artists and marketing department to create
compelling and unique album identity.
• Created all marketing collateral material: advertisments, posters,
catalogues and point
of purchase products for each project.
freelance clients ]
PC Magazine digital edition, Ann Summa Photography, Behind the Wheel
of a Bookmobile/Tom Corwin, Sandra Chandler Cinematography, Poetica
Productions, Creative License L.L.C., Silver Lake Film Festival,
Outfest, Rigsby Inc., Killer Shrimp Restaurants
education ]
University of New Mexico, BFA
awards ]
Communication Arts, Society of Newspaper Design, Society of Publication
Design
activities ]
Juror for Communication Arts Illustration Annual competition 2008
'3 X 3' National Illustration Competition 2005
Annual Portfolio Review for Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
skills ]
Proficient in Adobe CS4 Creative Suite, HTML, CSS