+1 310 428 3959   tveal@creativeportal.com   www.tracyveal.com  www.creativeportal.com

PRESENT
I am a CD, currently working on a freelance/contract basis for a portfolio of clients. 

PAST
I founded and managed Creative Portal Corp (formerly Tracy Veal Design), a full service agency with clients such as Sony Music Entertainment and Publishing, Warner Bros Records, Virgin Records, Random House, Twentieth Century Fox Interactive, Disney, Discovery Channel Multimedia, NBC Universal and many more. Services include: advertising, corporate identity, websites, packaging, point of purchase displays, books, branding, product films, billboards, film posters, brochures, collateral, film title sequences, exhibition booths and more. 

I have also freelanced as an in-house Creative Director, or Senior Art Director, at Sony Music Entertainment, A&M Records, NBC Universal, Warner Bro Records and Lifetime TV. Prior to founding my own business, I worked at MCA Records as an Art Director.

I have lived and worked in London, NYC and Los Angeles (where I presently reside).

SKILLS
Entrepreneurial spirit and driven self starter
Inspires great creative and delivers on objective
Collaborates in team environments
Mentor
Good at hiring and managing creative teams
Forms and maintains good client relationships
Develops creative solutions that best address marketing strategies and key business initiatives
Strong creative and project management skills
Multi-tasker with strong decision-making skills
Problem solver
Excellent presentation skills
Strong verbal and written communications
Negotiates estimates, effectively and efficiently manages budgets
Prioritizes in complex, fast-paced environment
Manages multiple, complex projects under tight deadlines
Extensive experience with adobe creative suite, writing proposals, directing photo shoots, working with illustrators, art directors, designers, copywriters, programmers and outside vendors. 

RECOGNITION
My work has been featured in:
1,000 Record Covers (Taschen) 
Music Graphics (PIE Books, Tokyo) 
The Best Album Covers That Never Were (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
Communication Arts
D&AD (UK)

EDUCATION
I graduated from The Art Institute of Atlanta in Communication Arts and continued education in computer graphic courses at UCLA. In addition, I’ve been a guest lecturer at the prestigious, Otis Parsons School of Art and the Art Center College of Design.