# Michael Mescall > I am currently on hiatus, celebrating my 45+ in years as an award-winning graphic designer and innovative creative team leader. I am open to any extraordinary remote freelance design opportunities :) Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelmescall I have worked with some of the most influential designers and branding companies in the world. I am a proven creative design innovator, and award-winning designer on multifaceted branding programs for a diverse clientele from start ups to Fortune 500 companies. I have broad-based, multi-channel expertise leading and inspiring branding teams on a wide variety of programs including web sites, banner ads, videos, corporate identities, graphic standards, print and online advertising, collateral materials, events, annual reports, packaging, and environmental design. Clients have included Adobe, Adidas, AT&T, Citrix, Cisco Systems, E* Trade Financial, Exxon/ Mobil, The Getty Museum, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Intel, LSI Corporation, Northop/Gruman, Numonyx, Plantronics, Pacific Sunwear, Stanford Health Care, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Symantec, The Tech Museum, Threshold Pharmaceuticals and Union Bank of California. ## Work Experience ### Visual Design Manager @ Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health Jan 2018 – Jan 2025 | United States In my role as Visual Design Manager, I designed and managed multiple, diverse projects and creative staff across the Foundation. These projects supported Stanford Health and Stanford School of Medicine. I partnered with the Creative Director to design, manage, and produce more than 75 projects a year. Projects included: event materials, invitations, signage, ebanners and swag, newsletters, the Foundation magazine, postcards, fliers, brochures, case studies, donor reports and proposals. The updated Foundation newsletter that I designed solicited more than 250K in donations with the first issue. I lead a team that included designers, writers, video editors and project managers to reinforce the Foundation brand and drive donations for Stanford Health Care and the Stanford School of Medicine. ### Freelance Creative Director @ Michael Mescall Design Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area • Freelance project management for Speck Design • Freelance creative services management for Decarolis Design & Marketing • On-going creative services work for LOOK Agency • Contract creative services management and project management of a comprehensive communications campaign for Coremetrics, Inc. Projects included online advertising, corporate identity, brand guidelines, brochures, signage, displays, graphic standards, case studies, data sheets, white papers and online advertising. Worked directly with the CEO and the CMO. Managed a small group of web and print contractors • Contract project management of diverse communications materials for Symantec. Projects included brochures, graphic standards and trade shows ### Worldwide Creative Services Manager @ Lowepro Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 • Managed all aspects of print and web design and production for global camera accessories and protection company • Traffic management, direction and leadership of the global creative services team • Directed the development of global packaging, printed marketing materials, brand guidelines, advertising, international trade shows and product videos • Planned, scheduled and coordinated all photo and video shoots • Managed graphic designers to ensure that outgoing finished jobs met company and media standards for accuracy and conformed to the original project request and specifications • Managed, organized and cataloged the extensive digital assets of the company • Partnership with Global Marketing team members to identify and assign appropriate resources and supervise the workflow of hundreds of projects this year • Supported the Creative Director in the development and delivery of all creative projects ### Design Director @ Liquid Agency Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 | San Jose CA • Creative services and project management for a creative group with $9.75 million in annual billings • Managed all aspects of print and web production for all agency projects • Comprehensive creative services management for multifaceted print and online programs • Managed the complete lifecycle of over 75 projects and more than 25 clients to produce award winning, comprehensive, successful projects • Direction of internal meetings regarding scheduling, budgets and the assignment of creative resources, project specifications and project expectations • Traffic and project management skills include the creation of budgets, schedules and post project evaluations • Comprehensive management and oversight of extensive digital assets including image libraries and other assets for the entire agency and several clients • Initiated and managed an employee quality control improvement incentive program and trained the entire creative and client services team on the program • Extensive experience partnering with clients and account executives to thoroughly understand project objectives and specifications and to lead production designers and vendors to produce extraordinary digital and print results ### Design Director @ Michael Patrick Partners Jan 1999 – Jan 2006 | Palo Alto CA • Award -winning creativeservices management of several branding programs including corporate identities, packaging, collateral materials, advertising and annual reports • Project management for a comprehensive brand launch for Clarify Software that included packaging, corporate identity, brand guidelines, extranet, collateral templates, power point templates and print and online advertising • Comprehensive print project management for several clients including Union Bank of California, Stanford, Plantronics, Calpine, Brassring, E*TRADE Financial and Mercury Interactive • Extensive experience managing designers and vendors including printers and press check attendance and coordination for packaging • Planned, scheduled and coordinated all photo and video shoots • Effective liaison between the creative department, agency management, the client services team and the print production staff ### Graphic Designer @ Robert Miles Runyan Jan 1992 – Jan 1996 ### Design Director @ Bass Yager and Associates Jan 1990 – Jan 1994 | Hollywood, CA Design Director for Global Branding Agency Clients included The Getty Museum, Exxon/Mobil, United Airlines, Minolta and AT&T ## Education ### Portfolio Development in Postgraduate Graphic Design Studies California College of the Arts ### B.S. in Urban Planning California State University-Dominguez Hills ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michael-mescall-002051b --- Source: https://flows.cv/michaelmescall JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/michaelmescall/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13