Sr. Art Director
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Sr. Art Director (Contractor) at Sapient
- Creative Director | Owner at Placid Minds
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- Digital Art Director at Arnold Worldwide
- Art Director (Freelance) at Warner Bros. Records
- Sr. Art Director at INK
- Interactive Art Director/Designer -- Freelance at Project C
- Senior Interactive Art Director at The Cimarron Group
- Creative Director at Dishwalla
- Art Director (Freelance) at Arnold Worldwide
- Art Director (Freelance) at Juxt Interactive
- Interactive Designer at Arnold Worldwide
- Interactive Designer at v2 Records
- Interactive Designer at Virgin Records
- Interactive Designer at Atlantic Records / Stone Temple Pilots
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Sean Conrad’s Summary
I have 10+ years of experience as an award-winning Art Director and Designer for some of the largest brands in the world, as well as award-winning films and recording artists within the entertainment industry.
I specialize in conceptualizing, art directing and the hands on design of deeply immersive interactive sites and working with the client to create an innovative and unique experiences for the end-user.
Sean Conrad’s Specialties:
Art Direction, Design, Project Management, Digital Photography, Consulting.
Sean Conrad’s Experience
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Sr. Art Director (Contractor)
Sapient
(Public Company; SAPE; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
Sr. AD for redesign of the Washington Post Online
Writing of Creative Brief
Creation of visual mood boards
Working closely with IA and UX designers to develop the structure of the site and create a deeply immersive experience. -
Creative Director | Owner
Placid Minds
(Online Media industry)
December 1997 — Present (12 years )
I have provided award winning art direction and design to some of the largest brands in the world, award-winning major motion pictures, as well as Grammy award winning and multi-platinum selling recording artists.
•Contracted to Art Direct and design a highly conceptual online campaign and the UI for a Sherlock Holmes experience site.
(w/ Microsoft)
•Art Director/Designer of comps for GI JOE film site:
http://watson.placidminds.com/gijoe/
•Design for the International site for 'Transformers 2' (Raben Media)
•Art Directed/Designed the full site relaunch for Legendary Pictures
http://ink.placidminds.com/Legendary/Final
•UI Design for DIRECTV (INK Studios)
http://ink.placidminds.com/dtv/
•Art Directed/Designed 3 design comps/directions for the upcoming film 'Lakeview Terrace' for Deadline Advertising.
http://placidminds.com/deadline/lakeview/
•Art Director for the International site to the film 'Beowulf'
http://www.placidminds.com/beoport
•Art Directed design comps for 'Get Smart' for BLT & Associates
http://placidminds.com/getsmart/
•Art Direction and Design for Dave Navarro's SPREAD TV
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Digital Art Director
Arnold Worldwide
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2009 — August 2009 (6 months)
Digital Art Director at the Arlington VA location
•Art Director/Designer for Sleep Inn online campaign. 30 second online video spots, Banner Ads, Virtual Tour & Branded Canvas/Microsite. http://www.discoverthedetails.com
•Worked with food stylist on set, as well as art directed still talent for photography shoot and detail shots for use online.
•Art Direction/Designed the online and offline creative for a cross promotional sweepstakes with Comfort Inn and Rachael Ray Magazine. http://arn.placidminds.com/rr/
•Assisted with design and the storyboarding of the motion to the Facebook application for Amtrak's National Train Day. -
Art Director (Freelance)
Warner Bros. Records
(Public Company; Music industry)
February 2009 — August 2009 (7 months)
•Art Direction/Design for upcoming site for Inglorious Basterds
http://wmg.placidminds.com/basterds/
•Art Direction/Design for a campaign for Chris Isaak site.
•Art Direction/Design for upcoming site for Jessica Harp
http://wmg.placidminds.com/harp/ -
Sr. Art Director
INK
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2008 — October 2008 (8 months)
•Complete Art Direction and Redesign for Legendary Pictures.
http://ink.placidminds.com/Legendary/Final
•UI Design for DIRECTV
http://ink.placidminds.com/dtv/
•Art Direction and Design for Dave Navarro's SPREAD TV
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Interactive Art Director/Designer -- Freelance
Project C
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
December 2006 — September 2008 (1 year 10 months)
After a little break from working with the insanely talented team that makes up ProjectC, I am back doing some more freelance.
12/06 - 01/08 -- 08/08, 09/08
•Designer for 'Changeling' http://www.changelingmovie.net
•Designer for the FWA Site of the Day (08.17.08)
http://www.wantedmovie.com/
http://placidminds.com/wanted/
•Art Director/Lead Designer of the 'The Bourne Ultimatum'
http://www.thebourneultimatum.com/ FWA Site of the Day (08/19/07)
•Designed pages and the Timeline feature for 'The Kingdom'
http://www.thekingdommovie.com
•Designed comps for the film 'American Gangster'
http://placidminds.com/gangport/
•Designed comps for the Iron Man official site
http://www.placidminds.com/port/
•Art Director/Designer for film 'Gone, Baby, Gone'
**site no longer live.
http://placidminds.com/gbgport/
•Art Directed the concept for the film 'A Mighty Heart'
http://www.amightyheartmovie.com/ (live site)
http://www.placidminds.com/project_materials/projectc/amh/ (comps) -
Senior Interactive Art Director
The Cimarron Group
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 6 months)
The Cimarron Group is one of the most respected agencies in Hollywood.
