Mark Clough
Owner/Freelancer
Los Angeles | United States
Skills
No information
Interests
Graphic design
Photography
Art.
In my own words
— MarkMy name is Mark Clough and I am the owner of Sinking City LA.
Skills include corporate branding, logo creations, catalog design, website design, retouching, and product photography. Job titles include, senior designer, art director, Creative manager and asset manager.
Trajectory
Apr 2013 — Now
Digital Asset Manager/Senior Retoucher · Shoedazzle; Los Angeles
Key retoucher responsible for managing freelancers and coordinating the delivery of digital assets from the photo studio to website and creative department. Ensure that all downloaded, re purposed or created assets match all requirements. Expert knowledge of retouching, design and production for print/web with a strong understanding of pre press and printing requirements. Ability to lead and prioritize with all departments to execute a high volume of work under tight deadlines and maintain an awareness of visual and branding trends.
Nov 2009 — Now
Owner/Freelancer · SinkingCityLA; Los Angeles
Motivated self-starter responsible for designing creative elements of all clients marketing campaigns (advertising, graphic design, branding initiatives, etc.). Maintain a familiarity with trends in design practices. Develop creative solutions and design concepts that meet the clients brand, objectives and scheduled deadlines.
Jan 2006 — May 2009
Creative Manager · Venue Marketing/E-commerce; Los Angeles
Launched and managed a design team to conceptualize, plan, and produce all creative projects online and print. Communicating with clients/internal teams to ensure that design deliverables and design teams deadlines are met. In addition developed style guides/branding, designed monthly direct mail campaigns, yearly catalog redesigns, product photography and retouching.
Jan 2000 — Jan 2005
Art Director/Senior Designer · Bobit Publishing; Torrance
Implemented the creative design art direction of Government Fleet magazine a circulation of 18,000. Apart of the in-House creative services department responsible for the design and production of special publications, advertising materials, collateral projects, inserts and magazine layout. In addition responsible for the design and production of monthly magazines, including feature articles, department articles, ad placement, and house ads. Qualified in creating client ads, marketing promos, and House ads. Other tasks involve daily maintenance of web site, such as vender profiles, feature articles, and news items.
Activity
Education history
Platt College
Associate of Arts Degree emphasis in Computer Graphics. | 1997 - 1999
