Art Director at G2 Direct and Digital
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Art Director at G2 Direct and Digital
- Past
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- Interactive Art Director at OLSON
- Interactive Senior Designer at Avenue A | Razorfish
- Lecturer at Miami Ad School, SF
- Art Director at Seidel Advertising
- Art Director at The Haunty Agency
- Design Internship at Federated Merchandising Group
- Education
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- Ohio University
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Seth DeGarmo’s Experience
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Art Director
G2 Direct and Digital
(Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
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Interactive Art Director
OLSON
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2008 — September 2008 (7 months)
Part of the core team that helped OLSON of Minneapolis expand its presence on the West Coast. Art directed and designed online campaigns that included websites, banners, widgets, shareable
media and emails. Worked closely with the development team in order to create innovative online experiences that balance rich design and usability. -
Interactive Senior Designer
Avenue A | Razorfish
(Design industry)
November 2007 — March 2008 (5 months)
Worked closely with Creative Directors and the Account Service team to conceptualize and design a wide range of online advertising. I produced sketches/illustrated storyboards to help sell the ideas. Then I
created fully mocked up storyboards to progress the ideas. The mocked up concepts were then used for briefing the studio teams. -
Lecturer
Miami Ad School, SF
(Higher Education industry)
September 2007 — March 2008 (7 months)
As Guest Lecturer, I taught students how to organize their thoughts so that their work would be as creative as possible, while focusing on their typographic and conceptual skills. In this unique environment, I offered creative direction and oversaw the schedule of all projects, while I enhanced my own presentation and leadership skills.
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Art Director
Seidel Advertising
(Design industry)
June 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 8 months)
Responsible for national, regional and local accounts, including print, outdoor, direct mail, web and broadcast media. Managed a full-time staff and collaborated with and directed a large pool of local
and national designers, photographers and illustrators. Team leader in all client pitches for new creative projects. Skilled at working under a variety of budgets and deadlines. Supervised and collaborated with in-house designers and copy writers. Took projects from conception to final production and pre-press, in an efficient, detailed and flexible manner. Production duties included trafficking, color correction, creating collage art, loading to disk, creating PDF files, using FTP. Photo shoot experience which included organizing go-sees, shot list, working directly with photographer, stylist (hair/makeup and tabletop) and coaching models. Also executed in-house photo shoots. -
Art Director
The Haunty Agency
(Design industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
Responsible for multiple clients. Prepared presentations for client meetings. Created logos and corporate identities. Developed sketches into final deliverables. Assisted on press checks, photo shoots,
and sound recordings. Mentored various design interns. -
Design Internship
Federated Merchandising Group
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Retail industry)
June 2001 — September 2001 (4 months)
Aided in the design and presentations of advertising campaigns. Assisted in touch ups for mailers.Created mock-ups for presentations. Prepared posters and other materials for research use. Created comps for testing new product concepts.
Seth DeGarmo’s Education
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Ohio University
1997 — 2002
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