Jennifer Wells: Art director / private label buyer in Escondido, CA
Jennifer Wells
Art director / private label buyer
Escondido | United States
Skills
No information
Interests
I love to sew and create art.
I create costumes for events.
Music. tattoos.
Alternate history
Work experience
Self
Freelance Artist and student | 04/2016 - Current
Odd jobs for various companies from textile and marketing materials. Creating custom bags on the side to sell.
Sun Diego Boardshops
Art director / private label buyer | 09/2023 - 04/2024
Head of the art department. Currently designing men’s graphic tees and buyer for private label.
Sourcing out clothing (flannels , sweatshirts jackets)
In-house graphics.
Designing skateboard decks (shop boards)
Harrahs Resort
Senior Graphic Designer | 02/2022 - 12/2022
Head designer for Harrah’s in house agency. Mentoring a team ,of designing and managing design and work flow for various client inside the casino. This even included design a new resturant!
Mohawk Network Solutions
Marketing Director | 12/2020 - 02/2022
Leading and developing a new marketing department for an technology company. Designing and developing the branding of three websites. Develope marketing collateral to drive traffic to these sites and create content. Hiring and supervising all contractors in the marketing department.
Westamerica Communications
Graphic Designer | 10/2015 - 04/2016
Designer print and web collateral. Wordpress built sites and created digital art for web and print. Maintained corporate branding and the creation of new in house marketing material and strategies.
Hoffman California Fabrics
Textile Designer | 10/2010 - 12/2014
Designed and created two-dimensional designs that can be used in a repeat design and in the production of cotton printed fabrics. Developed and manipulated artwork for retail and manufacturing of fabrics.. Used specialized software and computer-aided design programs to develop a range of designs and manipulated other artist artwork. Experimented with color, fabric and texture. Visited sites and other sources of ideas for designs. Sent out conception boards to Japan for hand painted art. Worked with the manufacturing division for color trending and setting up artwork for screen printing. Ensured that projects are completed on time.
XR, LLC
Art Director | 10/2008 - 05/2010
Taking an active role in setting up an in-house art department: Hiring and leading contract designers. Designing packaging, print materials, web sites, newsletters, web banners, and trade show booths. Also conducted photo shoots, in-house photography for product and directed professional photographers on set. Also, was in charge of wholesale management, customer service and the day to day aspects of wholesale and distribution of manufactured products.
Creative Link, Creative Focus
Freelance Designer | 03/1998 - 10/2008
Working on various assignments throughout Orange County. On site art direction, print production, web, and graphic design. Always focusing on the needs of each individual assignment, and exceeding the goals of these clients.
Michael O’Reily Designs
Art Director | 11/2006 - 01/2008
Responsible for all aspects of the creative department pertaining to the creative development involving creative concepts of all marketing material, presentations, budget/estimate preparations, and traffic/production coordination. Research and develop marketing strategies to implement not only in the United States but internationally, such as, Japan, England and Germany. Ensure all marketing pieces are professionally done to convey MOD Jewelry’s uniqueness and creative styles to the end buyer.
Aqua Resource Group
Art Director | 03/2004 - 09/2006
To take an idea and make it an tangible product, and market that product to different industries.
Manage the everyday duties of an internal art department including: meeting deadlines produced by executives in the company, manage a staff of designers, production artists and free-lancers to ensure
quality and that these deadlines are met.