Having freelanced in direct mail for agencies like RAUXA DIRECT and CAMPBELL MITHUN during my years in Los Angeles, there was a period where these agencies ran low on projects during the quieter summer period. Unexpectedly, I began to get emails from both agencies asking if I could take work remotely as their client, DirecTV had an overflow of work based on a new campaign to recover previous clientele during the period of OTA/OTV wars between Dish TV, streaming services and DirecTV. I was not only cleared to take the overflow as the jobs were not large enough for the agencies, but referred because of my prior work for them.
Each region had a slightly-different design aesthetic for their direct mail campaign, but there was the consistent messaging across all media. Shortly thereafter, I was asked to work within the DirecTV headquarters to fulfill both print and digital asset requests. From direct mail to brochures to billboards, I was partially responsible for your seeing DirecTV marketing almost everywhere you looked. Within a year, I was requested outside of the Pacific DirecTV market by the Chicago and New York markets implementing their versions of the campaign.
The Charge
Ensured resources are allocated according to project needs
Approached situations and individuals with honesty, integrity and humility
Demonstrated to clients that an understanding of their marketing challenges and was responsive to their strategic needs in proposing creative solutions
Lead design direction by providing subordinate creatives key assets for each leg of the campaign build (print and digital color breakdowns, templated breakdowns for ratio/sizes, imagery selection and definition of photographic color treatment and adjustments)