ROY ELLIS
SENIOR ART DIRECTOR + DESIGNER
royellis@mac.com
312-286-7373
SENIOR ART DIRECTOR + DESIGNER
royellis@mac.com
312-286-7373
20+ years of experience developing B2C and B2B concepts, Art Direction, and Design for Fortune 500 brands and leading agencies in multiple industries. Hands-on creative with a passion for helping in-house and agency teams deliver results-driven, strategic, integrated marketing and advertising campaigns. Renowned for creating engaging visual content that excites audiences and exceeds client expectations. Excels at shepherding big concepts to detailed executions across multiple channels. Seasoned full-time and freelance professional who understands how to create innovative ideas that align with brand strategy, manage many moving parts with multiple stakeholders, and operate in fast-paced environments with tight timelines.
EXPERIENCE
ROY ELLIS CREATIVE • Senior Art Director + Designer • 2005 – Present
Create captivating, on-brand, cross-platform concepts, art direction, and design that inspire, educate, and entice audiences to act.
Create captivating, on-brand, cross-platform concepts, art direction, and design that inspire, educate, and entice audiences to act.
META • FACEBOOK • INSTAGRAM • 2021 – 2022
COLLEGE BOARD • AMS • 2016 – 2024
ESCALON • POPSKULL • 2021
BAIRD & WARNER • SIMPLE TRUTH • 2018
AMEX • DENTSU CREATIVE • 2017
CERVIDIL • FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS • 2017
OREO • GEOMETRY GLOBAL • 2016
FCB • Senior Art Director + Designer • 2008 – 2012
OGILVY • Designer • 2000 – 2005
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
KEY STRENGTHS: Art Direction • Integrated Campaigns • Graphic Design • Branding • Social Media Marketing • Email Campaigns • Video and Animation • UX/UI Website Design • Creative Direction • Advertising, Public Relations, and Marketing • Digital and Traditional • Style Guides • Shopper Marketing • Mobile • Responsive Design • OOH • B2C • B2B • Typography • Motion Graphics • Storyboarding
SOFTWARE: Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe XD • Figma • Sketch
CLIENTS AND AGENCIES
BRANDS: Meta • American Express • Lyft • Mondelez • Hewlett Parckard Enterprise • SpringHill Suites • Comcast • SC Johnson • NBCUniversal • Allstate • Aon • Kraft • Dove • Coca-Cola • Ferring Pharmaceuticals • Miller Lite • Coors Light • Unilever • Suave • BP • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois • Motorola • Waste Management • Crystal Light • Whirlpool • Baird & Warner Real Estate • Chicago History Museum • Fendt
AGENCIES: Ogilvy • FCB • Leo Burnett • ARC Worldwide • The Mars Agency • Dentsu Creative • Calvary • Y&R • Geometry Global • Simple Truth • The Marketing Arm • College Board • Intersport
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS • Advertising and Design • Columbia College • Chicago, IL