Christian Samson

Christian Samson I create impactful visual and interactive experiences putting brands and customers on the same wavelength. Professional Skills Experience Graphic/Digital Design Freelance- Photo Editing/Retouching Motion Design/Animation Video Editing Art Direction/Concept Audio Editing & Design Wireframing Storyboard Creation UI Design Glanbia Performance Nutrition Working on creating motion graphics, web banners, and other digital assets for Optimum Nutrition and Natures Best. Frontend Development HTML/Css/Javasript Various CMS Systems Dairy Australia Motion graphics for the in–house launch of their new industry tool called Milk Monitor. Creation of complex motion graphics animation in After Effects. Industry Standard Tools Photoshop/Illustrator/Indesign
 Dreamweaver/After Effects/Premiere
 Figma/InVision/Wordpress
 Divi/Webflow/Squarespace/Sketch
 Caydon Property
 Development - Google/Asana/Trello/Microsoft Apps
 Mac OS/Windows/Developer Tools
 Envato/YouWorkForThem
 Google Fonts/Adobe Typekit
 Fruity Loops/Audition
 Salesforce/Mail Chimp
 Senior Digital Designer (Become Recruitment) At Caydon been designing and building HTML emails, as well as storyboarding and producing animated video content using after effects including editing footage, and incorporating sound design to deliver finished high quality content. I have also built animated HTML web banners, as well as printed MYOB- Senior Digital Designer/Graphic Designer (Aquent) Work for various brands under the MYOB umbrella designing and building animated web banners in HTML and JS. The campaigns consisted of copy driven marketing messages focusing on adding visual impact whilst remaining clean and simple. Other tasks included designing and building responsive emails and producing various printed works. Vocus
 Communications
 Senior Digital Designer/Graphic Designer I was brought onboard at Vocus Communications working on the rebrand of long standing internet service provider, iPrimus Internet. Working collaboratively with the design, marketing and UX teams - I made substantial contributions to the iPrimus rebrand. I worked on developing responsive email designs, social media posts, web banner design, and also various printed assets - as well as environmental advertising such as billboards and posters for public transport. Brands I’ve worked with Coles/Mooks/Stussy/Freshjive/M111/ Jetstar/Optus/Mercedes/ Optimimum Nutrition/Woolworths/ Serengeti Sunglasses/Bolle Sunglasses/Barbie/Hot Wheels/
 The Wiggles/Disney/Cartoon Network/ Salt n Pepper/Alex Liddy/ Australian Defence Force/ Wesfarmers/Bonds/MYOB/Dodo/ Frequent Flyers/Virgin/Visa/ Australian Medical Association Milwaukee Tool Worked across digital campaigns, product launches, and internal brand communication. Delivered design and motion assets that enhanced Milwaukee’s strong product-led identity, while introducing fresher, more user-focused digital executions. Collaborated with marketing and product teams to create tools, assets, and campaigns that strengthened Milwaukee’s presence in the trade and professional markets. - Digital Logic- Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer At Digital Logic I learned a lot about Salesforce Marketing Cloud, as well as working on web development, email templating and development. C hristian Samson Turning ideas into sensory experiences that reframe perception and communicate with authentic intent. ducation E ertificate 4 Landscape Design C Melbourne Polytechnic- Ex perience Bolle Sunglasses
 Australia- Diploma of Multimedia The Australian Academy of Design- Associate Diploma Applied Design Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology- Additional Learning + Experience Taylors
 Development
 Strategists
- Senior Graphic Designer/Web Designer Responsibilities included graphic design for print and web,
 art direction, project management, responsive web design and HTML/CSS web development to successfully implement a large scale Wordpress website. TDS specialise in Urban Design, Architecture and Planning. Melbourne Uni
 Student Union
 Marketing Team
 2011 Graphic & Digital Designer Duties included design for internal print campaigns, microsites and EDM’s using Mailchimp for Union House Theatre, and the redesign of the Mudfest website using Textpattern. lot Media- Graphic Designer/Web Developer My role within PLOT encompassed web development, wireframing and story-boarding for web and iPhone apps, graphic design, project management, client liaison and creative direction. hodamine Design
 /My Design Group- Senior Graphic Designer As a Senior Graphic Designer my duties included graphic design and finished art, project management, client liaison, web design and web development. Dickies Workwear 
 & Streetwear
 /Lodown Distribution- Multimedia Designer My duties at Lodown included graphic design, finished art, web development, DVD authoring, creation of apparel specs, project management, client liaison and management of the distribution advertising media in Australia and New Zealand. uxury Brand Management L Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 2013 AWARD School The Australasian Writers and Art Directors 2004 ert. 3 PHP & Sql Programming C Holmesglen Tafe 2009 P ert. 4 Small Business Management C RMIT 2010 R Bachelor Industrial Design (1 year) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1998 onversational English Teacher C ova - Tokyo 2004 - 2005 N Senior Graphic Designer I championed the implementation of digital marketing materials across the Asia Pacific region. Working on digital properties including maintaining the e-commerce websites and revitalising exisiting websites to communicate the energetic brand ideollogy of Bolle and drive online sales.
 Other brands included Serengeti Sunglasses
 and Bushnell golf and hunting products.