Blake Ingram
Creative Director // Art Director // Graphic Designer // Accessories Designer · Blake Ingram Design
Somerset, California
In My Own Words
Art Direction // Identity & Branding // Brand Style Guides // Concept Development // Packaging // Accessories Design // Consultancy.
Work Experience
Creative Director / Designer
Blake Ingram Design1999 – Present
•Focus on logo, branding & Identity, and visual design systems for entertainment, automotive, action sports, hospitality, music, consumer packaged goods, and retail brands. •Clients include: Vans, Harley Davidson, Universal Studios, Live Nation, Hot Wheels, Blizzard Entertainment, Sybo Games, Casamigos Tequila, Jack's Surfboards, Racemark, Forever 21 along with partner agencies, Eyerus and ID Agency. •Collaborate with in-house art departments to aid in the development, creation, and finalization of style guides for licensing partners. •Manage the design process from inception to completion for packaging and collateral assets including full tech packs and cad drawings.
Senior Lead Accessories Designer / Soft Goods Designer
Vans Footwear2007 – 2010
•Collaboration between apparel department to create new product lines for brick and mortar stores and vendor-specific designs for partner retailers. •Increased Mens Core accessory revenue from $8 M to $22 M in a 3 year period. •Instrumental in evolving the accessory line beyond backpacks to include sunglasses, belts, wallets, keychains, socks, headwear, and extended bag line.
Producer / Content Creator
Current TV2004 – 2007
•Conceptualize and creation for inception of the channel, including demo reel for proof of concept and launch of the network (Aug 2005). •Ideate current cultural trends in art, music, politics, and travel for weekly driven content on the channel such as Shepard Fairey, Matisyahu, David Carson, Mr. Cartoon, Tara Mcpherson. •Developed added merchandising to complement the network series and weekly pods.
Art Director
Dream Theater2000 – 2001
•Designed, developed, and implemented promotional consumer facing website/micro-sites for Disney, Sony Pictures, and FX Networks. •Increase traffic for brands by 40% during The 6th Day activation and content rollout. •Awarded the Promax TV Award for Interactive Media-Website-Movie for Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Design Director
Digital Entertainment Network / DEN.NET1999 – 2000
•Managed a team of 15 designers for a $75 M company. •Produced short form episodic online television with key sponsors: Dell, Chase, Pennzoil, Enron, Pepsi, Microsoft, Walt Disney TV, Capitol Records.
Education
ArtCenter at Night / Extension Courses
ArtCenter College of DesignExtension Courses
Santa Monica CollegeCertificate of Achievement
Pasadena City CollegeAssociate of Arts - AA
Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeProjects
BID Branding 2024
• Creative Direction • Design
BID Visual Design Portfolio
JRA Bikes + Brew Cycling Jersey Designs
• Creative Direction • Design • Tech-Pack • Production Ready File Delivery
Function + Form
• Concept • Design • Tech-Pack • Delivery of Production-Ready Files • Bandanas • T-Shirts • Misc.
BID Accessory Designs - VANS
• Concept • Design • Tech-Pack • Color-Ups • Delivery of Production-Ready Files • Factory Development Visits
Hot Wheels Legends 50 Year Anniversary Merch
• Concept • Design • Tech-Pack • Delivery of Production-Ready Files
Lute Academy Jiu Jitsu
• Creative Direction • Concept • Design
BID Branding + Design + Merch Concepts
• Creative Direction • Design • Tech-Pack • Production Ready File Delivery
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