Mark Clough
Owner/Freelancer · SinkingCityLA; Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
In My Own Words
My 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.
Work Experience
Owner/Freelancer
SinkingCityLA; Los Angeles2009 – Present
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.
Digital Asset Manager/Senior Retoucher
Shoedazzle; Los Angeles2013 – Present
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.
Creative Manager
Venue Marketing/E-commerce; Los Angeles2006 – 2009
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.
Art Director/Senior Designer
Bobit Publishing; Torrance2000 – 2005
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.
Education
Associate of Arts Degree emphasis in Computer Graphics.
Platt College1997 – 1999
Associate of Arts Degree emphasis in Computer Graphics.
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