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CHRISTIAN WEISS 2 1 . 0 4 . 1 9 8 5 B O R N • N E U S S • G E R M A N Y
08/1991 – 10/1991 P R I M A RY SCHOOL • N E U S S - R O S E L L E N •
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The past 5 years took me through several stages in design & art
F A C T S
Working on long term projects as well as doing daily business
direction:
Experience in working as a freelance- and full time designer in
Once the work as a full time Art Director in an advertising agency,
national & international design teams Ability to put layouts and drafts to a final file,
as well as a freelance graphic designer with my own design-studio
called Black Cloud over the past 5 years.
work with tech-packs, use color spaces, fabric- & materialcatalogs and knowledge of machining techniques High sense of creativity and interdisciplinary creative interests
The most recent station in my professional career, brought me to the company Wemakethings, well known for popular international bmx brands like Wethepeople, Eclat, Almond Footwear or the young urban cycling brand Bombtrack. As a full time graphic designer, I worked almost 3 years for the WMT in house graphic and product design department, brought 3 bike collections to life, developed multiple advertising campaigns & catalogs, contributed designs for several clothing- and merchandise-collections as well as accessoires and safety gear. I designed and published most of the brands websites in that period, as well as building corporate designs, marketing utilities and POS for all company owned brands, retail stores and the in house distribution. Another important part of my work was to communicate with international customers, distributors and manufacturers, where I was directing projects from concept through production. I‘m looking forward to work in a inter-disciplinary and international design-team based in fashion, music, lifestyle or corporate design. 7
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APP # AREL R E S U M E O F S O M E R E C E N T A P PA R E L AND MERCHANDISE DESIGN WORKS. BASED IN PUNK-ROCK, HARDCORE & HIP HOP MUSIC I LOVE TO WORK FOR BANDS AND ARTISTS AS WELL AS FOR FA S H I O N
BRANDS
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AGENCIES.
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CYCLING
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TA K E OVER T H E W E B
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