KENJI TAKABAYASHI

*** *** ****** ****** ****, New Jersey 07302

Phone: 917-***-**** E-Mail: ac6ahk@r.postjobfree.com Experience

Freelance Muralist – Illustrator & Graphic Designer Sept 2015-Present Large Scale murals, corporate branding, installments, digital illustrations and animations for various clients.

• Ogilvy & Mathers Samsung Sony OpenTable Converse Nike

• Mountain Dew Under Armour The Knot Panorama Mass Appeal Experience

Sr. Visual Designer – MLB.com Feb 2002 – Sept 2015

• Designed Gameday and the award winning At-BatTM application (As of June 2018, over 20 million mobile users)

• Designed the MLB All-Star Game ballot and user interface, the webs most prolific voting ballot with over a billion votes cast since 2002.

• Designed and branded the “Final Man” candidate for the All-Star Game

• Responsible for the day-to-day design needs of the Yankees, Cardinals, Reds, YesNetwork, USAbaseball, DerekJeter.com & most baseball related sites of MLB.

• Blueprinted, designed and executed the MiLB portal, (Minor League Baseball) with over 175 clubs and web sites (including ads)

• Worked directly with baseballs largest sponsors such as AT&T, Budweiser, Pepsi, Ford, Monster.com, etc – creating unique baseball branded identities.

• Built, directed and managed a team of photographers for Minor League Baseball (44 photographers, from Canada to Mexico) Experience

National Design Products Director

Mar 1986 – Nov 2001

4 Billion dollar world-wide technology and production systems leader for the textile, apparel, retail & soft goods industries, corporate HQ in Paris.

• Helped generate and support over $300,000.000 in sales

• Supervised National Staff of 14, coordinated world-wide team of 30

• Designed and implemented global standard for presentations and support guidelines.

• Organized and supported 180 sales and support staff in over 75 countries. Kenji Takabayashi

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• Worked with R&D to develop cutting edge design tools & user interfaces in Grand Rapids, USA and Bordeaux, France.

• Helped design, plan and open new showrooms and offices in New York City and Los Angeles.

• Responsible for Trade show standard practices and represented company at various industry meetings.

Skill Sets

• Photoshop Illustrator InDesign CNE certified WordPress PowerPoint Pre-Press/Printing Color theory/Science High-End output devices Canon DSLR equipment expert Education

1980 - 1984 High School of Art & Design New York, NY Illustration & Painting (major) Guest teacher and Speaker at both Parsons School of Design and F.I.T. Interests

• I am a published photographer and illustrator.

• I am a pretty well known graffiti artist, career began in 1980.

• I LOVE video games & baseball and I could be a ringer for your softball team.

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