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DIRECTV

Role
  • Art Director: Print
Period
  • 2008-2012
Platform
  • Print, Email, Direct Mail, Billboard
Lift
  • Customer Print Buyback, Loyalty

The Brief

The Rundown

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)
Customer Win-back Letters (DM)
  • Designed and animate partner presentations and one-sheets
Dealer/Installer One-Sheets
  • Created custom graphics, illustrations, logos, infographics, animations and videos for use in direct mail, internal presentations and OOH
DirecTV “Sunday Ticket”
Dealer Installation and Win-back Slim-Jims
  • Designed email marketing communications, including newsletters and e-blasts
East-Coast Market Billboards and OOH Environmental
  • Executed all materials in accordance with DirecTV’s brand guidelines
Retailer Programming Brochures
  • Collaborated with Social Media Marketing Team to develop long-term creative strategy across national and local marketing
Best Buy Direct-Install In-Store Brochure
  • Reported to Senior Marketing Directors and Vice President of National Creative
NFL “Sunday Ticket” One-Sheets
  • Created custom graphics, illustrations, logos, infographics, animations and videos for use in direct mail, internal presentations and OOH
  • I.L.Y. (i love you baby) (feat. Emilee)
  • Surf Mesa
  • https://ethangabrielhunt.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Surf-Mesa-ily-i-love-you-baby-feat.-Emilee_1.mp3
  • My Future
  • Billie Eilish
  • https://ethangabrielhunt.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Billie-Eilish-My-Future.mp3
  • Cheap Smell
  • Kovacs
  • https://ethangabrielhunt.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Kovacs-Cheap-Smell.mp3
  • This is My Life (Cagedbaby Remix)
  • Dame Shirley Bassey
  • https://ethangabrielhunt.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/This-Is-My-Life-Shirley-Bassey-Cagedbaby-Remix.mp3
  • Feeling Good
  • Avicii & Audra Mae
  • https://ethangabrielhunt.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Avicii-Audra-Mae-Feeling-Good.mp3
  • Overpowered
  • Roisin Murphy
  • https://ethangabrielhunt.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Roisin-Murphy-Overpowered.mp3
  • Huntress
  • Pep Squad
  • https://ethangabrielhunt.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Pep-Squad-Huntress.mp3
  • Dumpfe Träume
  • Xenia Beliayeva
  • https://ethangabrielhunt.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Xenia-Beliayeva-Dumpfe-Träume.mp3