James Graca

Current

• Owner, Creative Director at James Graca Design Group

Education

• Art Center College of Design

Recommended

10 people have recommended James

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• My Portfolio

James Graca’s Summary

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

James Graca is an award-winning creative director/designer/conceptualist with over 30 years of professional experience. He is a graduate of ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN. He is an honored member in the 1996-1998 NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF WHO'S WHO of EXECUTIVES & PROFESSIONALS and has been listed in WHO'S WHO IN CALIFORNIA since 1981.

For several years in the early 1990's, James Graca Design Group maintained a satellite office in Paris, to better serve their international design clients in France, Italy and Great Britain.

Mr. Graca's work was requested and displayed in the "VISION WEST COAST ARTISTS TODAY" show in Japan, and two of his posters were requested and are on permanent display in the FEDIER'S WERBEAGENTUR POSTER COLLECTION in Zurich, Switzerland.

James Graca was also a college lecturer and part time experiential educator who taught courses in high concept visual communication, advertising & design in California, Havana, Cuba and Europe, (study abroad).

James Graca and his work have been included in the "Focus on the Masters" archives which will ultimately be housed in the Smithsonian Institute.

CLIENTS (partial), we have had the pleasure of working with:

Relais & Chateaux Hotels
The Roger Williams Hotel, NYC
Embassy Suites Hotels
Twentieth Century Fox
Toshiba America, Inc.
Motorola
Le Cordon Bleu – PARIS
San Daniele Water – MILAN
The Burbank Studios
St. Germain Eyewear – PARIS
Michael Jackson/Lisa Marie Presley
James L. Brooks –Gracie Films
Sheraton Hotels
Westrec Marinas International
Kinko's Corporate
Remo Drums, Inc.
Crowne Plaza
Pink Dot
NBC-TV
Millennium Golf Bags
Belding Sports Golf Bags
Allen Edwards Beverly Hills
Harris Corporation
Knott's Berry Farm
Los Angeles County Fair
Ojai Film Festival
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Standard Horizons – Japan
Mack Avenue Records
Oscar Castro-Neves
Hollywood Wax Museum
Danzante Eco Resort


GracaDesignGroup.com

James Graca’s Specialties:

Visual Communication Conceptualists, creating highly sophisticated design for Corporate Collateral, Logos, Branding, Brochures, Catalogs, CDs, Direct Mail, Events, Packaging, Web Conceptual Design and Advertising, for Local, National and International Clientele.

Additional Information

James Graca’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

James Graca’s Groups:

•    Fashion & Life Style Network
•    Advertising Professional
•    Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Group
•    Art & Design
•    Hospitality & Travel
•    Visual Artists and their Advocates
•    Design Thinking
•    Art Center Alumni Network
•    Consultants Network
•    Sports Marketing and PR Pros
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    HSMAI - Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International
•    Online Advertising Professionals
•    ThoseinMedia
•    BizBash—Event Planners Gather
•    Yoga and Meditation
•    Mac Users
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    World Tourism Network
•    Event Planning & Management - the 1st Group for Event Planners
•    Visual Collaborative
•    Beverly Hills Executive Network
•    Branded Entertainment
•    THAT's Professional (Travel, Hospitality, Aviation & Tourism)
•    Communication Arts
•    Photography Industry Professionals
•    Green
•    PR Professionals
•    Florence Festival of Creativity - Festival della Creatività, Firenze (Toscana - Tuscany)
•    Millionaire Business Club
•    International Service Design Network
•    International Council of Graphic Design Associations
•    BD Networking
•    i-Meet - The Social Network for People Who Plan Meetings & Events
•    Art Center College of Design Alumni Group
•    Hotel Industry Professionals Worldwide
•    Entertainment Industry
•    AIGA | the professional association for design
•    Marketing & Communication Network
•    Living Yoga, Celebrating Life
•    Hoteliers & Hospitality Professionals
•    Graphic Design
•    Creative Design Professionals
•    GRAPHIC DESIGN PROS
•    GreenBiz.com -- Green Business Professionals
•    TOURISM FUTURES Discussion Group
•    Business Success Network Presented By the CKME Group
•    Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort
•    Promote your Business