Summary

Hani Kim is a creative and art director with experience in music, photo, editorial, commercial, social media, and fashion. she is skilled at ensuring creative projects meet timelines, deadlines, and milestones while staying on budget and on strategy. also she has a global and cultural experience spanning Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Seoul, Berlin, and Seattle. she launched two different businesses focused on art and creative direction. and her personality is an entrepreneurial, empathic, reliable, attentive, detail-oriented, solution-oriented, and creatively curious.

Experience

Photojio Inc Studio Manager Los Angeles, CA / February 2022 - July 2022

• Studio managing includes studio work systemizing, managing employees, and brands in-out check.

• Editing video and photos.

• Styling all the wardrobes and photography at the client's request.

Self-Employed Art Director Los Angeles, CA / October 2021 - July 2022

• Notable clients & projects
  ▪ NTWRK: Kingsford’s Fire Drops series (example)
  ▪ Market: Watercolor Capsule, Christmas Giveaway Instagram
  ▪ Media Monks: Ring-media test shoot
  ▪ Digipedi: P1harmony music videoI – 7.4M views
  Oversee the ideation, development, and produced executions of bespoke creative strategies for clientele Management of detailed art notes and feedback to enable efficient productions
  Organization and securing of on-set props including furniture, fabrics, lighting, flowers and plants, customized props and designed materials created by Hani for clients

• Led work on behalf of the Artist to ensure creative integrity and adherence to her brand

• Gained exposures to the world of gallery art and artisanal ceramics bringing Lee’s brand to life through digital and social executions, leveraging channels such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube.

Leftbank Art Designer Los Angeles, CA / May 2019 - September 2021

• Consistently delivered out-of-the-box ideas for Leftbank’s showrooms and artists while prioritizing immediate customer needs and business requirements

• Designed and created new samples by hand, contributing to increasing the inventory offered by the company

• Sourced and researched new products, materials, vendors, and approaches to differentiate Leftbank from its competitors

• Led and oversaw productions which consistently fell in the top level of best-selling events as ranked by the company

• Oversaw the sourcing of textile supplies and materials for the Design team

3846 Art Director Seoul, Korea / August 2017 - April 2019

• Notable clients and partners included: YG, SM, JYP, Big Hits, Samsung, Digipedi, Hobin, Saltfilm, Segagi

• Zion.T Kolon Sport: official music video

  ▪ Swimming pool in abandoned resort turned into flower fairy tale set with $20,450 (1M+ YouTube views)

•  NCT Dream x HRVY ‘Don’t Need Your Love’ : official music video

  ▪ Installed 26 neon signs in 2 weeks with a budget of only $50k; garnered 35M+ YouTube views

• Steve Aoki & Monsta X ‘Play It Cool’ official music video

  ▪ Global interactive work with Steve Aoki; resulted in 31M+ YouTube views

• Developed creative concepts that solved business

• Partnered with two colleagues while growing the team to four full- and part-time staff

•  Simultaneously managed multiple creative engagements while running the firm’s business

Education & Training

• Ewha Womans University – Seoul, Korea, BFA in Painting – 2017

• Internships

  • Art College Student Representative – Ewha Womans University – 2016

  • CHIMFF Chungmuro Musical Festival – Seoul, Korea – 2015