About me

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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