KELLY GAMACH E
art director // designer // illustrator // storyteller
A freelance designer living in Los Angeles, CA. I work with brands to build consistency across their platforms and partner with in-house teams to develop new creative across packaging, e-comm, and social. I've had the privilege to bring my skills and expertise to clients like Crocs, Bose, Penske Media, Adidas, and Apple TV+. Wearing many hats and embracing new challenges, I'm constantly looking for impactful narratives told through bold visuals.
What I aim to never be is bored – in 2021, I spent four months digging up 80 million year old dinosaurs in Montana, this summer I solo-ed across Japan, and in my next season I'm looking towards fashion for social change.
508-389-3719
Experience
highlighted = currently employed
AGENCIES // IN HOUSE
PART-TIME ROLES
Crocs // creative director, partnerships • freelance
Working with the marketing design team on digital and partnership activations. Designing campaigns around new collabs as well as managing assets across social media platforms.
Bose // art director • freelance
Strategize and execute cohesive branding campaigns targeting Gen Z audiences for new releases, leveraging innovative design approaches. while also delivering updated files and banners for wholesale partners.
Be Grizzlee // senior designer • freelance
Wearing many hats and working for three major clients. As a freelancer, I'm playing the role of editorial illustrator, digital brand specialist, graphic designer, and type setter across digital and advertising applications. Brands include Adidas, Apple, and Apple TV+.
Alpen & Glo // creative director • freelance
Brand and graphic design for international vocational learning group. Building emails, flyers, catalogs, tradeshow collateral, press materials, and digital assets.
Steep Media // creative director • cofounder
Using our collective industry experience to help small brands with big brand ideas. Cofounder, creative director, and digital designer.
The Farthest Pixel // freelance designer & illustrator
British Vogue
Worked as the assistant to the creative team, tasks included prep for meetings, pitching ideas at roundtables, designing pages and collateral, cataloguing/research, and managing final assets.
Started out as a graphic design intern, helping with prepress finalizations. Moved up to become the magazine's digital designer, creating and partially coding their website before COVID threw a wrench in the website launch plans.
BRICK Magazine
Worked with photographers, producers, and stylists on photoshoots and at editorial events in London, UK. Everything from managing models, maintaining styling continuity, equipment setup/breakdown, general shoot admin, styling prep, photography, lighting, creative direction, and production.
Photoshoot Assistant
Assist with returns, cataloguing in/out-going products, organizing racks, interfacing with designers/personal shoppers, wardrobe pickup/drop off, and general office admin.
Angie Smith Style
Designer in residence for the summer program – involved developing new logo and branding, gift shop merch, signage, and running social media, while working with museum visitors, directing photography, and working on scientific illustrations for the field.
The Montana Dinosaur Center
Redesigning digital and print materials for online learning platform – includes illustration, infographic design, and branding.
MALKA Media // brand designer
Building brand assets for Kaló, hemp-infused seltzer, leading up to their distribution launch in NYC. Brand designer for web, digital, social, print, and large-print collateral.
Viasat Inc. // lead UX/UI designer
Build and maintain online pattern library; create all designs for international consumer sector; work with UX/UI teams in other offices to develop best practices, design, and conduct user research for brand strategy; interface with contractors/manufacturers.
Education
certificate // fashion branding and marketing
Parsons School of Design
MA // creative direction
Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design
BFA // illustration
Savannah College of Art and Design
IN THE PRESS
credited in or assisted on photoshoots published for
BRITISH VOGUE
BRICK MAGAZINE
ACE & TATE
SCHON! MAGAZINE
KALTBULT MAGAZINE
DIY MAGAZINE
GENTLEMAN'S JOURNAL
SUPERCOLOUR RECORDS
ES MAGAZINE
PAUSE ONLINE
featured beside talent like
CHANCE PERDOMO
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
SLEATER-KINNEY
LA ROUX
PRETTY MUCH
JESSICA PUNTER
ED MILES
FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE VILLABOA
VIVEK VADOLIYA
JAMES HARVEY-KELLY