# Jonathan Haggard > Freelance Creative Director/Designer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jonathanhaggard I design cohesive brands, animate motion graphics, build massive digital experiences, create enterprise and consumer products, produce music, and code websites. To me, design is one. ## Work Experience ### Creative Director @ In The Kitchen Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Freelance Digital Design Director @ Koto Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 ### Design Lead, Launch Events @ Airbnb Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Freelance Creative Director @ OddCommon Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Creative Director @ Gold Front Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Digital Design Director @ Emotive Brand Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Oakland I've been working to implement a cohesive methodology rooted in emergence. I mentor motion designers, brand designers, and interaction designers. My style of leading is casual, quick, and always produces top work that is fully thought-through, strategically sound, and has the ability to last decades. Lead work for Material Security, Kinemaster, Snow Software, Topstep. ### Senior Designer @ Emotive Brand Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Oakland Worked to establish the digital process from the ground-up. Created digital and brand work for clients like Gantry, Sisu, Harness. ### Design Director @ AKQA Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Lead experiential installations and brand design for IBM Watson. Established the design methodology for Watson's brand. Created a world traveling exhibit to make Watson a contender in the current AI landscape by crafting a cohesive and self-referential design language. ### Product Designer @ Joyable Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Refreshed the Joyable visual branding and messaging to align with B2B needs based on user research sessions with leading benefits managers. Redesigned the multi-platform product to align with new branding and accommodate better scalability by designing with component based architecture. ### Interactive Designer @ MetaDesign Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Translated brands to interactive experiences for companies such as AIGA, TrueFacet, Texture, and Automatic. Aided in developing a culture of detail and strong design systems into something that users can engage with using the latest and greatest technologies like GSAP, Velocity.JS and a keen eye toward communicating a brand's message in animation and response. ### Interactive Designer @ Livefyre Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Created custom social campaigns for major brands and publishers. Client list includes Here Media, Nike, Olympus, Heineken. ### Sr. Art Director @ Ventyx Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Art direction and execution of global campaigns featuring customers, embedded photography, motion graphics, and event direction. ### Designer @ Upper Playground Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Established an ongoing social media campaign to interact with customers and promote new products. Worked with the company owners, motion designers and brand strategist to create a recognizable and subversive brand identity that stretches from California to Sao Paulo. Apparel design, retail design, window displays, branding, advertising, catalogue design, copywriting, identity. ### New Media Designer @ Ozone Online Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 Art direction and execution of rich media and print media campaigns. Campaign direction for clients such as Autodesk, Good, and Medtronic. Projects range from art direction and conception to design and prototyping. At this fast paced and booming company I've worked closely with development teams, production artists and brand strategists to create invigorating campaigns that are designed to inspire. ## Education ### AA in Web Design New Media Academy of Art University Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 ### General Education Yuba College Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jonathanhaggard - Portfolio: http://jonathanhaggard.com/ - Portfolio: http://hellasoon.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/jonathanhaggard JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jonathanhaggard/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25