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
Selected Work
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.
