ABOUT TEXTER CREATIVE

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Amy Texter is an art director and photographer with 19 years of experience in leading creative from ideation to results for a wide range of brands and products in entertainment, automotive, electronic, financial, beauty, travel and fashion industries.

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EXPERIENCE

Associate Creative Director

Midnight Oil

• Ideate and execute creative for press kits, influencer mailers, specialty packaging, key art, corrugate POP displays, advertising campaigns and branding

• Assist the creative director in inspiring and leading the retail and packaging creative team

• Present creative work to clients

• Provide photography services

• Clients include Disney, Hulu, Lionsgate, Universal, Fox, Sony, Fitbit and Green Dot

Art Director / Project Manager
Lionsgate 

• Manage digital and print creative services for entertainment campaigns

• Collaborate with marketing and vendors to develop strategic campaigns

• Hands on design of key art, specialty packaging, ads, corrugated displays, SVOD/EST artwork

• Allocate budgets

• Overseeing copy writing, illustration and design

• Art direct photo shoots

• Brand ambassador for TV and family franchises

• Provide filmmakers support and direction in the development of new properties

• Liaison between Lionsgate, vendors and partners

Art Director
e2amp inc.

• Art direct digital and print campaigns

• Design key art, package design, brochures, branding, ads, billboards, websites

• Maximize work flow and productivity

• Clients include Disney, Lionsgate, Warner Brothers, Bruckheimer Studios, Lotus Cars, JVC

Art Director
Autoland, LLC 

• Lead creative services in print and digital for west coast automotive buying service

• Concept and execute branding, brochures, posters, inserts, banners, website, digital ads, PowerPoint presentations

• Develop strategic quarterly campaigns and prize packages

• Collaborate with business partners on quarterly co-branded campaigns

• Manage and hire art department staff and vendors

• Manage department budgets and print buying

• Attend press checks

• Creative copy writing

• Distribute promotional prizes

• Construct and manage visuals for presentations and trade shows

Graphic Designer
Guest Informant 

• Designed print ads and editorial spread for lifestyle and travel publications

• Assisted creative director on special projects

VISUAL RESEARCHER/PRODUCTION DESIGN ASSISTANT
JET SETS/JUST IMAGINE 

• Assisted production designer in designing sets for television commercials

ART TEACHER
KIDS ART, LA CANADA, CA 

• Taught color theory, cartooning, drawing, sculpting and painting

AWARDS

West Coast POP Show: Specialty Packaging 2013
1st Place Winner: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Classic Series Collection

Digital Photo Pro’s 3rd Annual First Impressions Photo Contest 2014
Second Place Winner: Portrait of Khalia Fraizer
(There were over 2,500 entries and with two photos in the finals.)

Digital Photo Pro’s The Face 2014
Finalist: Little Reaper One Sheet