Art Director

    Gabriel Blue
    Reshad

    Art director channeling advertising strategy and Hollywood production experience into brand storytelling across film, campaigns, and motion design.

    Brooklyn, NY · Available for select projects

    Experience

    Adobe

    Freelance

    New York, NY

    Nov 2025 — Jul 2026

    • Designed the splash screen for Photoshop (Beta), shipped worldwide as the opening artwork of Adobe’s flagship product. Featured on Photoshop’s Instagram, with 850K+ views across collaborated posts.
    • Hosted a live Photoshop workflow demonstration on Adobe Live, presenting creative process in real time to Adobe’s global audience of working creatives.
    • Produced content for Adobe’s social channels, showcasing AI-assisted scripting to automate layer workflows.
    • Created a brand film for Premiere Pro iOS: raw footage to polished final cut, all through motion.

    Droga5

    Jr Art Director

    Internship · New York, NY

    Apr 2026 — Jun 2026

    • Art directed campaign work for JP Morgan Chase across multiple credit card products, plus Bosch and HT40 (non-profit), creating imagery in Photoshop and building reusable, high-quality deck systems for client presentation.
    • Art directed two influencer travel itineraries for a UGC shoot in Edinburgh and Rome, setting a consistent visual aesthetic across restaurants, hotels, and excursions. Presented the concept directly to the client, with selections making the final cut.
    • Pitched concepts in internal reviews with Executive Creative Directors and copywriters, developing work from initial territory to presentation-ready comps.

    Technicolor

    Crew Assistant to Software Coordinator to Jr Project Manager

    London / Los Angeles

    Feb 2021 — Jul 2024

    • Ran the technical director team across 5 global studios delivering VFX for Mufasa: The Lion King, House of the Dragon, and The Boys — 8 direct reports, 10+ productions.
    • Worked alongside VFX supervisors on dailies and shot delivery for feature and episodic work, developing an eye for cinematic craft that now informs my art direction.
    • Credited Technical Supervisor on Mufasa: The Lion King (Disney).

    Filmography

    Technical Supervisor

    • Mufasa: The Lion King

    Software Coordinator

    • The Little Mermaid
    • House of Gucci
    • House of the Dragon
    • Silo
    • The Boys
    • The Wheel of Time
    • Pennyworth
    • Burberry ‘Open Spaces’

    Producer

    • Aura Phase

    Education

    • Miami Ad School, New York

      Art Direction

      Jul 2024 — Jul 2026

    • Chartered Management Institute

      CMI Leadership, Distinction

      2022 — 2023

    • Met Film School, London

      Producing for Film & TV

      2019 — 2021

    Clients

    • Adobe
    • Disney
    • HBO
    • Amazon
    • Burberry
    • Apple TV+
    • Netflix

    Recognition

    Aura Phase — Producer

    Award Winner, Drop International Horror Film Festival

    2022

    Capabilities

    • Art Direction
    • Visual Storytelling
    • Motion Design
    • Visual Comps
    • Adobe Creative Suite
    • Blender
    • AI-Assisted Workflows

    Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Lightroom. Generative tools and scripted automation.

    Email

    contact@gabrielblue.com

    Brooklyn, NY