Chris Quezada
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Chris Quezada
Multi-Disciplinary Designer & Storyteller
In-House / Agency / Freelance / 2004-2024
I have worked for esteemed global corporations such as HP, Microsoft, Ecolab, Ford, Chrysler, Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Fiat, Toyota, and Lexus. I have also lent his expertise to regional companies, including Children's Hospital of Michigan, Shinola, and DTE Energy. Throughout my career, I have had several years of experience as a lead designer, department director, and creative director, working in-house for brands, at agencies servicing brands, and as a contract freelancer collaborating with brands and agencies.
Immersive Spaces
Immersive Spaces
College for Creative Studies
Prototyping / Makey Makey / Code / Scratch / Figma / Adobe After Effects
Adjunct Professor / 2022
A behind-the-scenes look at the process work of students enrolled in the Fall 2022 course Immersive Spaces.
HP Pattern Maker / Project Runway
HP Pattern Maker / Project Runway
o2 creative solutions
Developer / Designer Trainer
Experience Designer / 2010-2014
A solution for HP’s product placement on Project Runway, where designers can create a pattern printed on fabric.
New World Diamonds
New World Diamonds
New World Diamonds
Brand Designer
Freelance / 2019
Brand identity system for a lab that grows diamonds made for those who know what they love.
Packaging That Makes Jobs
Packaging That Makes Jobs
Shinola
Writer / Director / Editor
Digital Art Director / 2017
A story about how seventy new jobs have been created at WDI Companies to keep up with the increasing demand for Shinola products.
Rainbow Baby
Rainbow Baby
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Writer / Producer / Director / Editor
Freelance / 2020
Part 1 of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan 2020 WDIV Public Programming Thanksgiving Special Broadcast tells the story of a child’s heart saved by innovative technology and procedures.
Mind Champion
Mind Champion
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Writer / Producer / Director / Editor
Freelance / 2020
Part 2 of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan 2020 WDIV Public Programming Thanksgiving Special Broadcast highlights a teenager confronting a diagnosis discovered by careful examination from the hospital.
Life Together
Life Together
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Writer / Producer / Director / Editor
Freelance / 2020
Part 3 of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan 2020 WDIV Public Programming Thanksgiving Special Broadcast focuses on how the hospital helped provide the ultimate gift to a newborn in need.
Toyota Furia
Toyota Furia
o2 creative solutions
Motion Designer / Editor
Experience Designer / 2011
With an internal goal for Toyota to be more transparent to the outside world and demonstrate its willingness to be bold, an array of transparent LCD screens reveals a daring concept of the brand's future.
Toyota Elevated
Toyota Elevated
o2 creative solutions
Motion Designer / Sound Designer / Editor
Experience Designer / 2012
For the all-new “Elevated” Toyota Camry, daily pedestrian experiences are heightened with a mixed-reality multi-sensory performance.
Scion Dealer Meeting
Scion Dealer Meeting
o2 creative solutions
UI/UX Designer / Motion Designer / Sound Designer
Experience Designer / 2011
With a new sales model and marketing campaign to convey how purchasing a Scion is as easy as scanning a barcode, dealers were invited to Las Vegas, Nevada, to learn about the new initiative by selecting a chocolate bar and scanning the barcode to become eligible for prizes announced on a rotating LED cube.
Chrysler 200 Inside Out
Chrysler 200 Inside Out
o2 creative solutions
Writer / Director / Editor
Experience Designer / 2014
To celebrate the opening of a new assembly plant for a new car, hundreds of journalists witness the new building from the perspective of a Chrysler car being built within a massive, curving LED surface.
Henry Ford Pocket Watch
Henry Ford Pocket Watch
Shinola
Writer / Producer / Director / Editor
Senior Designer / 2014
To celebrate the new Shinola Henry Ford Pocket Watch, a product from an old era of Detroit is shown with a product from a new era of Detroit to show how the city that made this country isn’t done making things.
Shinola Detroit Arrow
Shinola Detroit Arrow
Shinola
Writer / Producer / Director / Editor
Senior Designer / 2014
A story about a legendary bike designer and her new bike, the fixed-gear Shinola Detroit Arrow, done with in-house equipment on a shoe-string cross-country budget.
Shinola 2016 Year in Review
Shinola Year in Review 2016
Shinola
Editor
Senior Designer / 2016
What started as an internal rally video made within 48 hours for a corporate holiday party became a brand message the owner sent to the President of the United States.
Shinola 2017 Year in Review
Shinola Year in Review 2017
Shinola
Writer / Editor
Digital Art Director / 2017
A review of the brand’s business and charity work over a year revealed an entirely new building and vision for the company.
DTE Energy Efficiency Program
DTE Energy Efficiency Program for Business
DTE Energy
Writer / Producer / Editor
Freelance / 2023
Ongoing digital series for regional utility corporation.
SRT Driven
SRT Driven
o2 creative solutions
Editor
Experience Designer / 2014
What started as a creative edit for an industry event became so beloved by SRT that the performance brand of Fiat Chrysler Automotive released the story as a national broadcast spot.
Toyota TRD Pro
Toyota TRD Pro
o2 creative solutions
Writer / Editor
Experience Designer / 2013
Marketing video announcing a new line of pro trim level vehicles.
Shinola E-Commerce Wireframes
Shinola E-Commerce Wireframes
Shinola
UI/UX Designer / Motion Designer
Senior Designer / 2015
To show the vision for the next phase of the Shinola e-commerce experience, high-fidelity compositions of the user interface designed in Sketch are animated with Adobe After Effects.
Shinola Mobile
Shinola Mobile
Shinola
UI/UX Designer
Digital Art Director / 2017
In 2017, the focus of Shinola’s e-commerce was mobile luxury, demonstrated by high-fidelity wireframes designed in Sketch.
TerraBreeze Home Solutions
TerraBreeze Home Solutions
TerraBreeze Home Solutions
Brand Designer
Freelance / 2023
The client requested help updating their already existing and AI-generated logo. The final result is the impression of a custom home next to a tree and underneath clouds in the form of the vanity URL TBHS.co.
Lobo
Lobo
Lobo
Brand Designer
Freelance / 2020
Lobo was the business owner’s family boat used to get to the far beaches, go on fishing trips, do water sports, take simple evening rides on the river, and smuggle cannabis.
Gravitas Detroit
Gravitas Detroit
Gravitas Detroit
Brand Designer
Freelance / 2018
An identity system for a leadership coaching brand that empowers corporations and employees with gravitas.
Supernatural Lingerie
Supernatural Lingerie
Supernatural
Brand Designer
Freelance / 2016
A brand identity for a feminist luxury lingerie brand where customers buy lingerie to make themselves feel better instead of impressing someone else.
Toyota CSRC
Toyota CSRC
o2 creative solutions
Brand Designer
Experience Designer / 2011
For the Toyota division Collaborative Safety Research Center, where the mark speaks to the goal of a more open-source automotive industry.