Ashley Young

Ashley Young

Art Director, Product Designer, and Senior UX/UI Designer · BB Imaging

Louisville, CO

In My Own Words

Art Director + Senior Designer: 20 years of extensive experience seamlessly blending creativity with strategy to craft compelling visual narratives that captivate and convert. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for innovation, I have led award-winning design projects that elevate brands and transform ideas into impactful, memorable experiences.

Work Experience

Art Director and Senior Designer

BB Imaging

2023 – Present

- Revamped the branding of BB Imaging to create a unified and powerful visual identity, aligning all creative elements with our sales and marketing messaging. This strategic overhaul resulted in compelling materials that significantly enhanced our ability to sell services effectively. - Transformed the TeleScan brand by creating a striking new visual identity across all marketing materials. Redesigned and prototyped an innovative software UI that not only enhanced user experience but also significantly elevated the brand's market presence, successfully attracting a wave of new potential buyers. - Spearheaded dynamic photo and video shoots, expertly managing two film crews across multiple days and locations. This strategic direction led to the creation of a stunning and diverse photo library that significantly enhanced the visual branding for both brands, delivering impressive results and driving engagement. - Successfully recruited and mentored a junior designer, enhancing workflow processes and significantly improving the efficiency and quality of our marketing materials.

Contract Digital Designer

SPY

2016 – Present

- Experience designing responsive websites, emails, animated banners and social media creatives resulting in beautiful, coherent campaigns. - Experience in creating branded campaign projects with custom artwork, new typography and layout styles resulting in fresh new looks and increased product sales.

Contract Digital Designer

Youngevity / Essential Health Sciences / 90 for Life

2016 – Present

Creates emails, banners and print creatives for Youngevity's seasonal campaigns.

Contract Digital Designer

SKLZ

2007 – Present

Designs responsive websites, banner ads, social media creatives and emails using latest trends and technologies at SKLZ.

CEO + Creative Director + Designer

Ashley Jennifer Studios

2004 – Present

Digital Design Portfolio: www.ashleyjenniferstudios.com

Fine Art Portfolio: www.indigoashley.com

Senior Brand and UI Designer

Stamats

2022 – 2023

Independent Affiliate

PrimeMyBody

2017 – 2022

Senior App Designer

Yoga Studio

2017 – 2022

Senior Visual Designer

Gaiam

2017 – 2022

Visual Designer

Gaiam

2017 – 2022

Visual Designer + Photoshoot Art Director :

- Provides complete online presence for Gaiam and SPRI; including websites, social media, banner ads and emails. - Designs and prototypes fitness apps resulting in more brand awareness and increased product sales. - Provides art direction for company photoshoots, resulting in beautifully styled campaigns in vastly different environments. - Designs style guides, apps, websites, emails, banners, and social media creatives resulting in unique campaigns for each season launch. - Designs winning yoga mat artwork from trending style boards resulting in new business to business connections.

Web Designer

2K Games

2008 – 2009

Designed fun, interactive, media rich flash websites showcasing games' videos, tips, tricks and gameplay.

Flash Designer

Design Is Fuel

2006 – 2007

www.designisfuel.com

Flash Developer

Pint

2006 – 2007

Web Designer

Cardinal Health

2004 – 2006

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Art Institute

2002 – 2004

Skills: American English

Skills

CampaignsCreative DesignAdvertising CampaignsE-CommerceLanding PagesBrand DesignPresentation SkillsPrint DesignPaid Social MediaContent CreationTeam ManagementCollaborative LeadershipExperience DesignSocial Media MarketingMarketing CampaignsBuild Strong RelationshipsUser ResearchThinking SkillsStoryboardingProblem SolvingIconographyDesign ToolsProcess DesignDigital ContentLayout DesignColor TheoryAmerican EnglishPromotional DesignColor SchemesArchivingMotion DesignCreative IdeationCreative AgenciesAttention to DetailBusiness-to-Business (B2B)CanvaPresentationsConcept DevelopmentClient PresentationCreative Problem SolvingAdobe InDesignDesign SystemsStorytellingLeadershipTeam CollaborationProduct DesignGraphic Design PrinciplesFigma (Software)Photo Art DirectionAdobe Photoshopart directorUXUI DesignWeb DesignFlashWordPressUser Interface DesignSocial MediaArtUser ExperienceSEOInteraction DesignCSSGraphic DesignArt DirectionHTML 5Web DevelopmentCreative DirectionPhotoshopDigital MediaAdvertisingAdobe Creative SuiteIllustratorGraphicsLogo DesignBrand DevelopmentEmail MarketingCascading Style Sheets (CSS)HTML5Responsive Email Design and DevelopmentSketchBranding & IdentityResponsive Web DesignMobile DesignInteractive AdvertisingHTMLUsabilityBrandingDesignMobile Interface Design

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