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my name is ra jiv lahens. my friends call me “jiivy”. i like making cool stuff. I DREAM DAILY OF WORKING FOR WOLFF OLINS.
+WHERE !’VE WORKED. +Strategy Intern? WOLFF OLINS The World’s foremost branding firm.
New York, NY June 11’-?
+Art director/founder. THE GUIDED CULTURE Freelance Design + Branding
Philadelphia, PA Jan. 10’ - Present’
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Layout + Art Direction for R&B artist, Chris Brown’s lifestyle website Mechanicaldummy.com Branding, Site Design and Art Direction for High School Musical Actress Monique Coleman’s GimmeMo.com
+Art director intern. GREY NYC One of Madison Ave’s original agencies.
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Worked as Art Director on new business pitch + win of $115 Million dollar Red Lobster account Re-designed Banana Boat company Brand Essence Book Creative concepting and story boarding on ETRADE account
+Art director/ studio intern. Crispin Porter +Bogusky An agency known for creating tension.
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New York, NY / Summer 09’
Campaign flighting and strategy for Bottega Veneta account + inaugural newspaper media plan Conceptualizing and creative for Nautica Holiday 2009 Campaign Brainstorming, initial research and concept development of a new hotel brand for Hilton Hotels
+Lifestyle contributor + creative intern. TWO.ONE.FIVE magazine/Little Giant Media Lifestyle + Culture magazine.
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Boulder, CO Jan. 10’ - April 10’
Worked as a leading creative on Denver B-Cycle launch campaign (print/OOH+digital) Layouts and creative for clients Coke Zero, American Express, Samsung, B-cycle, GAP, + Best Buy Assisted in asset compilation as well as making creative mock-ups
+Planning + creative intern. LAIRD + PARTNERS Fashion/Lifestyle Advertising Agency.
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New York, NY June 10’ - August 10’
Philadelphia, PA / Feb. 08 - Mar 09
Worked as a stylist reporting to fashion director Assisted in development of fashion editorial calendar,concepting and creative direction Contributed and wrote gear and product reviews for online magazine, 215mag.com
+WHERE ! STUDIED. Temple University / Fall 2006-Fall 2010 / Advertising B.A ( Art Direction Track )
+WHAT ! DABBLE IN. / // /// //// ///// //////
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Mac OSX Boston Sports Magazines (You should see my room)
WOLFF OLINS! Let’s make something cool!!
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ra jiv@theguidedculture.com www.theguidedculture.com twitter.com/therelevancy 267.979.6007