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Hi, I’m

Chalanna Newbill

one plucky design leader
Chalanna Newbill

Summary

Hi! Nice to meet you. I am a creative leader who is enthusiastic about connecting ideas and people. Storytelling is my jam. I have had the pleasure of working with a lot of cool brands and have led many conversations, timelines, and projects involving brand strategy, identity, and storytelling. My goal is to surprise and delight. I have a big picture perspective and consider the smallest of details from beginning to end. 

Overview

15
years of professional experience

Skills

  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Motion Graphics
  • Brand Identity
  • Copywriting
  • Social Media
  • Web Design
  • Project Management
  • Brand Strategy
  • Digital Marketing
  • Creative Leadership
  • Concept Development
  • Creative team leadership
  • Staff recruitment
  • Brand Messaging
  • Project Scoping
  • Visual storytelling
  • Storyboard creation
  • Video Editing
  • Content Strategy
  • Communications strategies

Work History

one fresh banana

Creative Director
01.2010 - Current

Job overview

Offering creative swiss army knife suite of services and consultation for brand strategy, digital marketing, website development, social media engagement and campaigns, video and motion graphics, and copywriting

Avenue5 Residential

Multimedia Creative Manager
11.2015 - 02.2024

Job overview

  • Developed, designed, and launched the Avenue5 brand and its portfolio of sub-brands and guidelines for a quickly scaling, high-performing company
  • Managed in-house design operations, budget, project management, content pipelines, and team resources
  • Concepted, designed, and scaled marketing initiatives and creative campaigns for multi-audiences including high impact visuals for social media, motion graphics, landing pages, email campaigns, digital and print ads, environmental brand presence and experience, and design systems for company hosted annual conferences
  • Built large self-serve templates visual and copy content libraries for business development RFP pitch/proposals recruiting campaigns, and career development. This included transitioning and training corporate teams in AI tools such as Canva.
  • Key Skills: Brand Strategy and Identity, Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, Canva administration, Motion Graphics, Copywriting, Social Media, Web Design, Project Management

GuideSpark

Senior Art Director
04.2013 - 11.2015

Job overview

  • Associate #35 of SaaS start-up
  • Scaled creative team of 4 to 100+ creatives in under 3 years, building processes and template library, developing internal creative curriculum, and training and transitioning 60+ designers to After Effects
  • Strategized and communicated mid-size to enterprise level business brand stories with focus on complex data via bite-size easy to learn videos for technology, healthcare, media, finance, and real estate industries
  • Innovated workflows and efficiencies as well as establishing brand management and art direction teams for complex brands
  • Key Skills: Brand management, art direction, motion graphics, presenting to clients and key stakeholders, building creative briefs and design systems for large teams to follow

Education

Associates from Communication Design

University Overview

Associates from Animation

University Overview

Timeline

Multimedia Creative Manager
Avenue5 Residential
11.2015 - 02.2024
Senior Art Director
GuideSpark
04.2013 - 11.2015
Creative Director
one fresh banana
01.2010 - Current
Associates from Communication Design
Associates from Animation

Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimeContract Work

Work Location

RemoteHybrid
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