Blake Ingram

Blake Ingram

Creative Director / Designer · Blake Ingram Design

Somerset, CA

In My Own Words

Art Direction // Identity & Branding // Brand Style Guides // Concept Development // Packaging // Accessories Design // Consultancy.

Work Experience

Creative Director / Designer

Blake Ingram Design

1999 – 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 Footwear

2007 – 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 TV

2004 – 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 Theater

2000 – 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.NET

1999 – 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 Design

Extension Courses

Santa Monica College

Certificate of Achievement

Pasadena City College

Projects

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

Interests

OutdoorsBoardsportsArt & designPrintmakingFood

Skills

Adobe Creative SuiteCommunicationLeadershipProject ManagementBranding & IdentityCreative DirectionArt DirectionFashion DesignGraphic DesignLogo DesignGraphicsApparelBrand DevelopmentBrandingFashionLayoutConcept DevelopmentMerchandisingMarketingArtTrend AnalysisDigital IllustrationMarketing StrategyProduct DesignWeb DesignTypographyAdvertisingTrend ForecastingVideo ProductionConsumer ProductsBeauty IndustryAdobe IllustratorIllustratorPhotoshopKeynoteInDesignVisual CommunicationManagementAction SportsTech PacksT-shirt GraphicsAccessory DesignBag DesignConceptual DesignTechnical PackagesTextile PrintsAdobe Creative CloudPOP DisplaysPitch DecksSlide DecksColorStyle GuidesBrand IdentityDesign SystemsLanding Pages

Industries

BikeCreative AgenciesFashionLifestyleMusicOutdoorSkateSnowStreetwearSurfYogaHealth & Fitness

Activity

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Jared Wright Illustration, Apparel Design, Production Management · Likes · 2025-03-12

Skateboard series for Legańa Skateboards out of Peru. This series features three animals unique to the amazon rainforest region in Peru.

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Austin Hodge Owner / Artist / Designer · Likes · 2025-03-11

"MONKEY BUSINESS" Skateboard deck

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