Resume

William Orban

Well Rounded Creative, Art Director, Artist, Inspired – Ideas Guy, Visual Storyteller…

Respected leader of creative teams and communications departments. Conceptualize and orchestrate campaigns that effectively reinforce and build brands. I am an established, self-started and a self-directed, goal oriented person. I provide critical thinking and a problem solving mentality. I have a track record of performance meeting targets and objectives. 

SKILLS:
Artist, Art Director, Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Digital Artist, Visual Design, Content Design, Strategist, Production Artist, Illustrator, Infographics, Typography, Photography, Photo Retouching, Package Design, Visual Effects, User Interface (UI-UX) Prototyping, Social media marketing

SOFTWARE:
Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Indesign, After Effects, Figma, Premiere, Powerpoint, Keynote, WordPress

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EXPERIENCE:

Artist / Art Director
Freelance – Contract
https://williamorban.com/
(1995)-Present 2022

Sr Graphics Specialist

William Orban, Remote, USA / 10.1995 – Current

● Freelance and contract work for a wide variety of clients

● Tradeshow design for Czarnowski exhibits

● Design for Hilton and Marriott Hotels

● Design and Art Direction for Monical’s Pizza Corp (64 locations)

● Key Art, LA Opera

● Retail design, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and Collegiate consumer products

● Key Art design, IO Films, Post Group.

● Art Direction, OEM Auto-Tops

● UI, CBS Mobile

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Graphics Specialist

KAIA AERO, Portland, Oregon / 10.2022 – Current

● Website Design / UI design for clients including EPS Energy technology and battery operated aircraft.

● Design thinking on early stage projects.

● Presentation decks, infographics, and support.

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Graphics Production Artist

APPLE, Coral Gables, FL / 07.2022 – 10.2022

● Graphics support for Marcom Workshop for Iphone 14 and Apple Watch Launch

● Localizations for interface graphics in 8 languages.

● Managed exports for final products for latin markets worldwide.

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Art Director / Sr Creative for Print, Marketing & Game Entertainment
NFL | St. Louis Rams, St. Louis MO
(07/2010)-(01/2015)

ST. LOUIS RAMS, St. Louis, MO / 10.2010 – 01.2016

● Sr Creative, designing over 500X individual pieces ranging from full page magazine

ads, billboards, season tickets and much more.

● Key Art, large format murals for stadium and training center.

● In-game graphics and motion design.

● Branding and marketing for Rams partners and NFL sponsors.

● Motion graphics, info graphics and animations for game days, television and sponsorships.

• Art director for all print campaigns / Advertising and Marketing

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Art Director / Visual Effects Artist / Marketing
Modern Video-Film
Burbank, CA
(04/2000)-(08/2008)

● Visual effects for over 35 television shows

● Visual effects for over 8 films

● Advertising and marketing materials for MVF and partners’

● 20+ magazine covers for the Hollywood Reporter

● Presentation decks for Michal Eisner of Disney

● Worked closely with James Cameron for Ghosts of the Ghosts of the Abyss

● Created several Key Art and Titles for production studios

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EDUCATION:
Bachelors of Art and Film / University of Illinois @ Chicago, Illinois