I’M ELI CHING
Avid eater, gamer, snowboard-attempter, and art director based in Los Angeles (surprise). I'm a perspective wanderer. I have a drive to learn about what inspires people and a constant curiosity which helps evolve and humanize my creative.
I currently work at Critical Mass and have experience in broadcast, digital, social, UX/UI, OOH, experiential, web design, illustration, video/animation, print, and finding ridiculous stock photos.
Creating is my jam, whether it’s brand solutions or making my fiftieth custom Shepard in Mass Effect. I enjoy dry humor, video games, dry humor in video games, spending upwards of four hours in art museums, attempting to program, lip balm, dim sum, travel, really really campy films, and finding the intersection between people's passions and brands in order to tell better stories.
Things I've Done
Resume available upon request, email me at hello@eliesque.com
ACD (Art) | Critical Mass
Mar 2021 - Present | Los Angeles, CA
Clients: AT&T
SR. Art Director | RPA
Sep 2018 - Mar 2021 | Los Angeles, CA
Clients: Farmers Insurance, ARCO, Apartments.com, LoopNet
Art Director | The Marketing Arm
Dec 2015 - Sep 2018 | Los Angeles, CA
Clients: SNICKERS, LifeTime, Twix, GameStop, Blue Diamond Almonds, Almond Breeze, Sally Beauty Supply, ExxonMobil, State Farm
Art Direction Intern | UPROAR! at DDB
June - Sep 2015 | New York, NY
Clients: Nerf, Topps, and Challenger
GRAPHIC designer | shoregroup
May 2013 - Sep 2015 | Syracuse, NY
Designed internal materials for company use.
Things I D0
DESIGN
Photoshop, Figma, UX/UI, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Lightroom, Flash Catalyst, Illustration & Animation, Web Design
TECHNICAL
Photography, HTML/CSS, jQuery, WordPress, Tumblr, SQL, Keynote, PowerPoint
SOCIAL
Client Interfacing, 99 Problems but a Pitch Ain't One/Presenting, Working with Integrated Teams Big and Small, Slack All Star, Shot Enforcer
OTHER
Hot Cheeto Consumption, Snowboarding, Scuba Diving, CHA Dice Rolls, Petting Pets, Modestly Proficient at the Offline Chrome Dino Sidescroller