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K Brandon Bell
Union Square, New York City
info@design-o-matic.com
(347) 788-0125
Brandon is the very hands-on President/Executive Creative Director of Design-O-Matic and holds both a BFA and MFA in Graphic Design. He began his professional career at a small design firm in Memphis, eventually moving on to a full-service advertising agency, where he was integral in founding a Web Design department. After moving to New York, Brandon became Senior Art Director at the infamous Dennis Interactive, where he stayed until 2001 when the Internet Bubble burst—and Design-O-Matic (which was established in 1996 for freelance expression) was reborn as a full-time consulting shop.
He has been designing and coding Web sites since 1995 and has instructed/lectured at the Pratt Institute, Parsons, University of Memphis and SUNY Purchase School of Design. In the past several years as ECD of Design-O-Matic, he has been splitting his time almost equally between interactive and video-based projects such as motion graphics, editing and on-site event production. Every project that passes through the company gets his Principal-level involvement from start to finish.
Brandon enjoys the flexibility of working with Interactive, Video and Traditional Media. He has done branding for clients such as
3M,
Def Jam and
DeWalt; print design for
International Paper,
Circus Circus Casinos and the
PGA; interactive projects for
IBM,
Disney,
Motown,
Discovery and
HBO; and video/motion design for
MTV,
Bravo,
TLC,
Rolling Stone,
Motorola and
Audi. Other recent clients include
AMC,
Samsung,
Fuji,
Dassault Falcon,
Hearst,
KPMG,
Vogue and
Cosmo. His work has received honors from the
One Show,
New York New Media Awards, the
Memphis Advertising Federation and the
International Web Awards.
Brandon has badly impersonated Elvis in two City of Memphis Christmas Parades, shot a photo series in Louisiana's Angola prison, and DJ'ed both live and as a resident at several radio stations. Although he refuses to positively confirm, he may or may not have been at least partially responsible for the closing of a regional chain of Benettons.
Experience
President/Executive Creative Director at Design-O-Matic [NYC]
Available for video, interactive, branding & print
projects
(Motion graphics; Interactive design with an emphasis on high end html/flash hybrid projects; Mobile application development for iPhone, tablets, traditional handsets, etc.; Video editing, field production & full scale video production; Print design; Class instruction; Guest lectures;
Call or
email for proposals)
Senior Art Director
Dennis Interactive (NYC)
(Web/CD-ROM design with an emphasis on high end flash-based projects; Art
direction; Preparation of project proposals; Client presentation; Ad/print & T-shirt
design)
Design Consultant/Director New Media for Deskey
Misc Interactive & Branding (NYC)
(Multimedia and print design; Preparation of project proposals and estimates;
Client presentation)
Art Director
Sossaman Bateman Advertising (Memphis)
(Web, print, outdoor and informational signage design; Photography and illustration
art direction; Presentations to both small and very large groups)
Selected Clients
[ client sites linked for reference; for our work see portfolio ]
HBO
MTV
Demetri Martin
Jon Stewart/Busboy Productions
USA Network
BRAVO
TLC
CNN
AMC
Sesame Workshop
Disney
Universal Music/
Motown
Discovery Online
Animal Planet Online
Circus Circus Casinos
PGA
Nokia
Samsung
Casio
Sirius Satellite Radio
FujiFilm
EarthLink
AOL
Motorola
Comodo
IBM
Def Jam /
BabyPhat /
Rush Communications / Russell Simmons
Desgrippes Gobé
Organic
J Walter Thompson
Saatchi & Saatchi
Hearst
Maxim Magazine
Travel+Leisure Magazine
Blender Magazine
Random House
The Week Magazine
Rolling Stone
Clinique
Vogue
Parker Meridien Hotels
International Paper
KPMG
Deloitte
Hammermill Papers
DeWalt
Eli Lilly
Novartis
Memphis International Airport
Dassault Falcon Jet
Pratt Institute
State University of New York
Parsons
AT&T Performing Arts Center
Education
Master of Fine Arts
Graphic Design
Cum Laude
University of Memphis
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Graphic Design
Magna Cum Laude
Louisiana Tech University
Honors etc
PDN Magazine Best Websites
(Ernst Haas Studio)
Webby Award Nomiation
(bThere website)
New York Festivals: New Media Awards
(
UMG/Motown CD-ROM & bThere website)
International Web Awards
(
Stuff Magazine website)
One Show Interactive Merit Award
(HBO: If These Walls Could Talk II website)
Memphis Addy Awards
(Multiple years/projects)
Magna Cum Laude, Full Scholarship, Tau Sigma Delta and Pi Alpha Theta art/honor societies
(Misc. Honors, Louisiana Tech University)
Freelance
Elvis
(City of Memphis Christmas Parades)
