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EBONY Media / Studios - Los Angeles, California + Freelance Graphic Designer | 06.25 - 12.25

OLED STUDIO - Durham, North Carolina + Creative Director & Graphic Designer | 01.23 - Present

  • OLED STUDIO is an independent design studio, focused on crafting visual Identifies for start-ups and independent creators. Clients have included, EBONY Magazine, Duke D3C, Audio-Mack, No Visa - Immaculate Taste, The Black Creative Conference, Mier Luck, Guildford Dairy Skate, Triad City Beat, Cassilhaus, Alec Lomami, Austin Royale, Puma, Double Dutch Festival, The Rare Collection and The Grease Factory.

McKinney Creative Agency - Durham, North Carolina + Freelance Graphic Designer | 01.23 - 06.23

  • Worked in junctions with creative directors, copywriters, and producers to brainstorm, materialize, and design in Puma's RUN and Puma FIT 2023 Nitro campaign brand ads, physical and digital, which included art direction, in-store ads, product Ads, and web animations.

  • Designed McKinney in-house graphics, ranging from - McKinney website visuals, McKinney brand visuals, McKinney Black Futures web-page and McKinney's "Are you blacker than chatGTP?"

GFL Environmental - Toronto, Ontario + Graphic Designer | 01.20 - 12.22

  • Created/managed an array of varying print collateral and production projects that ranged from mailers, calendars, novelty checks, apparel, vehicle decals, and storefront signage.

  • Played a key role in the development, and expansion of GFL's visual identity and brand development by designing fresh branding assets and elements that effectively communicated and expanded company incentives, new product lines, acquisitions, and company safety / cultural standards.

Waste Industries - Raleigh, North Carolina + Graphic Designer | 12.17 - 12.19

  • Managed and created assets for projects ranging from Print design, Digital design, Internal, B2B, and Consumer-facing. This included web assets, social ads, iconography, webpage layouts, photography, and a diverse cast of print assets that included promotional materials, signage, presentations, calendars, marketing collateral, swag, and environmental designs.

  • Regularly acted as a photographer for an array of Waste Industry corporate and philanthropic events.

Waste Industries - Raleigh, North Carolina + Branding & Design Intern | 08.17 - 12.17

  • Redesigned outdated Waste Industry branding/marketing collateral and played a secondary role in developing company swag assets that could be acquired via Waste Industries' online storefront. Assisted the then Marketing Director and Brand lead with day-to-day brand operations.

EDUCATION

• North Carolina A&T State University - Bachelor of Arts | Visual Media Design

AWARDS and ACHIEVEMENTS

2024 : The 9th Annual Shorty Impact Awards

  • Project : Are You Blacker Than Chatgpt?

  • Winner - Interactive Content

  • Audience Honor - Interactive Content

  • Agency - McKinney

  • Role - Graphic Designer

EXHIBITIONS

  • 2024 : Afrofuturism Exhibition, The African American Atelier, Greensboro, NC

  • 2023 : NCAT Alumni Art Exhibition, H.C. Taylor Gallery, Greensboro, NC

  • 2023 : Big Kids Only Art & Toy Exhibition, Irving Park and Frame Gallery, Greensboro, NC

  • 2023 : Art From The Hearts Exhibition, GSO Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

  • 2021 : VAE: COSO 2021 Biennial Exhibition, VAE, Raleigh, NC

  • 2017 : NCAT Senior BA Exhibition, H.C. Taylor Gallery, Greensboro, NC

  • 2014 : Salt Sugar Fat Exhibition, H.C. Taylor Gallery, Greensboro, NC

RESIDENCIES

  • 2024 : Very First Times Residency, Durham, NC

PUBLICATIONS

  • https://voyageraleigh.com/interview/check-out-dasean-burnettes-story

  • https://www.durhamartguild.org/dagnews/pancakeart

CLIENTS

Duke University EBONY Magazine Epic Records Interscope Records No Visa Cassilhaus Puma Audiomack Mielle GFL Environmental NC State University Motorco - Parts & Labour Neighborly Waste Industries The Rare Collection

ARTIST

Eli1000 Coi Leray Austin Royale Alec Lomami Amaarae Michael Hakim Lil Jay