Bike

Golf

Dive

Creative Agencies

Fashion

Fishing

Lifestyle

Moto & Powersports

Music

Outdoor

Skate

Snow

Streetwear

Surf

Swim

Tech

Triathlon

Wake

Yoga

Health & Fitness

Travel

Photography

Fine art

Street art

Volkswagen

Freelance Graphic Designer

Creative & Design

Graphic designer with a focus in action sports and California lifestyle brands. Extensive print experience for multiple magazine titles. Accustomed to fast paced environments, working with teams of all sizes and digging deep to ensure the proper assets are delivered. Active street artist, calligrapher, camper, fly fisherman and ex-vanlifer.

Tasks include brief generation, developing ideas, sketches and decks to present to the client, working on web, print, animation, video and presentation projects to produce effective advertising campaigns and commissioning freelance designers / developers on a per project need.

Art Director

Specializing in action sports and the brands that surround the category (yoga, optics, cycling). Currently working with Oakley to create consumer facing marketing visuals to be used for print, web and social applications. Also working with vanlife movement influencers, fashion and industrial packaging consultants to help develop their brand.

Accountable for creating presentations, training materials and digital assets for the Global Product Training team to ensure the marketing messages are properly communicated to the sales team, training staff and cross-platform employees. Highlights include art directing and design of the Oakley 2016 Olympics marketing presentation, RadarPace training sunglasses and modular nose pad training materials.

Responsible for meeting with clients to discuss their objectives, needs and budgets while generating detailed briefs. Created marketing plans with an emphasis on social media and alternative advertising platforms. Designed and produced high-quality coneptual art work.

Senior Designer

Designer and Project Manager for commercial sales books. Coordinated with financial analysts to communicate the visual and analytical data of multi-million dollar properties and multi-billion dollar portfolios for commercial real estate clients. Responsible for timing, layout, press check and shipping of all print materials. Developed internal interactive forms.

Graphic Designer

Oversaw and initiated the production and creative direction of multiple action sport magazine titles. Delegated layout responsibilities based on the specific needs of each publication and educated members of the creative team in both production and artistic matters. Created visually engaging, demographic specific design solutions.

Lead Designer

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Erik Schwan: Freelance Graphic Designer in Long Beach, CA

Erik Schwan: Freelance Graphic Designer in Long Beach, CA

Erik Schwan

Michigan State University