Samuel Ballard II
Design Director / Photographer
How Can I Help?
I strive to achieve solutions that communicate to your target audience while standing out above the rest. I designed award-winning campaigns resulting in multi-million dollar marketing and sales ventures. My worked helped earn a spot in the "NJ Fast 50" as one of the top 50 fastest growing companies in the state of New Jersey with the growth of 356% in one year. So, how can I help you reach your goals?
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All Direction Design Campaigns UX
MTA 42 Street Connection Renders
Steampunk Wedding Invitation
GAF Made in the USA Campaign
Bookworm App UX
GAF Package Design
and Promotion
Champignon Cheeses Advertising
Cape Group Identity
Feinberg Music Artwork
Everguard® Extreme TPO
Competitor Response
Video Mailer
TruSlate® Launch
Sienna™ Video
Buy More Get More Promotional Video
EXPERIENCE
ROOF TILE
CREATIVE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Marketing team collaborator working on creative projects, business strategites, samples, photo direction and tradeshows. Responsibilies include building marketing collateral for clients and contractors, supervision of print projects, color matching, color correction, video color grading, website content maintenence, and social media approval.
CREATIVE/COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Responsible for creative direction, communcations, and managment of freelance designers. Creation of business proposals and presentations lead to aquiring over $180 million dollars in construction management and design projects. Design projects included various digital design projects, photography, videography, video production, and animation for major infrastructure projects thoughout the New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tri-State area for MTA, NYCT, MetroNorth, New Jersey Transit, NYCDDC, Delaware Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
PHASE 2
DESIGN DIRECTOR/GRAPHIC SUPPORT
Design director supporting the joint venture Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 teams consisting of WSP, USA; STV, Inc; and MTA Construction & Design. Projects included creating graphics from a wide range of engineering and architectural plans to communicate clearly to the general public. Presenations were created for MTA's CPOC presenatations for national broadcasting. Photography and illustrations were used for the Second Avenue Subway community outreach center at 125th Street in Manhattan.
ART DIRECTOR/SR. GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Lead team of designers, managed multiple projects, and acquired creative talent for the $4 billion-dollar manufacturer. Increased company revenue by working on innovative new product launches ranging from $500-thousand to $9 million in sales the first quarter post launch. Managed all marketing, sales, and design collateral for print, advertising, packaging, sales kits, color corrections and digital design projects. Projects include branding, retail design, P-O-P displays, trade show displays, web graphics, photo retouching and compositing, promotional media, UI and UX design of innovative mobile presentation tools
SKILLS
Design & Photography
Soft Skills & Technical Skills