Hi, I’m Michael Zorn. I’m a hands-on Production Manager and Graphic Designer based in La Honda, California. I specialize in turning complex branding and packaging projects into efficient workflows, flawless artwork, and on-time delivery. I’m comfortable coordinating cross-functional teams, managing vendors, and delivering high-quality visual assets for global brands. With experience from Perspective Branding to Facebook/Meta, GoPro, and Apple, I blend design proficiency with production leadership to solve problems, optimize processes, and bring ideas to market.

Michael Sean Zorn

Hi, I’m Michael Zorn. I’m a hands-on Production Manager and Graphic Designer based in La Honda, California. I specialize in turning complex branding and packaging projects into efficient workflows, flawless artwork, and on-time delivery. I’m comfortable coordinating cross-functional teams, managing vendors, and delivering high-quality visual assets for global brands. With experience from Perspective Branding to Facebook/Meta, GoPro, and Apple, I blend design proficiency with production leadership to solve problems, optimize processes, and bring ideas to market.

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Hi, I’m Michael Zorn. I’m a hands-on Production Manager and Graphic Designer based in La Honda, California. I specialize in turning complex branding and packaging projects into efficient workflows, flawless artwork, and on-time delivery. I’m comfortable coordinating cross-functional teams, managing vendors, and delivering high-quality visual assets for global brands.

With experience from Perspective Branding to Facebook/Meta, GoPro, and Apple, I blend design proficiency with production leadership to solve problems, optimize processes, and bring ideas to market.

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Work Experience

Production Manager at Perspective Branding
May 1, 2021 - May 1, 2024
Production Manager for a branding and design firm specializing in food and beverage packaging; interfaced with vendors and clients, managed timelines and budgets, provided mechanical artwork, photo retouching, and managed regulatory aspects and vendor relationships for clients including Pepsi, Starbucks, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Mission Foods and Wild Planet.
Production Designer at Facebook/Meta
February 1, 2019 - February 1, 2021
Founding member of the Facebook Marketplace Visual Systems team; developed efficient asset-building and archive workflows to manage thousands of assets; supported design team with photo retouching, compositing, and built screen templates and archive systems.
Production Artist/Graphic Designer at Freelance
April 1, 2011 - Present
Freelance Production Artist/Graphic Designer delivering print production, asset creation, product design, illustration, logo design, photo compositing and retouching services for startups and branding firms such as Coinbase, Buck, Vida, WHM, Roku, 1185 Design, Anthem! Worldwide and the Trinity Brand Group.
Production Designer at GoPro
November 1, 2017 - June 1, 2018
Complete refresh of GoPro camera and accessory packaging, including external packaging, instruction manuals and other documentation, internal structures and fulfillment guides in multiple languages. Designed logos for GoPro's IT department and internal informational posters.
Senior Production Artist/Team Lead at Apple
June 1, 2013 - October 1, 2017
Worked with innovative Photoshop and Adobe CS techniques to produce the visual assets used by Apple for worldwide geo teams, including photo-realistic hardware illustration, lifestyle photo retouching, UI elements for Apple’s website and marketing channels. Managed team workflow, QC, image tracking, training new employees and coordinating Apple work experience team members.

Education

BA at California State University San Bernardino
January 11, 2030 - January 20, 2026

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Consumer Goods, Professional Services, Manufacturing