Todd Bates
Creative Director | 20+ Years Crafting Visual Stories for Leading Brands
- Role
- Print Creative Director at Teaching Strategies
- Location
- Tampa, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Todd Bates
I transform strategic marketing objectives into compelling visual stories that…
Experience
Print Creative Director
Sep 2021 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Lead creative vision and execution for all print marketing assets, directing projects from strategic brief to final production while managing and mentoring design team.Key contributions:• Direct creative strategy and execution for small- and large-scale marketing campaigns, ensuring brand consistency across all touchpoints• Collaborate cross-functionally with Account Managers, Production Managers, Marketers, and Developers to deliver strategic creative solutions on tight timelines• Develop and maintain brand guidelines, ensuring adherence while allowing creative innovationMentor design team and manage external vendors, fostering a unified team culture and elevating creative output• Transform complex strategic objectives into compelling visual narratives through research-driven imagery and design development
Education
Southeast Center for Photographic Studies
Photography
Skills
- Layout
- Portrait Photography
- Typography
- Multimedia
- Mac
- Photoshop
- Editorial
- Publications
- Digital Publishing Suite
- Graphic Design
- Art
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Art Direction
- Advertising
- Magazines
- Quarkxpress
- Commercial Photography
- Videography
- Brochures
- Books
- Book Design
- Logo Design
- Aperture
- Creative Writing
- Image Manipulation
- Final Cut Pro
- Creative Direction
- Pre-Press
- Newspaper Design
- Magazine Design
- Adobe Acrobat
- Illustrator
- Video Editing
- Premiere
- Image Editing
- Photography
- Indesign
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