•Art Director, designer, for Int. site for '300'
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/300/
•Art Director, designer for MGM Grand (Cirque Du Soleil) 'KA' Landing page design to purchase tickets and online banner campaign.
http://www.placidminds.com/project_materials/cimarron/ka/ka/ (banner concept)
http://www.placidminds.com/project_materials/cimarron/ka/ (tickets page)
•Art Directed/designed Int. site for the latest Harrison Ford movie 'Firewall' http://wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/firewall/
•Art directed/designed comps for 'Lady in the Water'
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Creative Director
Dishwalla
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Music industry)
August 2000 — August 2006 (6 years 1 month)
• Full art direction and concept design for 6-panel Digipak design for the March 15, 2005 studio album from platinum selling and Billboard Award-Winning recording artist, Dishwalla.
• Site concept, design and programming for 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation www.dishwalla.com.
• Increased site traffic 188% upon site implementation.
• Perform maintenance duties including: news updates, tour information, press releases and radio listings, with multiple daily deadlines.
• Administer, moderate and develop the Dishwalla online community consisting of over 2,000 members. -
Art Director (Freelance)
Arnold Worldwide
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2005 — February 2006 (3 months)
Arnold Worldwide is one of the worlds largest ad agency’s, with clients such as: Volkswagen of America, ESPN, Royal Caribbean, Radio Shack, Vonage, Fidelity Investments, Citizens Bank, Oral-B and many more.
•Contracted as an Art Director/Designer on the Amtrak and Colonial Williamsburg accounts. -
Art Director (Freelance)
Juxt Interactive
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2005 — January 2006 (2 months)
Juxt Interactive is one of the leading creative groups in the country, working with clients such as: Target, Sam Adams, LG, Coca Cola and more.
•Contracted as an Art Director to work on a pitch to one of the world's largest brands.
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Interactive Designer
Arnold Worldwide
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 4 months)
-- Interactive designer on the award-winning VW.com site redesign for the 2005 launch of the Volkswagen of America website.
-- Designer on the New Beetle launch campaign (New Beetle minisite: http://vw.arn.com/minisite_archive/2005/NBFL_FOG/phase1/flash.html
http://vw.arn.com/minisite_archive/2005/NBFL_FOG/phase2/flash.html.
-- Interactive Designer on ESPN account.
-- Interactive Designer on Citizens Bank account.
-- Presentation of creative concepts and designs during Citizens Bank client review process.
-- Interactive Designer on Oral-B account. -
Interactive Designer
v2 Records
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Music industry)
August 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 2 months)
Whitestripes.net is the largest online presence for V2 Music recording artist ‘The White Stripes.’
• Redesigned and developed full site concept for www.whitestripes.net -
Interactive Designer
Virgin Records
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Music industry)
November 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 3 months)
• Performed webmastering duties including news updates, tour information, links and other promotion for www.aperfectcircle.com as well as the Virgin Records label site, for multi-platinum selling and award winning, Virgin Records recording artist ‘A Perfect Circle.’
• Created graphics, banners, ‘Frequently Asked Question’ page design for use within aperfectcircle.com.
• Worked closely with Virgin Records, providing up-to-the-minute news and information to fans, which provided a comprehensive online presence for the artist. -
Interactive Designer
Atlantic Records / Stone Temple Pilots
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Music industry)
November 1997 — July 2001 (3 years 9 months)
• Organized and maintained mailing list composed of 1,800 members.
• Generated total hits of 65,000/month (62,000 unique visitors/month), including more than 55 foreign countries.
• Designed templates, interfaces, graphics and streaming media/multimedia content.
• Maintained and updated picture archive consisting of over 2,300 images
Additional Information
Sean Conrad’s Websites:
Sean Conrad’s Groups:
AIGA, Behance.net
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Art Directors Club -
Advertising Professional -
Sr level Internet Marketers Group, Internet Marketing Professionals Only. -
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FWA -
AIGA Orange County
Sean Conrad’s Honors:
FWA Site of the Day (08/18/07) WANTED
2008 Webby Honoree: WANTED
2008 Key Art Nominee: The Bourne Ultimatum
FWA Site of the Day (08/19/07) The Bourne Ultimatum
2008 Webby Honoree The Bourne Ultimatum
2008 Key Art Nominee: A Mighty Heart
Site of the Week (VW.com redesign) CommArts Network
One Show Merit Award Business to Consumer for VW's Force of Good minisite.
Best Automobile Website (Web Marketing Association) for VW.com site redesign.
2006 WEBAWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT -- VW.com Model Chooser Aid Outstanding Website
2006 WEBAWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT -- VW.com Force of Good Campaign (New Beetle).
2006 HATCH Award for interactive design on the Force of Good interactive campaign.
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