Product Design & Development
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Partner at Lensley Automatic
- CEO/Founder at Synctree, LLC
- Past
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- Art Director & Brand Consultant at Workgroup Design
- Junior Media Planner (Interactive) at Ignited Minds
- Assistant Media Planner (Interactive) at Kovel/Fuller
- Manager Grassroots Marketing at Jimmy & Doug's Farmclub.com (Universal Music Group)
- Co-Founder at Click Cubed
- Education
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- University of Southern California
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Jaime Macias’s Summary
Jaime Macias is a designer who helps brands grow dedicated audiences. He spent 4 years as marketer and advertiser connecting brands with audiences online. He went on to start a successful consultancy as an Art Director and Brand Consultant working with emerging players in music, mobile, and gaming.
Jaime is currently working at Synctree, a company he founded in 2003, where he is responsible for the direction of the product as well as vetting out new opportunities and implementations. Under his guidance Synctree has established key strategic partnerships with advertising, research, and media partners.
Selected Client List:
Adidas
AG Interactive (American Greetings)
Electronics Entertainment Expo
Jakks Pacific
Loyola Marymount University
Microsoft Zune
Movie Tunes, LLC
Voce Wireless
Viva! Vision
VU Games
Curated Art Shows:
(2001) Under Construction
(2004) Up Our Sleeve
(2004) Sneaker Pimps
(2004) YO! What Happened To Peace
(2005) Fade
(2006) Bling!
(2007) Presence of The New
Selected Publications:
BPM Magazine (Overamerica Media Group)
The Fader
Groove Japan
Rides Magazine (Harris Publishing)
Show Daily (Ziff Davis)
Jaime Macias’s Specialties:
Art Direction, Brand Development, Business Development, Concept Ideation, Graphic Art Production, Fine Arts (Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture)
Jaime Macias’s Experience
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Partner
Lensley Automatic
(Design industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
Product lead and founder of automated photo robot business specializing in event and installation solutions world-wide.
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CEO/Founder
Synctree, LLC
(Computer Software industry)
August 2003 — Present (6 years)
Product lead for custom Social Networking platform. Work with co-founders to realize a full-featured technologically superior social networking platform for internal and white-label use. Develop advertising relationships in order to monetize traffic in excess of 1MM page-views per day.
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Art Director & Brand Consultant
Workgroup Design
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2001 — August 2007 (5 years 10 months)
Freelance Art Direction & Brand Consultant services specializing in the Mobile and Video Game markets. Services include Art Direction, Brand Creation, Print/Interactive Design, Photography, & Tradeshow.
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Junior Media Planner (Interactive)
Ignited Minds
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2003 — March 2004 (1 year)
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Assistant Media Planner (Interactive)
Kovel/Fuller
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2002 — March 2003 (1 year)
Assisted in preparation of media plans for Vivendi Universal Games.
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Manager Grassroots Marketing
Jimmy & Doug's Farmclub.com (Universal Music Group)
(Music industry)
January 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 6 months)
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Co-Founder
Click Cubed
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 1999 — January 2000 (6 months)
Jaime Macias’s Education
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University of Southern California
BFA , School of Fine Arts , 1997 — 2001
- Activities and Societies:
- Daily Trojan
Additional Information
Jaime Macias’s Websites:
Jaime Macias’s Interests:
Architecture, Branding, BBQ, Furniture Design, Graphic Design, Entrepeurship, Snowboarding
Jaime Macias’s Groups:
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Loyola High School Latino Alumni Society
Jaime Macias’s Honors:
2005 International Photography Awards Honorable Mention for Portraiture (16,648 entries from 32 countries)
Jaime Macias’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
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