
audreykell@gmail.com // 510.299.8925
Love my work, hire me for my thinking. Successful design goes beyond visual flair weaving storytelling, function, and strategy together into an experience that delights the user, providing effortlessness and ease. Underpinning all of this, accessibility at the core of all design thinking creates solutions that serve everyone better.
EXPERIENCE
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR // OPTUM (BRAND TEAM) // 2021 – CURRENT
I sit on the Optum brand team and support brand standards implementation across the org, stewardship, standalone brand identity, social, merch, and illustration. I also concept and produce omnichannel brand and lines of business campaigns which include concept development, storyboarding, video, print, OOH, social, email, and digital.
SR. ART DIRECTOR // RALLY HEALTH // 2018 – 2021
I work on the XD team and serve both the brand and marketing department. I work on brand identity, with our brand ambassadors, concepting and producing video and social campaigns. I also work on consumer-facing events including OOH activations, social and digital marketing materials, web, event collateral, animation, and video.
SENIOR DESIGNER // FACEBOOK // 2017 – 2018
I work on the consumer marketing team within Facebook's "the Factory" creative team. Projects range from data visualization, layout design, presentation design, infographic design, consumer product ad design, and UI design.
ART DIRECTOR // QUESTUS // 2009 – 2017
My core role was focused on building engaging consumer campaigns. Starting from concept development, I created campaigns to tell a powerful story that resonates with and empowers the consumer. As a natural component, I also strategized how to apply the concept consistently across all applicable channels. I saw campaigns all the way through to finding visual solutions, producing assets, and pitching in wherever needed whether art directing photo shoots, sketching storyboards, overseeing print proofs, etc. Clients I worked with include Suzuki Motorcycles, Starbucks, Driscoll’s Berries, Universal Studios Hollywood & Orlando, Duncan Hines, Valvoline, Pokemon, and Martha Stewart.
ART DIRECTOR // FREELANCE // 2009 – CURRENT
I work with a wide range of agencies and clients on web design, campaign concepts, CPG design, presentation decks, data viz, OOH, and experiential design.
VISUAL DESIGNER // EPLAY // 2008 – 2009
At this startup, I designed the interface of this interactive trivia and predictive gaming site, including games, user account, and points.
I also designed custom interactive trivia ad units for third party sites.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Full knowledge of Figma, Adobe CS, Keynote; working knowledge of After Effects & Cinema 4D
DESIGN SKILLS
My happy place is creating consumer facing experiential work. Concepting and producing strategic omni-channel campaigns is my sweet spot: video, digital, web, OOH, events, print.
EDUCATION
EXPRESSION COLLEGE FOR DIGITAL ART // 2004 – 2006
Bachelor's of Applied Science
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE // 2002 – 2004
Studio & Digital Art, Women's Studies
GENERAL ASSEMBLY // 2017
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