Design Director

Soomee Kang

**** ***** ****** *** *** Hoboken, NJ 07030

646-***-**** **********@*****.*** http://www.soomeekang.com

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

A seasoned art director, designer, and producer with a background and extensive

hands-on experience in both interactive and print-based media. A believer that effective

Web design must be market-driven as well as creative and combine a strong strategic

focus as well as visual impact.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HNW-Wealth Marketing Solutions, New York, NY, USA, Aug 2008 – July 2009

Interactive Art Director

Conceptualized and produced a broad range of corporate Web sites, micro-sites and

interactive tools for such clients as Lord Abbett, Morgan Stanley, SunTrust, Ermenegildo

Zegna, Harris Bank, Merrill Lynch, etc.

Worked with IA, Strategy, Usability teams to meet technical feasibility, corporate

branding under pressure and budget.

Key Achievements:

• Delivered design that met beyond client’s expectation and business objectives

• Presented and defended design decisions to clients.

• Efficiently led, inspired and directed the design team and technology team.

• Helped AI and strategy research and resources to reinforce design direction.

• Provided insight and prior experience to help improve agency’s interactive

creative process.

Citigroup – CMB FICC eCommerce, New York, NY, USA, Oct 2001 – Mar 2008

Art Director - Assistant Vice President

Oversaw interactive design projects for Citi’s FX trading platform, corporate Web site,

informational portal, eCommerce and online communication efforts.

Worked with global marketing, stakeholder, corporate branding, legal and technology

team to identify business direction and client constraints to be responsible for

web/printing design.

Key Achievements:

Designed interfaces for million-dollar corporate projects under tight deadlines.

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• Accommodated technical feasibility and multi-lingual approach and provided

design & CSS solution.

• Designed UIs of FX Ccy Live Streaming Rates, FX Deal Entries, Position Summary,

Blotters, Reports, Portfolio, Subscription Products, Money Market, Treasury

Management, Settlement Instructions, etc.

• Delivered online and offline communication efforts to benefit business and client

objectives.

Keith & Lloyd, New York, NY, USA, Jun 2005

Design Consulting

Created Company Identity Program and website to thrive KL brand in a high-end fashion

industry. Effectively built the site utilizing action script, CSS, HTML and PHP.

YAERIMDANG, SAMSUNG, SUNGMOON, Seoul, Korea, Sep 1998 - Jul 1999

Freelancer - Designer

Proposed and initiated various educational projects that helps children to develop their

IQ and EQ. Created showcase theme and illustration.

Proposed and completed a product launching advertising and book cover design.

ARTCENTER – Design Academy, Seoul, Korea Jan 1996 - Aug 1998

Design Analyst

Lectured Graphic Design - Editorial, Advertising, Package, BI/CI and Illustration.

KyungWon University, Seoul, Korea, Mar 1996 - Dec 1996

Part Time Professor

Lectured Design Theory and Package Design in Graphic department.

SISA JAPANESE Publishing, Seoul, Korea, Jan 1994 - Aug 1996

Art Director

Oversaw CI/BI and product design and managed a design team.

WHANMEDIA –Design Agency, Seoul, Korea, Feb 1992 - Jan 1994

Sr. Graphic designer

Collaborated with creative team to design BI and desktop printing for clients.

AGABANG – Luxury Baby fashion, Seoul, Korea, Jul 1991 - Jan 1992

Graphic designer

Created seasonal design theme and assisted catalogue photo shoots.

Designed catalogues, brochure, product packages and poster, etc.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Platform: Mac/Window

Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, QuarkXpress, HomeSite,

Acrobat, Sound edit, Pro Tool, and MS Office Suite.

Language and Script: XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Action Script, JSP, JAVA, XML, AJAX.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGOUND

Master of Arts – Web Design

School of Visual Arts - MAY 2001 - GPA: 3.56

Master of Arts - Graphic Design

HongIk University - FEB 1995 - GPA: 3.88

Bachelor of Arts - Graphic Design

ChonBuk National University - FEB 1992 - GPA: 3.58

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