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Michael Cortez - Freelance Sr. Designer in Remote

Michael Cortez

Senior Designer specializing in digital, print, and campaign creative for gaming and brands

Blizzard EntertainmentAmerican Academy of ArtRemote18 Years ExperienceSenior Level

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Marketing designer on Blizzard's World of Warcraft team creating high-polish social media launch/beta/early-access banners and other digital assets at scale. Experienced building template frameworks to support ~60+ resizes per design and maintain brand/style-guide consistency across expansions; also has some basic UI work from Halo Infinite promo microsite mobile screens. Limited Figma and no video editing experience, but explicitly interested in learning Figma.

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Key Strengths

  • Created high-polish social launch/beta/early-access banners for World of Warcraft marketing
  • Strong brand consistency and style-guide-driven execution across multiple game expansions
  • High-volume production experience (e.g., ~60 resizes per design) without quality drift
  • Built/maintained reusable templates with live areas/crops/bleeds to onboard freelancers and scale output
  • Concepting approach that delivers multiple options (stakeholder-aligned, CD-aligned, and a bolder alternative)
  • Typography-forward social creative that performed well with stakeholders (large-type approach for Lich King launch banners)

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Experience

Freelance Sr. DesignerBlizzard Entertainment · May 2022 – Presentfreelance
Freelance Sr. DesignerAyzenberg · Oct 2017 – Dec 2020freelance
Freelance Sr. DesignerLittle Labs Inc. · Jul 2015 – Mar 2016freelance
Freelance Sr. DesignerAnthem · Nov 2013 – Jun 2015freelance
Sr. Art DirectorThe Food Group · Apr 2013 – Sep 2013
Art DirectorChowder Inc. · Nov 2007 – Apr 2009
Art DirectorSPM / Foodmix · Mar 2002 – Jul 2005
DesignerBozell · Jun 1999 – Feb 2002

Education

American Academy of Artassociate (1999)

Skills

Adobe Creative SuiteMicrosoft OfficeSlackTrelloAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorDigital designPrint designSocial media strategyArt directionCreative directionUI designPrint productionDigital productionDigital compositing

Languages

English

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Michael CortezSenior Designer specializing in digital, print, and campaign creative for gaming and brands