Cedrick Osborn

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Biography Titles include: Buisness Owner, Creative Director, Art Director and senior consultant, Digital Artist and Graphic Designer, User Interface and User Experience Designer, Illustrator, and Photographer. My passion is working with companies who make the world a better place. I worked directly with actorEd Norton at Crowdrise creating philanthropic campaigns before they merged with gofundme.com I was born on a cattle ranch in New Mexico, my father was a cowboy my mother was born in Paris France and worked as an interpreter for the United Nations. My mother later moved to California where I grew up skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, playing in punk rock bands, working as a cowboy with my father on the ranch in New Mexico and visiting my family in France. At fourteen I played my first club and at sixteen years old my band was signed to a record label put out two albums and went on tour, we oped up for bands like Youth Brigade, Blink-182 etc.. At eighteen I ran a printing press while teaching myself graphic design and started designing for clubs in Hollywood and music festivals. Later I became the Ad Coordinator at World Industries Skateboards the largest skateboard company in the world at the time now owned by Globe Footwear. Went on to become a Art Director and Digital Artist working with many boutique Los Angeles design agencies and worked my way up to the worlds largest advertising agencies. During my career in addition to creating campaigns for massive corporations such as Apple, General Electric and Coca Cola, Deloitte, I worked with Television and Film studios including MTV, NBC, CBS, Universal, and Touchstone Films. Leading audio brands Pioneer, and BOSE. Technological innovators including Sun Microsystems, Western Digital, and Epson, automotive brands BMW, Lexus, Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Chrysler, Chevrolet, Hyundai, and Nissan as well as an award winning site for the Kia Rondo. In collaboration with or for Deutsch Advertising Agency, Saatchi and Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Team One, and iCrossing. I also worked with the largest matial arts franchize in the United States making self defense more accessible to families and I have studied many different styles of martial arts including Karate, Kung Fu, Akido, jiujitsu, Muay Thai and I studied with monks at the Shaolin Temple in China. I created a startup company that helped cancer patients deal with pain and suffering that started with two employees and grew to seventeen and stared making profit within the first two years before it was sold. I'm proud of my accomplishemnts but I do believe life is short and my goal is not to be at the top of the corporate ladder, I am a memeber of Les Maison Des Artiste in France and I am painting large abstract painting for an upcoming exhibition. Today ideally I'm looking to help with projects and technologies that will connect people and make a better future for the world. Specialties • eye for clean design aesthetics • creative direction, brand continuity • focus on intuitive easily understandable design Experience Owner at White Lotus Society Digital Graphics and Consulting1996 - Present Sr Freelance front end Web Developer at Ed Norton's crowdrise.com (now gofundme.com)2009 - 2016 Freelance Art Director at the award winning Wongdoody Interactive Agency (wongdoody.com)2008 - 2014 Art Director and Senior Consultant at iCrossing (formerly Proxicom)2005 - 2008 Interactive Designer / Art Director at Ad2 Interactive Solution2004 - 2006 Art Director at Powerline 6 Design Agency2003 - 2004 Ad Coordinator and Graphic Artist at World Industries Skateboards2000 - 2003 Professional Musician, Song Writer, Band Manager1993- Present Freelance Clients Deuscht Advertising Agency, Team One, Saatchi & Saatchi LA, ABC, CBS, Universal Studios, Touchstone, AutoDesk, Epson, Western Digital, Fine Living, Mossimo, Fender, Razor, Atlantic, Body Glove Int., Ortho, General Motors, Townhall L.A., MLB, NBA, NCAA, Moonlight Graham, InfoSpace, L.E.I., & Disney.

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