Art Director
Austin, Texas Area
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- Art Instructor at Marmalade Skies Austin
- Art Director at Red Tie Studios™
- Art Director at TinaVaziri.com
- Past
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- Graphic Designer at NetQoS, Inc.
- Junior Art Director at Performance Edge Journal
- Product Designer at Pilgrim Imports, Inc.
- Assitant Instructor at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
- Education
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- Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
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Tina Vaziri’s Summary
Award winning art director and illustrator with over 6 years of education and experience, predominantly in fast-paced global environments. Dynamic team player and project manager highly skilled in client relationships. Delivering results in deadline-driven environments.
- Strategic and creative art direction of concepts using successful communication design for lead generation and advertising campaigns
- Traditional and new media designs that make a lasting impression and create trusting B to B and B to C relationships
- Creating and managing corporate brand identity, branding guidelines, and maintaining visual consistency in all mediums
Tina Vaziri’s Specialties:
Creative custom illustrations, and photo manipulation, that set clients apart from their competition
Tina Vaziri’s Experience
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Art Instructor
Marmalade Skies Austin
(Arts and Crafts industry)
September 2008 — Present (2 months)
In addition to walk-in-and-create projects, Marmalade Skies host summer arts & crafts camps, birthday parties, baby showers, social and religious group events, and holiday programs, offer arts and crafts classes for kids and adults, and much more! For over two years they have been a staple in North Austin for children’s art classes.
To register for classes by Tina Vaziri call (512) 695-1694.
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Art Director
Red Tie Studios™
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Fine Art industry)
June 2005 — Present (3 years 5 months)
Founding partner of Red Tie Studios™, a unique portrait studio that provides creative illustrated portraits. Managed the identity, branding, designed and developed the website, managed advertising campaigns, and all marketing programs. Creates portraits commissioned by clients.
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Art Director
TinaVaziri.com
(Design industry)
June 2004 — Present (4 years 5 months)
Principal art director and designer specializing in illustration work created in a style perfect for products aimed at children, tweens, and young adults.
Clients:
Briggs & Stratton Motor Sports, Checker Pig Bikes, Milwaukee Magazine, Milwaukee Irish Festivals, Inc., Broadway Bistro Milwaukee, Dallas Morning News, NetPerformance.com, NetworkPerformanceDaily.com, Moxie Puck Bike Team, North Shore Brewery, BreakingPoint Systems, Saving Our Planet Engineering Consultants
Illustrator school visits and guest speaker at the North East School of the Arts in San Antonio, TX (several years in a row), and Dahlstrom Middle School in Buda, TX (2008).
Visual Arts Scholastic Event ongoing regional level juror for the high school and middle school VASE program. Interviewing students individually about their artwork, writing up evaluations of each piece of artwork, and determining which of the highest quality level of artwork goes to state competition. -
Graphic Designer
NetQoS, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 2 months)
Managed the corporate brand as well as the design and production of all marketing and demand generation programs such as; print and online advertisements, website design and development, trade show and event graphics, presentations, and collateral. Also managed the creation of custom illustrations, icons, information diagrams and photo editing.
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Junior Art Director
Performance Edge Journal
(Computer Networking industry)
October 2006 — August 2008 (1 year 11 months)
Brand development, manage photo selection and editing, create editorial illustrations, design advertisements, design the layout, and print production for the publication, as well as the design of promotional and marketing material.
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Product Designer
Pilgrim Imports, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year)
Designed jewelry, gifts, and greeting cards in pre-production, created plans for materials used and methods assembled for factory use. Designed and produced trade show graphics and direct mail pieces for marketing.
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Assitant Instructor
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year)
Responsible for teaching incoming students Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Illustrator CS2, including the basics of digital imagery, digital cameras, scanning, and printing processes, to enable execution of projects required by their core curriculum.
Tina Vaziri’s Education
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Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration, 2002 — 2006
Additional Information
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Tina Vaziri’s Interests:
illustration, fine art, graphic design, web design, volunteering
Tina Vaziri’s Groups:
Volunteering:
South West School of Art and Craft San Antonio, Creative Writers Mentorship San Francisco, Urban Ecology Center Milwaukee, Tint Magazine, Lil' Paws Maltese Rescue Austin, Creative Professionals for Animal Welfare (creativePAW)
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Member of the AIGA Professional Chapter - Austin
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Tina Vaziri’s Honors:
- Three time 2007 MarCom Awards winner with Platinum, Gold, and Honorable Mention for exceptionally designed campaigns in NetQoS marketing material
- 2007 MarketingSherpa Viral Marketing Hall of Fame, designed and created marketing material for the viral campaign "Netcosm"
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