Creative Director
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- User Experience Designer at Apple
- Creative Director at Body and Motion Inc. (BAM)
- Corporate ID Designer at Luckow Design Studio
- Creative Director at GeeThree
- Past
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- Vice President of Marketing at Ripcord Networks, Inc.
- Creative Director at Wheels of Zeus
- Creative Director at Kerbango/3Com
- Senior Design Engineer at 3Com
- Creative Director at Saetta Mediagroup
- Creative Director at OnRadio
- Designer at Image Group
- Art Director at Good Times Weekly
- Education
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- Northern Illinois University
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Alan Luckow’s Summary
I specialize in helping young companies establish an identity. Multiple disciplines; Print, Packaging, Identity, User Interface, Presentations, Video and the Web.
Alan Luckow’s Specialties:
branding and ID, package design, display design, design, web design, startups, 3d design, illustration, Flash, printed collateral, Flash Presentations, Powerpoint presentations, Interactive CDRoms
Alan Luckow’s Experience
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User Experience Designer
Apple
(Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)
November 2008 — Present (9 months)
Create user interface solutions for an internal project flow system based in the Cupertino headquarters.
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Creative Director
Body and Motion Inc. (BAM)
(Design industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
Design user experience for touchscreen hardware and web-based applications. Design and maintain corporate identity and branding.
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Corporate ID Designer
Luckow Design Studio
(Design industry)
2005 — Present (4 years)
I have maintained a design clientele since 1992 but worked at various start-ups over the years, either as an employee, founder or contractor. This has given me a wealth of experience in all aspects of graphic design and ID for many types of clients. Especially for companies at the beginning stages of development.
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Creative Director
GeeThree
(Design industry)
2001 — Present (8 years)
User interface design for iPhone applications and video plug ins for Apple Final Cut Pro and iMovie. Develop and maintain corporate identity. Produce printed promotional material.
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Vice President of Marketing
Ripcord Networks, Inc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
February 2004 — 2008 (4 years)
Oversee and design corporate ID and branding for this communications start-up that provides end-to-end security for VOIP, Mobile, and PC conferencing voice and video.
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Creative Director
Wheels of Zeus
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)
2002 — January 2006 (4 years)
Design and maintain corporate ID, marketing and print collateral, UI Design, website, etc. Presentation design for explaining products, services and soliciting VC funds.
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Creative Director
Kerbango/3Com
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
Helped build the team of this new start-up. Established and directed the strategic long term goals, policies and procedures for Kerbango's creative activities. Designed the Kerbango website product as well as the logo, corporate ID system, collateral and tradeshow exhibit booths. Also took part in design aspects of the Kerbango radio and designed the internet radio lcd interface. Kerbango was acquired by 3Com corporation in 2000 for 80M.
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Senior Design Engineer
3Com
(Computer Networking industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Position I was assigned at 3Com after 3Com acquired Kerbango.
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Creative Director
Saetta Mediagroup
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year)
Developed online presence for Mitsumi, the largest manufacturer of computer peripherals. Also designed MitsumiDirect, the e-commerce division of Mitsumi operated by Saetta. Developed many promotional items and designed product packaging, advertising and marketing campaigns.
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Creative Director
OnRadio
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
One of the original 6 core team members that developed this start-up company, it soon had offices in Los Angeles and New York and over 80 employees. Director of all media design pertaining to OnRadio Website. Advanced the overall quality of strategic thinking and design applied technology. Supervised and/or produced all presentation collateral. Developed Trade show booths, video, interactive demos, CD-Roms, print collateral, etc. Devised web site production lines, hired and trained a staff to produce and manage over 400 radio station websites. Chief architect of website structure front end.
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Designer
Image Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
1993 — 1996 (3 years)
Multi-media design with supporting print collateral & signage, CD-ROM production & graphic design for Corporate & Fortune 500 companies. CD-ROM shell interface design & packaging. Print publication.
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Art Director
Good Times Weekly
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
1991 — 1993 (2 years)
Coordinated cover, ad and page design. Produced numerous editorial illustration and managed production and printer relations.
Alan Luckow’s Education
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Northern Illinois University
BFA , Visual Communication / Studio Design , 1986 — 1990
Additional Information
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Alan Luckow’s Interests:
I'm often the co-host of a weekly radio show called, "Geekspeak" on NPR central California Coast Radio. I also enjoy playing guitar, hiking in the mountains, spending time with my wife and kids, photography, video, digital animation, riding my motorcycle and music.
Alan Luckow’s Groups:
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Revedia Group - Internet Retailer, Interactive Media, Online Brand Marketing Professionals Only. -
Marketing Matters (SF/SJ)
Alan Luckow’s Honors:
Outstanding Creative Graphic Design, 1993 Dynamic Graphics Inc.
Bronze Award, 1992 International Brand Packaging
Outstanding Performance,1988-89 Northern Star Daily Newspaper
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Alan Luckow’s Contact Settings
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