CONTACT:
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Email: chris@cm3yale.com
SKILLS:
Creative Direction
Brand Design
Interaction Design
UX Design
Motion Design
Illustration
3D Modeling
EXPERIENCE:
April 2017 to Current:
Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi. Chicago, IL
Clients: Toyota, Lexus
December 2016 - April 2017:
Contract Senior Art Director, Critical Mass. Chicago, IL
Clients: Ascension Health, GE
December 2016:
Associate Creative Director, Manifest. Chicago, IL
Clients: Honda Financial, Northwestern Mutual, Luxco Exotico Tequila, Baylor Health Network
March 2014 - February 2016
Senior Art Director, Havas Worldwide. Chicago, IL
Clients: Citibank: Direct Mail, Retail and Digital. Camel Cigarettes: Direct Mail, Retail and Digital.
March 2013 - March 2014:
Freelance Art Director, Leo Burnett. Chicago, IL
Clients: GM/Buick, Marlboro Green, Marlboro Red, Black & Mild and Skoal.
April 2012 - March 2013:
Senior Designer, ICG. Lake Forest, CA
Clients: McDonalds, NRG, Baltimore Ravens, Washington Redskins, New England Patriots, Simon Malls, Round Table, California Pizza Kitchen, Princess Cruise Lines.
September 2009 - September 2011:
Art Director, Exacta Media Inc. Irvine, CA
Clients: Starwood Hotels, W Hotel, Westin, Sheraton, Le Cordon Bleu.
April 2008 - March 2009
Senior Designer, Audacity. Vista, CA
Clients: DIGIRAD, JazzMutant, Illumina, Valley Fine Foods
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Internship Young & Rubicam. Irvine, CA Art Director
Clients: Mattel, Landrover, Jaguar
EDUCATION
Miami Ad School: Art Direction
Cal State Fullerton: BA in Communications / Advertising Minor in Photography
ABOUT ME
As a versatile Art Director, I am always finding ways to provide transformative creative solutions. I have been exposed to all facets of graphic and interactive design. Having had the pleasure of creating ads and managing creative departments at a strategic level for a variety of different clients both large and small.
In addition to always delivering campaigns that exceed client expectations within tight deadlines, I am always pushing myself to stay up to date with the ever–changing demands of the industry, on both conceptual and technical levels. I thrive on bringing innovative ideas to solve client problems.
I USED TO BE COOL In my past life before children (B.C) I wrote, recorded, and toured in bands. The bands I've been in have been featured on MTVU, MTV2, and MTV Latin America. When I was 17 my band opened for Jimmy Eat World. I also enjoy studio photography, snowboarding, and fashion. As of 2023, I'm a father to Stella age 4, and Brixton age 2. My lovely wife Shannon and I both work in advertising. I don't recommend this. We live in the suburbs of Detroit in a beautiful town called Walled Lake.
All my free time outside of work is spent raising the two of them to navigate this crazy world. If I get a minute to myself in the dead of night I spend it by writing screenplays for TV and film. And no they're not about advertising.
BACKGROUND AND HERITAGE
I'm Chilean and Gringo which explains my pocho Spanish, why I put hot sauce on everything and worry about my lawn lines being straight. My quest to find Chilean empanadas never ends. In 1988 when I was 8 years old I shook the President of Chile's (Patricio Aylwin) hand. I grew up in Southern California, but I've been fortunate enough to live in San Diego, San Francisco, Miami, Minneapolis, and Chicago. I'm currently looking for freelance opportunities or full-time Creative Director positions.