I spend a good amount of time making ads. Sometimes, while making ads, I accidentally make some art. Other times, I set out to make some art, but only end up making a mess. Sometimes I stay up late and design posters for bands and musicians. Sometimes I stay up late and take photos. Sometimes I stay up late thinking about how much I don't really like mornings.
I know a handful of guitar chords.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2014 - Present : BarrettSF - San Francisco, CA - Associate Partner / Creative Director
2009 - 2014 : Venables Bell & Partners - San Francisco, CA - Art Director / Interactive Art Director
2007 - 2009 : Modernista! - Boston, MA - Art Director
2003 - 2007 : Arnold Worldwide - Boston, MA - Art Director / Designer
2001 - 2003 : Fort Franklin - Boston, MA - Art Director / Web Designer
EDUCATION
BFA Tyler School of Art / Temple University - 2001
CLIENTS (CURRENT AND PAST)
2K, Audi, Intel, Google, eBay, ConAgra, Cadillac, (RED), Volkswagen, ESPN, Truth, Fidelity, NHL, Timberland, Goodyear, Gallo, Cider Jack, CitiBank, Tropicana, Bleacher Report, The Fillmore
AWARDS / EXHIBITIONS
2019 : IRL Glasses Packaging accepted into the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2016 : Featured - Design With the Other 90% - Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 : Communication Arts Design / Advertising Annual
2015 : Novum Design of the World (Music Design Issue)
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 : PRINT Design Annual
2013 : Featured - MoMa NYC - "Job Creators" Art Print
2013 : Cannes Advertising Awards Bronze (eBay)
2012 : D&AD Finalist (eBay)
2012 : Cannes Advertising Awards Shortlist (eBay)
2009 : Work published - Taschen : Design for Obama
2009 : Work published - 1000 Music Graphics
2007 : GRAPHIS Design Journal - Americas
Email: me@bradkayal.com
“When you don’t create things, you
become defined by your tastes rather
than ability. Your tastes only narrow
and exclude people. So create.”
– Jonathan Gillette