Stephanie Gottesman is an art director and graphic designer with over 15 years of experience. She has worked in both agency and freelance roles, leading creative teams and collaborating with clients in industries like crowdfunding, fashion, and entertainment. Some of her accomplishments include designing award-winning style guides for Cartoon Network and Disney, speaking at a women's business conference, and founding her own design studio Alterna.tif Design. She is proficient in design programs like Photoshop and Illustrator and enjoys the challenges of managing complex projects to meet deadlines.

1. STEPHANIE GOTTESMAN
art direction / graphic design

2. CV
Stephanie Gottesman
Art Director / Graphic Designer
805.208.6207
steph.gottesman@gmail.com
www.got-design.com
Since childhood, I’ve had shared passions for creativity and
communication. As my career has grown, I’ve brought that
enthusiasm to every new design, infusing each project with
beauty and clarity. My true passion, though, is collaborating
with a team of creative minds. This is where the real magic
happens – imaginations working together to take each idea to
the next level.
Creative leadership comes with its own set of challenges –
working against tight deadlines, managing the timelines and
intricacies of multiple projects at once, making sure the clients
are feeling heard and understood, and still making sure that
my team is taking stretch breaks and making time for their
families.
I enjoy these challenges, and the feeling of achievement that
follows when my team and our client celebrate our mutual
success.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Creativity+Commerce Print Magazine Design Award
Lead Designer, Chase Design Group (Oct. 2008)
Keynote Speaker: Defining Your Brand
Women of the Green Generation (2011)
Invited to be a keynote speaker on defining your brand and creating
a consistent brand experience to at a women’s sustainable business
conference.
CREATIVE PROGRAMS
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Dreamweaver
Wordpress, WiX, & SquareSpace
Basic HTML, CSS
Word, Excel, & PowerPoint
EDUCATION
Chapman University (2002-2006)
- BFA in Graphic Design, GPA 3.5
- Art Scholarship
- Academic Scholarship
REFERENCES
If you would like references, please
feel free to ask. They are friendly
and are looking forward to speaking
with you.

3. CV
Stephanie Gottesman
Art Director / Graphic Designer
805.208.6207
steph.gottesman@gmail.com
www.got-design.com
CREATIVE POSITIONS
CrowdFund X / Art Director (2015-present)
As one of two art directors on a marketing team
specializing in crowdfunding campaigns, I was
responsible to creating a cohesive look and feel on
all the pieces of the puzzle, from campaign graphics,
social media posts, websites, email marketing,
branding, press kits, and marketing materials for
crowdfunding campaigns. I would art direct the web
designers and occasionally other graphic designers
when needed.
www.crowdfundx.io
Contact Brad Yasar, COO (former)
1.310.600.9704
Alterna.tif Design / Art Director (2008-2015)
I founded Alterna.tif Design in 2008 and ran the small
boutique studio for 7 years. My small team of
designers and web developers worked together on
projects for local, national, and international clients.
Our services included branding and identity, marketing
materials, advertising, websites, packaging, and print
collateral.
GelComm / Graphic Designer (2007-2008)
As a graphic designer for GelComm, I worked on
projects for Disney, Kellogg’s, Paramount, Warner
Brothers, and Cranium including style guides, product
and packaging design, logos and branding, pattern
creation, t-shirt graphics, presentation design and
animatics.
www.gelcomm.com
Contact Patricio Fuentes, President
1.818.551.6891
Chase Design Group / Junior Designer (2006-2007)
Hired as part time intern, promoted to full time
junior designer upon college graduation. Created
style guides, product design, advertising layouts,
patterns and icon design and creation of graphics for
clients including Mattel, Cartoon Network and Stila
Cosmetics.
www.chasedesigngroup.com
Contact Chris Lowery, President
1.323.668.1055

4. BRANDING / WEBSITE / MOBILE APP
StyleTrader.com / Recycled
Media needed branding
for their start-up website
and mobile app that allows
people to resell clothing
online. This branding helped
the company attract invest-
ment, and within a few years,
the company had grown into
Tradesy.com.
Alterna.Tif Design
Art Director

5. CAMPAIGN GRAPHICS / INTERNET MARKETING
Campagna Motors / This car company came to our team at CrowdfundX to help them fund a redesign of their two three wheeled luxury car
models. We designed everything from their website to their campaign graphics to several months of social media posts.

6. BRANDING / CAMPAIGN GRAPHICS / INTERNET MARKETING
LocatorX / Imagine a world where you can track anything. The LocatorX nanotechnology chip can make literally anything findable. Their
main intention was to create trackable shipping labels, but the scalability of their potential markets made the possibilities limitless. Our
team at CrowdfundX designed everything for their campaign, including their brand image.
the power to know

7. CAMPAIGN GRAPHICS / INTERNET MARKETING
Gigmor / This mobile app is the first digital marketplace for musicians and music buyers. Gigmor was one of the first companies to execute
a crowd funding initiative under the SEC’s new “Regulation A+.” Our team at CrowdfundX worked hard to make this campaign a success,
raising over $150k in the first three weeks alone.
Gigmor’s vision is to transform the
independent live music industry
by connecting talent buyers and
independent artists with an innovative
web and mobile platform. Through

8. BRANDING / WEBSITE / COPYWRITING / SOCIAL MEDIA
Peaceful Workplace / This Los Angeles based start-up needed an entire brand. I created everything – naming the brand, creating the visual
identity, writing copy for the website, managing the blog, and creating and executing the social media campaign.

9. BRANDING / PACKAGING
Kenzia Argan Oil / These Moroccan Oil hair and
body products needed to stand out on the store
shelves among many competitive brands.
Alterna.tif Design
Art Director

10. PRINT
The Y Catalog / The owner of The Y Catalog came to my
team with less than two weeks until their print deadline.
Their graphic designer had quit abruptly and left them with
nothing usable. We stepped in and designed the entire 36
page catalog, and even found time to design a new logo for
their brand of yoga mats.
Alterna.tif Design
Art Director
SADHANA

11. BRANDING / PACKAGING / PRINT AD
Mellifluous Mead / This independent meadery needed a new
brand image, packaging, and advertising for their delicious
honey mead. We also art directed a photo shoot of their
products.
Alterna.tif Design
Art Director

12. STYLE GUIDE
Disney Electronics / Disney had already
completed the branding for their electronics
packaging when we started on this style guide.
They liked my cover design so much, they went
back and redesigned the branding to include our
ideas.
GelComm
Lead Designer

13. STYLE GUIDE
Cartoon Network / This
unique and creative
style guide won the
Creativity+Commerce Design
Award from Print Magazine.
Chase Design Group
Lead Designer

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15. STEPHANIE GOTTESMAN
steph.gottesman@gmail.com
1.805.208.6207
www.GOT-DESIGN.com