Conor Hautaniemi

art director & designer

Specialising in art direction and design for fashion editorial, advertising, identity and editorial design.

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Conor HAUTANIEMI
417 grand street, #3F
New York, NY 11211
mb: 917.280.7745 finnishmodern@gmail.com

Positions:
2007 April - present
Agency Assouline, New York
Art Director - developed and executed advertising campaigns and communications for luxury clients in the fields of Fashion, Jewellery and Real Estate.

2006 January - 2007 January
S&S Trading, Tokyo
Business Development Consultant - one year contracted work for Japanese luxury goods trader to develop an on-line retail presence. Duties included on-line marketing, market research and strategy, merchandising, translation and client communications.

2006 January – 2007 April,
2002 September - 2004 December
Big Magazine, New York+Tokyo
Associate Creative Editor (1/06-4/07) – correspondent position involving brand management, liaising with Japanese clients and creators
Designer (09/02-12/04) - designing layouts, creating promotional materials, advertising proposals

2004 December – 2006 January
CITY Magazine, New York
Production Editor – coordinated photographic and written editorial material, designed layouts, wrote on fashion/lifestyle related topics, responsible for coordinating pre-press and printing of publication

Clients:
Esquire Japan, Adidas, J.Lindeberg, Tokion Japan, Laforet Harajuku and Parco Department Store, Refinery29.com, Hiroko Koshino, Sublime Inc., Drella, BB-F.jp, CITY Magazine, RequestQJ Magazine, BOB Magazine

Education:
1998 September - 2002 May
BFA (Design concentration) - Purchase College, SUNY

Skills:
Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat,
Quark, Final Cut, After Effects

Business level Japanese (written and spoken)

Location

New York, NY

Specialties

  • Art Direction
  • Print
  • Motion Graphics

Experience

7 years

Education

State University of New York
Purchase College

Affiliations

Big Magazine, CITY Magazine, Assouline