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"Ketchup" from the Walmart Holiday Apparel shoot.

kristin williams
associate creative director
San Rafael, CA

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major accomplishments

• Played an important roll in winning the Walmart circular business for the Campbell Mithun agency. Holding a key position on the creative team, we worked closely with the account team and came up with winning branded circular campaigns – solving many of Walmart’s strategic challenges.

• As one of the associate creative directors on the Walmart account, I handled hundreds of thousands of dollars in photo shoot budgets. Working closely with the client, the agency and the photographers, I was able to direct superiour images with both high-end and in-house shooters.

• Responsible for concepting several of the major Verizon Wireless campaigns, as well as helping to make “Test Man” a household name and a pop culture icon.

• Handled many complicated lifestyle shoots for Verizon Wireless, in a variety of locations, creating a rich and comprehensive image library our creative department and Verizon Wireless could pull from at a moment’s notice, resulting in rather significant savings in royalty and image charges and streamlining the process for a fast-turnaround, high-demand client.

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experience

Campbell Mithun • Associate Creative Director & Senior Art Director

Irvine, California, August 2002 – Present

Creative work on print advertising, FSIs, circulars, POS, outdoor, web and interactive as well as writing radio spots. Highly involved in strategic creative development and branding initiatives in addition to new business pitches. Directed and managed large, high-budget lifestyle photography libraries, catalog shoots and print shoots. Managed workloads, work-flow, freelance talent and in-house art directors. Clients included: Walmart, Verizon Wireless, Toro, National City, H&R Block and Time Warner Cable.

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Illuminati Creative • Art Director/Creative Director

Orange County, California, October 2001 – August 2002

Partnered with an account director and writer to open a small, boutique freelance-type agency able to service clients with a very personal touch and immediate turn-around times. I was responsible for consulting with clients to understand their short and long-term strategic needs and to help advise them of the best ways to meet those needs, as well as the creative and conceptual work on print advertising, direct mail and collateral. Clients included: Hewlett Packard, Ingram Micro, MemorySafe, NorthStar Mobile, NurseCom, Secure Horizons and Verizon Wireless.

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Ingram Micro • Art Director

Santa Ana, California, October 1996 – October 2001

Creative and conceptual work on print, web advertising and interactive media design, direct mail as well as directing photography, illustration, design, video and post-production editing. Supervised designers and production artists. Major clients included: 3Com, Hewlett Packard, InFocus, Proxima and Xerox.

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Bretschger & Associates • Art Director

Irvine, California, November 1995 – October 1996

Conceptual and design work for an agency producing ads, packaging, collateral and promotional material. Directed photography (specializing in food), illustration and managed freelance designers. Clients included: California Avocado Commission, Mission Foods and Nokia.

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FBC • Designer

Santa Ana, California, February 1993 –October 1995

Design work on packaging, collateral and print advertising. Directed digital retouching, illustration and some photography. Responsible for estimating project time, budgets and buyouts. Clients included 3M/Unitek, Nanoa Monitors, Shield Healthcare and Wyle.

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Riverside Transit Agency • Designer

Riverside, California, January 1991 – February 1993

Conceptual work, design and digital production on print, collateral, logos, annual reports, system maps and schedules. Responsible for all print bidding and purchasing, in addition to the coordination of all projects from concept to completion. I handled the department as the sole employee handling all the agency’s creative responsiblities.

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Studio 3 • Designer/Production

Lake Forest, California, February 1990 – August 1990

Design and production of logos, print advertising, brochures, graphics, signs and posters from concept to production.

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awards

7 CompTIA Golden Screens

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education

• California State University – Fullerton

Bachelor of Arts degree in Art, emphasis Graphic Design: December 1990

• The Bookshop (Mike Whitlow)

(Five semesters including three “Teams” classes)

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