JEFF THACHER

Samples: Portfolio

Summary

Strategic Video, Print, Merch, MOD, & Multimedia Design & Direction • Digital Platform Expertise • Concept & Campaign Optimization • Client & Vendor Creative Collaboration • Seeking to Relocate

PROFESSIONAL Experience

Founder | Creative Director & Designer

Ninjapella Multimedia

Nashville/NYC Freelance, Jan 1995 – Present

• Directed and designed entertainment, B2B, and corporate print & digital materials, including promotional material, album & single cover art, logo redesign, animation, video elements, presentations, packaging, and merchandise.
• Fluent in all format requirements & iteration for social platforms, print production, and web usage.
  Extensive client collaboration and coordination skills, image enhancement and repair experience, and full video & audio production skillset.
• Expert Proficiency in full Adobe Suite, HTML and WordPress graphics requirements, PowerPoint builds, video graphics best practices, and intellectual property & licensing.

Designer | Freelance Creative Director

Rose City Works

Remote, Sep 2024 – Present

• Conceived & designed a diverse array of merchandise and brand enhancements for major and indie artists across the Music industry.
• Strategized & designed use of client assets into social and web product advertisements, announcements, and style refreshes.
• Highly responsive to client needs and changing requirements. Excellent success rate on campaign approvals.

Co-Owner | Chief Designer

Rockapella Road Corp.

NYC/Nashville, May 1993 – Present

• Music release, promotions, and merch Designer for all album & tour promotional materials distributed by a globally recognized music act.
• Operation & product management of privately held record label featuring two dozen releases.
• Social media post and ad manager, designer, strategist. Promotions Producer.
• Livestream custom graphics and video element creator.

Media Packaging Designer

Allied Vaughn

Remote, April 2023 – Present

• Packaging Design for the entertainment industry leader in on-demand multimedia product manufacturing & delivery (MOD).
• Designed full packaging wraps and labels for dozens of film releases from layered key art.
• Reconfigured packaging for large numbers of major studio films as they migrated to MOD formats.

Digital Media Manager

The Steve Lyons Gallery

Chatham, MA/Remote, Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

• Designed print & video advertising and signage. Designed & built email marketing campaigns.
• Creation and development of vast digital asset archives for prolific award-winning artist, including simultaneous Masterpiece Manager and Artwork Archive systems and parallel live website galleries.
• Archival print creation and editing. Extensive website design, and artwork digital assets creation, editing, color correction, and inventory.
• Maintained highest standards of artistic and organizational quality for gallery artists’ digital assets and public-facing digital presentation.

Chief Digital Officer

NourieGRP

NYC/Remote, Feb 2017 – Dec 2021

• Design and oversight of all B2B web, infographic, and multimedia materials and systems for multiple clients

Education