Amit Patel

Creative Director

AmitPatel

Los Angeles, CA

Amit Patel is a multi-disciplinary designer, programmer and an artist producing public and private works for non-profit organizations, corporate clients, collectors, and personal explorations.

Experience

  • Owner / Creative Director
    Los Angeles, CA
    2008 - Present
    Amit Patel Designs

    Amit Patel Designs is privately owned boutique design consulting firm. Amit is the soul proprietor and owner of the firm.

  • Consultant
    San Jose, CA
    2006
    Adobe

    Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information.

    We help our customers create and deliver compelling content and applications as well as fully realize their business potential. Together we’re turning engaging digital experiences into more valuable interactions every day — across media and devices, anywhere, anytime.

  • Owner / Creative Director
    Los Angeles, CA
    2004
    Studio 314

    Amit is the Creative & Technical Director for Studio 314. Studio 314 is a digital agency that helps clients and companies realize their full potential to create customized online media campaigns to achieve successful international marketing and branding.

  • Interactive Director
    Los Angeles, CA
    2009 - 2010
    Yes Design Group

    YESDESIGNGROUP (YDG) is a full-service creative communications agency, renowned for strategic and inventive approaches to advertising, marketing and design.

    From one-of-a-kind collateral to innovative global ad campaigns, YDG creates buzz, defines brands, motivates behavior and increases market share for their clients.

    Founded in 1998, YDG's team of accomplished professionals serves clients in both general market and LGBT market segments.

  • Interactive Director / Designer
    Los Angeles, CA
    2008 - 2009
    Firefly LA

    FIREFLY LA is an award winning multi-media design house that specializes in producing immersive audio-visual environments for corporate and private events. FIREFLY provides cutting-edge, innovative solutions utilizing the latest computer graphics software and projection systems to meet and surpass their clients unique demands.

    FIREFLY has transformed building facades, outdoor landscapes, inflatable objects and waterscapes into virtual canvases featuring custom tailored media. Staffed by a closely knit team of experienced creative directors, artists, designers, programmers and engineers, FIREFLY offers a broad array of services form concept to completion.

  • Engineering Manager / Researcher
    Beverly Hills, CA
    2004 - 2008
    Deep Light

    Deep Light, LLC was formed in Los Angeles in July 2003 to develop high resolution 3D displays, cameras and software for the fast growing 3D display market. The company owns several key patents originally developed at Cambridge University in England under the direction of Dr. Adrian Travis. The Deep Light team consists of management, engineers, consultants and strategic alliances.

Education

  • Continuing..., Design & Communication Arts
    Los Angeles, CA
    2007 - 2009
    University of California, Los Angeles

    Design & Media Arts

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering
    Columbus, OH
    1999 - 2003
    The Ohio State University

    Specialty: Computer Engineering
    Minor: Economics

  • Visiting - Faculty of Arts & Sciences
    Cambridge, MA
    2000 - 2001
    Harvard University

    Specialized in Economics with focus on Econometrics & Market Modeling.

Awards & Recognitions


  • 5 Weeks of 5 Competiion

    About The Competition:
    Give your work a huge platform with Adobe® Creative Suite® 5. Show everybody what you can create in the “5 Weeks of 5” competition, and you could win free CS5 software. Pick a brief, download a free trial, make something amazing and upload it to the competition gallery. Every Monday, Adobe picks 5 winners. Submit a new project every week, for 5 weeks.

    We have a competition for each walk of creative life, whether you’re into motion and film, design, online, or photography and digital imaging. Find the one that’s for you or if you’re a renaissance digital artist, enter a few.

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