DAVID ZWEIG

Direction and Design

DavidZweig

Los Angeles, CA

David Zweig is a creative innovator who has focused his career and wide range of abilities on branding and interactive media convergence. Clients include Harman/Kardon, JBL, Yahoo!, United HealthCare, CamelBak, Cartoon Network, Sony, Caesarstone, and Discovery Channel.

David graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Character Animation.


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Experience

  • Managing Creative Director
    Northridge, CA
    2009 - Present
    Harman International

    • Responsible for the re-design, direction and supervision of the all international audio brands including JBL, Harman Kardon, Infinity, AKG, Lexicon and Mark Levinson, as well as the Harman corporate brand.
    •  Developed, designed, executed numerous high-level brand presentations for automotive partners, including BMW, Hyundai, Toyota, Ford and Mercedes.
    •  Developed numerous consumer products for release to market.

  • Creative Director
    Los Angeles, CA
    2009 - 2009
    EternalSpace

    • Redesigned and managed company brand.

    • Supervised a large staff of modelers, writers and designers to create a robust site for online memorials.

  • Creative Director
    Pasadena, CA
    2007 - 2009
    Numedeon

    • Redesigned and managed company brand.
    • Developed and designed a suite of new virtual worlds.
    • Creative Direction and supervision of all brand development and asset creation for SportsBLOX.com – a new virtual world for sports fans.

  • Director of Broadcast Design / Interactive Art Director
    Woodland Hills, CA
    2006 - 2007
    Kabillion
    • Art Directed all On-Air content for Video-on-Demand.
      Art Directed, designed, and animated web content including robust avatar system, flash games and other UI constructs.
      Developed and oversaw implementation of comprehensive style guide.
  • Character Design Supervisor / Assistant Art Director
    Woodland Hills, CA
    2005 - 2007
    Mike Young Productions

    •  Provided Visual and Story Development on a variety of animated properties.

  • Senior Art Director
    Sherman Oaks, CA
    2004 - 2005
    RumbleDesign

    • Art Directed print, web, advertising, logo, and identity projects for a variety of international clients including Universal Music Group, Caesarstone and Citizen.

  • Character Designer
    Culver City, CA
    2003 - 2005
    Sony Animation
  • Art & Animation Director
    Santa Monica, CA
    2001 - 2003
    Zeroes & Ones
  • Art Director/Lead Concept Designer
    Burbank, CA
    1998 - 2001
    BRC Imagination Arts

Education

  • BFA, Character Animation
    Valencia, CA
    Sep 1995 - Jun 1998
    California Institute of the Arts
  • BA, Design
    Northridge, CA
    Sep 1990 - Jun 1995
    California State University, Northridge

Service


  • Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles

    Volunteer as a Big Brother from 1997-2007.


  • Los Angeles Unified School District

    Classroom volunteer and guest speaker to a variety of schools and age groups from 1994-2004