Elle Kim


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Work

STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE | Global Brand Design
Art Director, 2011 - Present

ASSETS & INVENTORY | Art & Design Collective
Co-Founder, 2010 - Present
> A multi-disciplinary art & design collective formed by 7 designers providing
a place for creative interaction, experimentation and collaboration.

ELLE KIM | Art Direction & Design
Art Director & Designer, 2008 - Present
> Various clients including Nickelodeon, Coach, Art For Development,
and Brookes Boswell Millinery

ANN TAYLOR, NY | In House Creative
Art Director & Designer, 2005 - 2008

KRAFTWORKS, NY | Fashion & Beauty Advertising Agency
Senior Designer, 2003 - 2005
> Clients: Aldo, La Prairie, Wonderbra, Clavin Klein Underwear, Playtex,
Bali, Barely There, Cointreau US

FOOD & WINE MAGAZINE, NY
Freelance Designer, 2003


Education

CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART | Bloomfield Hills, MI
Master of Fine Arts, 2D Design, 2008 - 2010

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN | Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, 1999 - 2003

PONT AVEN SCHOOL OF ART | Pont Aven, France
Printmaking Studio, Winter 2002

YON-SEI UNIVERSITY | Seoul, Korea
Korean art history and literature, Summer 2001


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Press & Recognition

AIGA DESIGN ENVY
> Published ONLINE BY AIGA, 2012

ASIA PACIFIC DESIGN No.7
> Published by Sandu, China, 2011

TYPE PLAYER 2
> Published by Sandu, China, 2011

DESIGN360° MAGAZINE
> Published by Sandu, China, 2011

SURFACE MAGAZINE
> Featured in Thesis Report, 2010

ART DIRECTORS CLUB YOUNG GUNS 8
> Winner of Young Guns 8, 2010

PLAYFUL TYPE 2
> Published by Gestalten, Germany, 2010

CREATIVE QUARTERLY
> Winner of CQ 20, 2010

LETTERCULT
> Best of 2009


Exhibition

OFF THE WALL
Studio Couture Gallery, Detroit, MI, 2011

ADC YOUNG GUNS 8 EXHIBITION
Art Directors Club Gallery, New York, NY, 2010

OUT OF THE WOODS
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI, 2010

OFF THE WALL (Co-curator)
Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2010

MONTH OF SILENCE
Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2010

EXPERIENCING PERSPECTIVES
Daimler Financial Services Headquarters, Farmington Hills, MI, 2009

DIFFERENT EYES, SAME DIRECTION: RELATIONSHIP
Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2009