Tinotenda Mutana

Self-Taught Multidisciplinary Designer

Tinotenda Mutana

Not your typical bio.

Self-taught, relentless, and obsessed with the intersection of art and commerce.

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

  1. 2021 — Present

    Lead Designer / Creative Director

    CRISPx - Long Beach, CA (Remote)

    Contract
  2. 2020 – 2021

    UI Designer

    Community Dental Partners

    Contract
  3. 2019 – 2021

    UX/UI Designer

    ASL Communication

    Contract
  4. 2019 – 2021

    In-house Designer

    Indiana Wesleyan University - Indianapolis (Remote)

    Full-time
  5. 2018 – 2019

    Graphic Designer

    Jupiter and Jericho Advertising

    Full-time