FIA MATSSON - RESUME
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Brooklyn, NY, 11222 • (732) 766-7374 • mad.m.fia@gmail.com • matssondesigns.com
OVERVIEW
Brooklyn, NY, 11222 • (732) 766-7374 • mad.m.fia@gmail.com • matssondesign.com
FIA MATSSON - RESUME
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Highly creative, motivated, and multitalented Art Director / Designer with nine years of experience within Advertising, Tech Start-Ups, and within the Fine Arts. Since leaving my fulltime position at Foursquare, I have been freelancing for companies and individuals within branding, illustration, template and layout design, among other design needs. I am passionate about visual storytelling and working with others to develop a successful design strategy across all platforms. I create content consistent with the brand’s voice and as a natural leader, I bring a worldly point of view to everything I take on.
Key hard skills include:
Digital Campaigns | Branding | Infographics | Video & Photo Editing | Marketing | Copy-Editing
WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Art Director / Designer / Illustrator
New York + Internationally (E.U.)
2017-present
I utilize my broad skillsets to meet clients' needs from logos & branding to designing reports, catalogs, and illustrating children's books.
Sweden-based healthcare tech start-up, using digital solutions to assist in elderly care.
Cenvigo
Freelance Art Director
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New York, NY
2022-present
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Re-designed website in terms of color, illustration, font, and more
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Communicated with CEO and Business Director on how to make their site more approachable
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Translated the site from Swedish to English
My Vinyasa Practice
Visual Designer & Copy-Editor
Austin based Yoga Studio and Teacher-Training School
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Redesigned the layouts for the teacher-training manuals, including graphs and photo-editing
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Read over the teacher-training content to ensure accuracy and consistency
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Substitute teach Yoga classes virtually
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Yoga Specialists
Visual Designer & Web Designer
Yoga, Health & Wellness network that provides further education
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Designed website and organized content
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Art Direction for look and feel
Remote
2020-present
Remote
2020-present
Remote
2020-present
Remote
2020-present
Chelsea gallery I work for on a need basis, mostly remotely, to help organize upcoming shows.
Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art
Marketing & Design Specialist
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New York, NY
2017-2020
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Communicate with Artists regarding catalogs and Press Releases
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Design catalogs, write Press Releases, and create promotional material for openings
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Promote gallery through third-party platforms such as Artsy, Artnet, MailChimp
ShipArta
Visual Designer
New York, NY
2017 - 2018
A digital platform and API delivering global white-glove logistics and services. Worked for them
remotely creating brand consistent templates, infographics, and other diverse design needs.
Foursquare
Art Director
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New York, NY
2013-2017
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Worked across digital and physical design needs and touched everything from promotional assets, digital experiences, complex infographics, event design, and strategy. Managed projects from concept through completion. Supported Sales and Marketing teams through the creation of presentations and promotional material. Interviewed potential new hires.
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Designed original data-based visual marketing material to promote the power of the API resulting in more brand awareness and revenue through investors and clients
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Spearheaded the re-brand of the Enterprise Business side of the company
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Established trusting relationships across the company with engineers, marketers, and key clients
Blast Radius
Visual Designer
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New York, NY
2013
Advertising Agency part of WPP plc where I freelanced as a deck designer and came up with concepts to win business including Bonefish Grill.
EDUCATION
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture - MFA in Painting, 2019 - NY, NY
Hyper Island - Certificate in Digital Media, 2012 - Stockholm, Sweden
Concordia University - BFA in Studio Arts, 2008 - Montreal, Canada
SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro), Keynote, Powerpoint, Sketch, PC, MAC, hand-drawing, layout design, cross-cultural communicator
LANGUAGES
English, Swedish, German, French, Spanish
(References Available Upon Request)
CLIENTS
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FOURSQUARE
ShipArta
Heineken
COORS
Bacardi
Patron
Hennessey
Starbucks
Bukowskis Stockholm
Comic Con NYC
CARAT
DEANE CORPORATE FINANCE
University of California Berkeley
FedEx
Visa
Kraft
Marriott
SERAPHIM SHOCK
The Green Building
Oreo
Skittles
Bonefish Grill
Gillette Venus
DOVE Chocolate