
Not your typical bio.
Self-taught, relentless, and obsessed with the intersection of art and commerce.
Tinotenda Mutana
Self-Taught Multidisciplinary Designer
Who I Am
I'm a Senior Multi-disciplinary Designer with over 10 years of experience leading creative across branding, motion, and UX/UI. My primary role has been bridging the gap between a marketing strategy and a full fledged creative campaign that can convert.
I've worked with global teams on products tied to Hasbro and Disney/Pixar, Newegg, built over 25 brand identities in freelance and under marketing agency, and consistently delivered work that holds up commercially and creatively.
What I Do
- Marketing-Focused Creative - Creating key visuals based on a marketing strategy, and grounded on brand identity and expand to cater for web, social and print as needed.
- Brand & Identity - Visual identities that are strategic at the core and distinctive in execution from logo systems to full brand rollouts.
- Motion & Video - Product animation, film, trailers, short form content, motion graphics and product visualization.
- UX/UI Design - Designing digital products that work as well as they look. I think in systems, with users at the core of just about every design decision, and stay close to the development process to make sure the vision survives it.
The Arsenal
Brand DesignAfter Effects Motion GraphicsVideo EditingBlender 3DMarketing DesignAdobe XDCreative Direction
Experience
2021 — Present
Lead Designer / Creative Director
CRISPx - Long Beach, CA (Remote)Contract
2020 – 2021
UI Designer
Community Dental PartnersContract
2019 – 2021
UX/UI Designer
ASL CommunicationContract
2019 – 2021
In-house Designer
Indiana Wesleyan University - Indianapolis (Remote)Full-time
2018 – 2019
Graphic Designer
Jupiter and Jericho AdvertisingFull-time