Amir Vojdani

Selected Curriculum Vitae

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Creative Director/Marketing Director

Nationally award-winning marcom professional with over 20 years demonstrated experience in diversity, multicultural and inclusion initiatives & working with marginalized population groups to international organizations helping clients “visualize” complex problems to drive innovation work. Having served with an eclectic mix of clients, Not-For-Profit and For-Profit

I have extensive agency experience and responsible for driving the overall creative vision for all client projects, plus the strategic & tactical skills needed to successfully lead projects from inception to completion, as well as ensure no talent goes to waste and the work stays sharp.

A results driven, self-motivated and resourceful director with an ability to successfully translate desired moods, messages, concepts, and under developed ideas into imagery.

I combine Managerial, Leadership, Creative-Visual Thinking Skills plus Artistic, Multilingual, Etiquette and Protocol ability to motivate diversely talented teams to great effect.

Major qualifications include:

Creative Director – Interactive Art Director / Sr. Art Director

Play an essential role in the marketing, creative, communications and digital/design departments. I’m responsible for leading the team, developing creative guidelines and directing creative work, including print collateral, websites, email campaigns, television and radio advertising, and many related tasks.

Director of Product Management / Marketing

Executive leader in growth and management of online products, platforms and businesses in areas including social networking, messaging, social enterprise, mobile, social commerce, health, social gaming, community and beyond, at companies ranging from startups to large-scale public entities.

Core Skills & Expertise:

Business Development, Exceptional Experience in Campaign Strategies Design

Multitasking and Proven Ability to Meet Multiple Deadlines / Branding

Niche Market Development

Strategist / Strong Analytical Skill / Project Management / Budgeting

“Big Picture” Visionary & Leadership & Team Building / Presentation

Collaboration Skills

User Experience / Video Games

Web / Digital Media & Print Ad Content Development / Strong Resourceful Writing &

Editorial Skills

Virtual Office World Expert

Concepts, Copy, Scamps, Visuals, Design, Shoots, Typography, Storyboards

Channels Digital, Direct, Press, Outdoor, Brand, Video, In-Store, Email, Sites, B2C, B2B

Customer Relationships & Contract Negotiations

Focus Group & Market Research

Team Training & Mentoring

Public & Media Relations

Corporate Communications & Public Affairs

Interpersonal Skills

New Business Pitches

Multi-Lingual

Recognitions, Honorary & Awards Decorations

Digital Visual Solutions (Digital Media Art Show, Laser Show) 2016

New York Art Director's Club Award, Society of Publication Designers Award, PRINT Magazine Design Annuals, the AIGA Book Show Award, Graphic Design Annual Award.

Humble to have been honored by The Webby Awards and N/N Design Annual.

Award Nominee of Creative Directors Club (Start Wars Episode 1 & Halo) 2001 & 2005

San Francisco’s Art P.G. Nominee (Art & Multicultural) 2012

12 Times Nominee of Leadership / Entrepreneur Awards, Capitol Hill, Sacramento, CA 2016

Awards Nominee and winner of The 2014 N-Factor,

Nominee of The 2015 N-Factor Awards

Nominee of The “Champion of the Change” The Whitehouse 2015

The Recognitions:

The Whitehouse and The Presidential Nominee 2004, 2008 and 2012

United Nations Merit Award 2004

Washington State’s Governor, Senate & Congress 2004 – 2005 – 2008

Coplexis–I’ve helped UK Government rethink delivery of project & program in the public sector, for good.

Coplexis–I’ve helped the “World’s busiest Airport” (Heathrow) prepare for its “Largest” inter. Terminal. 2014

Links are:

http://www.coplexia.com/

www.TheMarketingMinds.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirvojdani

http://amirgayle.wixsite.com/myself

https://www.myportfolio.com/amirvojdani

Computer Skills & Technical Proficiency

Environments: Mac OS X, Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA and 7 / 8 / 10

Tools: Coral draw, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign…), Autodesk Maya, MS Outlook, MS Office (PowerPoint, Word basic: (Java/J2EE [WebLogic], EJB, JMS, JMX, UML, HTML, Oracle, Expert System, C++, XML) and more.

Agency Experience & Accomplishment

Coplexia Consulting, Collaboration Complexities Org 2014 - Present Day

Creative Director (Virtual office)

The Marketing Mind Corp

Creative Art Director – Sacramento, CA 2010 - Present Day

Director, Meetings, Trade Shows, Corporate Events – Sacramento, CA 2012-Present Day

Symsoft Solutions

UI/UX Creative Art Director – Sacramento, CA 2015 - Present Day

Silver Spring Networks, Redwood City, CA

Director of Product Management 2010 - 2011

STRONGVIEW, Redwood City, CA 2011 - 2012

Director of Product Management

Interim Interior Design Dept. Manager / Research Assistant / Instruction Assistant/ Tutor

Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA Jan. 2008 – Oct. 2010

International Academy of Design and Technology Tukwila, WA 2007

Lake Washington Tech. College Kirkland, 2005

Product Executive Manager / Creative Director Jan. 2005 - Feb. 2007

Microsoft Corporation / Visicom Design Group and UIEVolution, Nintendo

Interim Sr. Design Solution Director Jan. 2003 - Feb. 2004

The Deutscher Werkbund / Atkins Design Studio / Milton Glaser Studios NY, NY

Creative Director and Sr. Storyboard Designer - Game Designer 2000 - 2003

Curtis Associates and Pileated Pictures, MA

Creative Director / Art Director 1999 – 2000

Lucas Film Studios Ltd. -Letterman Digital Arts Center,Presidio -San Francisco, CA

Education

Master Hons - Planning & Design of the Physical Environment

Harvard University Boston, MA 2001

Master Hons - Digital Illustrations Design / Technical Marketing

University of Tehran, Persia 1992

B.F.A Hons – Digital Graphic Design / Visual Comm. & Comm.

University of Tehran, Persia 1989

Recent Professional Development Training and Certificates

A)Certificate in Corporate / Community Relations Bellevue College, WA 2007

B)Public Relations Skills (Surviving an organizational crisis) – Bellevue College, WA 2007

Leadership & Management, Assn. of Leadership Institute, Bellevue College (ALIBC) 2010

Modern Leadership, Association of Leadership Institute of Bellevue College (ALIBC) 2009

Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Award Alpha Epsilon Greater Northwest Region

The Art of Leadership – Harvard University, School of Design 2001

Professional memberships

A.I.G.A (The Professional Association for Design)

Sacramento Web Developer Group / Sacramento Adobe Users Group

A.M.A (The American Marketing Association)

U.N.O.V (United Nations Volunteers)

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