Cynthia Herrington has over 12 years of experience as a production designer, art director, and freelance designer for print and video projects. She has collaborated with clients across various industries including healthcare, retail, entertainment, and consumer products. Some of her past clients include Under Armour, US Army, Geico, Nike, Uniqlo, Saturday Night Live, and the Food Network. She specializes in design concept presentations, budgeting, crew management, and executing builds and installations.

1. Cynthia Herrington!
herrington.cyn@gmail.com !
347.684.6573!
Freelance Production Designer for Print and Video, ’12-’15, NYC
Collaborating with a diverse range of clients on design inspiration, concept presentation, project scope,
bidding and actualizing budgets, crew hiring and management during builds and!
installations, material sourcing and serving as liaison with outside vendors, site management and
execution of exit strategies. Freelance work requires managing multiple deadline driven projects at once
and the flexibility to recognize and be respectful of vastly different design languages.!
!Past clients include – Under Armour, US army, Xolair, Hot Pockets, Geico, Wegmans, Nike, Halo Awards,
Victorias Secret, Food Network/Chopped, History Channel/Brain Games.!
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Art Director for Worlds Away, ’09-’12, NYC
Worked as creative second to the Production Designer of a boutique visual effects studio combined with a
custom prop and fabrication shop where I was encouraged to be involved with all aspects of the business
including presentation, client support, budgeting, sourcing and often managing very technical builds with
a focus on weaving my own personal sense of style into the clients subtle brand identity through built
environments.!
!Clients included – Amex Serve, Pottery Barn Kids, Brother P-touch, Crest, Lego, E-Trade, Under Armour,
Saturday Night Live.!
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Art Director for Uniqlo Holiday designed by Lot71, Oct-Dec ’11, NYC
Oversaw a half-million dollar budget, sourced materials, hired crew, and managed multiple store
simultaneous 48-hour overnight builds. Project scope was two large scale seasonal interior installations
for fall/winter 2011-2012 which coincided with the October 2011 opening of Uniqlo’s global flagship store.!
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Education:!
Interior Architecture and Product Design (IAPD), Kansas State
University, ’97-’02
In 2015 Design Intelligence ranked IAPD #7 in the nation, one of two public universities to make the top
10. The program focuses on client communication and presentation, innovation in design theory,
sustainability, materials properties, building systems and structures, social and psychological effects of
spaces and colors, ergonomics, and anthropometrics.!
!!!Proficient with both Mac and PC, Numbers/Excel, Word/Pages, Adobe Creative Suite and Acrobat,
AutoCad/Vectorworks/SketchUp.!
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Production Designer, Alkermes Print and Video; Marro Media
Twelve years of experience in the Entertainment Industry as a Designer, Coordinator, and Craftsman for Print, Live
Action and Experiential Environments. Supporting a diverse range of clients with design consultation, concept
presentation, project scope, projecting and actualizing budgets, crew hiring and management during builds and
installations, material sourcing and serving as liaison with outside vendors, site management and execution of exit
strategies.
Art Director, Brain Games Television Series Intro/Nat Geo; Recess Films 2013, NYC
New Season Teaser
!Series Opener
!Behind the Scenes
Cynthia Herrington!
herrington.cyn@gmail.com !
347.684.6573!
Presentation boards
Full spread print layouts
Selected Projects:
Profile:

3. Art Director, Retail Interior Installation/Uniqlo; Lot 71 2011, NYC
Uniqlo Holiday 2011 5th Avenue Global Flagship
!Uniqlo Holiday 2011 5th Avenue Global Flagship Timelapse Video
!Uniqlo HeatTech 2011 5th Avenue Global Flagship
!Uniqlo Holiday 2011 34th Street
!Uniqlo HeatTech 2011 Soho
Art Director, Music Video/SNL; Worlds Away 2011, NYC
Jack Sparrow (feat. Michael Bolton)
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Cynthia Herrington!
herrington.cyn@gmail.com !
347.684.6573!