Monash University

RMIT University

Woodleigh

Design Director

Be a a multi-disciplinary creative that can lead the design department in Former's Los Angeles based creative studio. Be passionate about problem solving through design thinking, the creative process, design culture, brand strategy, developing capabilities, and elevating creative.

Lead Former’s internal and external design projects and processes. This includes website, communications, and branding as a whole. Often it's in print, digital, motion and photography mediums. Creative direct both clients and designers to achieve success whilst improving inefficiencies and ensuring the design department is at the forefront of design thinking, design technology, and industry standards. 

Your core strength is as a website design leader, from initial client kick-off meetings, through wireframes, design, prototyping, device breakpoints and any change-orders that arise, you are hands-on and in the trenches with the team.

Former Design Studio

Creative Director

With the Funkhaus team, I work hands on with some of Los Angeles brightest creative talents to ensure their work is seen by the right people in the right way. Content is king, and it's my job to make sure that content looks damn good.

From the direction and design of branding, collateral and online presence, all the way through to development and deployment, it is my job to be at the cutting edge of both the technology and the design.

I am fluent in the design process, from client meetings through to design presentation, handoff to development. Or when the project calls for it, I am an intermediate front-end Wordpress, Shopify and Squarespace developer. HTML, CSS, PHP and jQuery and their deployment.

Funkhaus

'Rick And Drew' is for projects that don't fit into my role at Funkhaus. Mainly moonshot ideas and freelance work that doesn't require a big agency. 

From creative direction and design of UI/UX systems for mobile applications and disruptive ideas, to more traditional branding, collateral pieces and websites, all the way through to development and deployment.

A true digital-native, I am fluent in the design process, from initial client meetings through to design presentation and design handoff for developers. Which is usually myself. I am an intermediate front-end Wordpress, Shopify and Squarespace developer comfortable with HTML, CSS, PHP and jQuery and their deployment.

RickAndDrew

Digital Design & Development

As a founder of Pop Magazine, Australia's largest free press, action sports publication, I did everything that needed doing in a modern day multimedia company.

From brand identity, content strategy, editorial planning, magazine design, website development and design, content production, TV broadcasts, film direction, events, marketing, pre-press production and distribution all the way through to joint venture negotiations.

Essentially I have produced, designed and printed 16 issues of a quarterly magazine, produced, filmed and edited feature length snowboard films, designed, built and maintained websites, directed, filmed and edited TV broadcasts, produced live webcasts and a million other things that you do in running a modern day multimedia company on slim budgets and with only one other full time staff member and an army of freelancers.

Rick Baker