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About Hi! My name is Mara. I am an interactive art director from Paris and now living and working at Tribal DDB in Toronto since August 2011. Having worked for 7 years in leading agencies Paris, I bring hands-on experience working for European clients on predominantly international campaigns (for USA, Europe and Asia), and producing work that is relevant to their audience — all the while having lived in Asia, and feeding off a steady diet of American pop culture and digital / design resources. Dynamic and optimistic teamplayer. |
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| Work experience | |
| Since Aug 2011 | Digital Art Director |
Tribal DDB, Toronto |
| 2010-2011 | Digital Art Director, hands-on, Freelance Givenchy (pitch win), Cartier, Evian, Longchamp, Vichy, Nivea, Lancôme, Digikaa (social network), Peugeot, Renault (automobile), Canal (TV channel), Dassault, Apec (recruitment), Pentax, Carte Noire (coffee), Usbek & Rica (magazine), Générale d'Optique (optical company)... |
BETC Digital, Isobar, Paris en Australie, Rapp, Digitas, June21... Paris |
| 2007-2010 | Digital Art Director, hands-on Kenzo (pitch win), Eurostar (pitch win), Armani, Helena Rubinstein, Evian, Vichy, Air France, Peugeot, Lacoste, Disney, Crédit Agricole (bank), EDF, Lu (Kraft)... |
BETC Digital, Paris |
| 2005-2007 | Digital Art Director, hands-on L'Oréal (pitch win), Disney (pitch win), Orange 'One Phone' (pitch win), Orange 'Football School' (pitch win), Air France, Vichy, INPES... |
Euro RSCG 4D, Paris |
| 2004-2005 | Assistant Digital Art Director |
Euro RSCG 4D, Paris |
| Awards and recognitions | |
| - Webby Awards, 13th Annual, 2009 Honoree (Automotive) - CB News Hit-Parade, 2008 4**** |
Event website for Peugeot 407 |
| - CB News Hit-Parade, 2009 1* |
Community website for Eurostar |
| - Meribel Ad Festival, 2007 1 Crystal in Beauty 1 Crystal in E-commerce |
E-commerce website for LaBulleKenzo |
| - Art Directors Club, 2004 1st Prize, Student category |
Print ad campaign against obesity |
| Education | |
| 2004-05 | Gobelins School of art / design / digital media / animation Professional License in Online Digital Creation and Development (Bachelor's degree) |
Paris |
| 2001-04 | ENSAAMA Olivier-de-Serres National Superior School of Applied Arts BTS Visual Communication (2-year university degree) |
Paris |
| 2001 | International school Honoré de Balzac Scientific French Baccalaureate (highschool diploma) Major in Mathematics |
Paris |
| 1986-97 | European International School French section |
Philippines |
| Knowledge | |
| Specialty | Conception in team /// Art direction /// Animation on After Effects and Flash /// Graphic design, visual identity, typography /// Web and interface design, ergonomy /// Following film and photo shoots /// Illustration |
| Software | Photoshop (♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠), Illustrator (♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠), Flash animation (♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠), After Effects (♠ ♠ ♠ ♠), Premiere (♠ ♠ ♠ ♠), Dreamweaver (♠ ♠ ♠ ♠), Indesign (♠ ♠). |
| Languages | English (native language), French (native language), German (conversational), Spanish (notions), Tagalog (notions). |
| Interests | |
| General | Being online 24/7 (countryside trip with no signal? Scares me a little) |
| Sports | Full Contact (orange belt), snowboarding, running. > Check out my Runkeeper profile! |
| Books | Philosophy or any book where you learn things. |
| Music | Minimal techno, indie rock, dubstep, jazz, 90s or abstract hip hop, and many other dificult-to-name things. > Check out my Spotify profile! |
| Travelling | Asia (Japan, Taiwan, HongKong, Philippines), Europe (Sweden, England, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Greece, France), United States (New York, Washington). |
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