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Visual storyteller with 20+ years in magazine publishing, photo direction, and styling. Thrives under deadline pressure, collaborating across teams and personalities to deliver polished, purpose-driven creative. Designs and art directs brand experiences that connect, inspire, and elevate—handling everything from brand identity and print production to email implementation, retouching, and digital/social assets, including a yearly 200-page magazine.…Visual storyteller with 20+ years in magazine publishing, photo direction, and styling. Thrives under deadline pressure, collaborating across teams and personalities to deliver polished, purpose-driven creative. Designs and art directs brand experiences that connect, inspire, and elevate—handling everything from brand identity and print production to email implementation, retouching, and digital/social assets, including a yearly 200-page magazine.

Danielle Casenas

Art Director, Graphic Designer, Creative Director, +2

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Visual storyteller with 20+ years in magazine publishing, photo direction, and styling. Thrives under deadline pressure, collaborating across teams and personalities to deliver polished, purpose-driven creative. Designs and art directs brand experiences that connect, inspire, and elevate—handling everything from brand identity and print production to email implementation, retouching, and digital/social assets, including a yearly 200-page magazine.…Visual storyteller with 20+ years in magazine publishing, photo direction, and styling. Thrives under deadline pressure, collaborating across teams and personalities to deliver polished, purpose-driven creative. Designs and art directs brand experiences that connect, inspire, and elevate—handling everything from brand identity and print production to email implementation, retouching, and digital/social assets, including a yearly 200-page magazine.

Available to hire

Visual storyteller with 20+ years in magazine publishing, photo direction, and styling. Thrives under deadline pressure, collaborating across teams and personalities to deliver polished, purpose-driven creative.

Designs and art directs brand experiences that connect, inspire, and elevate—handling everything from brand identity and print production to email implementation, retouching, and digital/social assets, including a yearly 200-page magazine.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Editorial Illustration

Intermediate

Postcard

Intermediate

Work Experience

Graphic Designer at Mallow Hairstudio

February 1, 2017 - Present

Freelance graphic design and visual storytelling across brand identity and marketing deliverables, including print and digital design, email newsletter design (Klaviyo implementation), art direction for editorial-style work, image retouching/rendering, web and social assets, packaging labels and inserts, logos and infographics, and simple illustrations for show campaign materials.

Creative Director at Hansen Publications

March 1, 2003 - September 1, 2003

Directed the creative direction and end-to-end design for glossy four-color publications targeted to college students, including the Exabode fall/winter issues. Collaborated with the founder on the magazine look and feel, designed the full magazine, and followed the project through production and print.

Art Director at Creative Age Publications, Inc.

January 1, 2000 - July 1, 2020

Owned creative direction for multiple beauty and spa publications (Nail It!, Beauty Launchpad, Beauty Etc., DAYSPA, Beauty Store Business). Worked with editorial on cover concepts; hired photographers and managed art direction for shoots (hair/makeup, props, styling); designed features from concept through completion; managed budgets and deadlines; and prepared print files when needed. Also performed Photoshop retouching and supported logo redesigns and publication redesigns.