Chris Vine
Art Director, Graphic Designer, Illustrator · Google
San Diego, CA
In My Own Words
Highly creative and detail-oriented professional, offering extensive experience in graphic design with emphasis on marketing materials development, brand creation and guidance, trade show and event graphics, retail packaging and displays, and staff and vendor management.
Work Experience
CONTRACTOR CONSULTANT
Google2024 – Present
Art Director / Graphic Designer / Illustrator Key Roles: Brand and Campaign Design and Management, Package Design, Sales and Marketing Collateral, Trade Show and Event Exhibit Design, Social Media and Web Advertising, Photo Illustration and Retouching, Google Slides/Keynote/Power Point Presentation Design Current and past contract, consulting and independent-project roles include, but are not limited to, work for these organizations: Palo Alto Networks Twilio Hewlett Packard Enterprise AMPP (Association for Materials Protection & Performance) Proctor & Gamble / Graham Webb International California Department of Parks and Recreation ServiceNow University of California San Diego Tesseract Space Systems Warner Bros. Home Entertainment / Midway Games
Senior Graphic Designer Team Lead
SEAWORLD PARKS AND ENTERTAINMENT2021 – 2022
Key Roles at the World-Renowned, Marine-Life Zoological Park: Event and Exhibit Interpretive Design, Environmental Graphic Design, Illustration,
Style Guide Management Production Coordination
Photo Retouching2019 – 2021
Graphic Designer Key Roles at the Industry-Leading, Non-Profit Organization: Brand and Campaign Design, Advertising Design, Sales and Marketing Collateral, Trade Show and Event Graphics Design, Social Media and Web Advertising, Photo Illustration and Retouching, Keynote/Power Point Presentation Design
Graphic Designer
Road Runner Sports2011 – 2018
Designer and illustrator for retail space environment, including package design, product and corporate brand identities, POP, and promotional materials. Manager and art director of staff designers and contract artists.
Senior Graphic Designer Manager
ROAD RUNNER SPORTS2011 – 2018
Key Roles at the World's Largest Running Shoe Retailer: Key Initiative and Campaign Design and Management, Style Guide Management, Package and Retail Environmental Design, Team Management, Macintosh Computer Systems Management and Maintenance
Graphic Designer
SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT2006 – 2011
Key Roles at Sony Corporation's Online Entertainment Division: Corporate and Product Identity Design and Management, Package and POP Design, Trade Show / Event Graphics Design and Production Management, Photo Illustration and Retouching In the employment positions listed above, process completion consisted of art direction, design, illustration, client and vendor collaboration, scheduling and production coordination, and management of staff members and third-party design resources. Projects include: Identity Design, Campaigns and Management Digital Media Advertizing, Banners and Editorial Imagery Trade Show and Exhibit Graphics and Displays Package Design Photo Illustration and Retouching Retail Point-of-Purchase Design Realistic, Technical and Stylized Illustration Environmental Design Wide Range of Marketing Collateral Iconography, Interpretive Design and Publications
Graphic Designer
Sony Online Entertainment2006 – 2011
Graphic design, illustration, client and vendor collaboration, management and art direction of staff members and third-party design resources. Identity creation for many of the products, including major brand licenses (e.g. Warner Brothers, LucasArts, etc), and management of those products' and corporate and product identities. Design for trade shows, packaging, POP, and a great deal of promotional materials for PR, Sales and Marketing.
Sr. Graphic Designer
Hewlett-Packard / Peregrine Systems2003 – 2006
Created and managed production of printed materials for product promotions and trade shows. Created new identities for corporate communications and helped to rebrand the company (Peregrine) with a new image once the company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
Sr. Designer / Manager
Midway Games1998 – 2002
Graphic design, illustration, client and vendor collaboration, management and art direction of staff members and third-party design resources. Identity creation for many of the products, including major brand licenses (e.g. NFL, Muppets, etc), and management of those products' and corporate identities. Design for trade shows, packaging, POP, and a great deal of promotional materials for the PR, Sales and Marketing departments.
