Project Manager Director

NAME:Jay Sojdelius

TITLE:Creative director, art director

CONTACT:E-MAIL: ***@*********.***

TEL:773-***-****

PORTFOLIO: http://www.houdinigroup.com (CD) http://jay.sojdelius.com (AD, DESIGNER)

BACKGROUND:Senior highly versatile creator with 18 years of experience, 9 as creative

director and CEO of own interactive agency in Stockholm, Sweden, employing 25

people. Strategic design thinker with long lecturing experience and great storytelling

skills. Expert in transforming “difficult” brands, messages and information into clear,

engaging and convincing user experiences, fusing marketing with education to achieve

tighter interaction with customers and create better bottom-line results.

OBJECTIVE:Recently relocated to Chicago, IL. Looking to find assignments or employment

as creative director, art director, graphic designer and/or concept developer at small to

medium-sized agency/communications consultancy, either focused on marketing,

education, entertainment or new media.

Would definitely consider management position but would prefer to remain

operationally and creatively active if possible.

EDUCATION:GOTLAND SCHOOL ART (1986 -1988)

OF

BERGHS SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION /Marketing & Communication (1988-1989)

BERGHS SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION / Graphic Design & Illustration (1990-1992)

WORK: SEMIC PRESS AB (1988-1990) – Marketing, design, editing

TARGET GAMES AB (1992-1995) – Concept- and product developer, package designer,

illustrator, project manager, editor

WM-DATA EDUCATION AB (1995-1996) – Art director, graphic designer, project manager

REFERENCE INTERACTIVE AB (1996-1999) – Minority owner, creative director, art director,

graphic designer, project manager

HOUDINI (1999-) – Owner, CEO, creative director, art director, graphic designer,

illustrator, animator, project manager

CLIENTS:Ericsson, Accenture, Razorfish, Adidas, Kraft Foods, DHL, Electrolux, 3Com,

Tech Data, the European Union, the City of Stockholm, various trade unions,

educational companies (such as EF), several major Swedish banks, Arla (leading Nordic

dairy producer), the Royal Swedish Mail, the Royal Swedish Library, and many more.

CAPABILITIES:Design: Interactive/web design (Flash + html), corporate ID, graphic design,

advertising, packaging, magazine/brochure design, information design, illustration,

animation

Management: Business development, client management, strategy, pricing/budgeting,

proposal writing, project management, sourcing

REFERENCES:Supplied upon request.

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