I’m Susan. Raised by immigrants; Cuban by blood, Puerto Rican by birth, Californian by culture. I’m an Art Director based now in Brooklyn that has worked both full-time and freelance for global ad agencies, experiential ones, tech companies, startups, and production companies in San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto and New York.
The scope of my experience is a mix of print, digital, social, TV, event spaces, brand design and comic relief while working on deadlines. I'm inspired by 80s jingles, comic books, the smell of eucalyptus and #dadjokes.
FREELANCE CREATIVE / NYC (2020 - present)
YouTube, BarkBox, WeWork, Nestle Health Sciences
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR / NYC (2018 - 2020)
Gyro: Hiscox, EmblemHealth
FREELANCE CREATIVE / NYC (2017 - 2018)
The Marketing Arm: Snickers, Exxon and Mobil, Philips
FREELANCE CREATIVE / TORONTO (2016 - 2017)
Ogilvy & Mather: Tim Hortons, AMEX, Moneris, Dove
Cineplex Digital Media: McDonald's, Bank of Montreal
Nordest Studio: Canada Day, Royal Bank of Canada
Briteweb: Tides
FREELANCE CREATIVE / CHICAGO (2014 - 2016)
Havas: Moen, Sears, Kmart, Hefty, Reynolds
FCB: Cox Communications
Arc Worldwide/Leo Burnett: McDonald’s
Fathom: Hunter, Optimum, Propel
SENIOR ART DIRECTOR / NYC (2012 - 2014)
Fathom: Optimum, Propel, Montenegro
FREELANCE SENIOR AD / NYC
Havas: Hershey’s, Pearle Vision, Charles Schwab
FREELANCE ART DIRECTOR / SF (2011 - 2012)
Doremus: Gorilla Glass
Pearson Foundation: Common Core, Learning Starts
Inferno LTD.: Nokia
Teak: Sony, Disney
EVB: Zynga
ART DIRECTOR / SF (2009 - 2011)
Nice Advertising: Jelly Belly, Crystal Geyser, Togo’s, CA State Parks
JR. ART DIRECTOR / SF (2007 - 2009)
Nice Advertising: Sunsweet, Jelly Belly, Crystal Geyser, Andeluna Cellars
ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY / SAN FRANCISCO (Sep 2004 - Jun 2006)
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Art Direction
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS / DAVIS, CA (Sep 1999 - June 2004)
Bachelor of Arts: Communication and American Studies
Adobe CS, Layout Design, Branding, Building IKEA furniture
BILINGUAL : fluent in Spanglish
NIMBLE & COMMITTED : will get the job done...FAST
Culinary Arts, Piano, Basketball and Dad Jokes