Summary
Paul Slocum is a senior art director and multidisciplinary designer with over 20 years of creative experience and 11 years in senior roles, crafting high-impact branding, packaging, and marketing campaigns for Fortune 500 and entertainment clients like Sony, Nike, Netflix, and Activision. He blends art direction, UX sensibility, and production management to shepherd projects from concept to polished deliverables—web, print, trade show, and product packaging—while maintaining brand consistency at scale. Known for strategic brand development, he has led creative programs for thousands of Mathnasium locations and built complete identity systems that measurably improved engagement and reduced costs. Based in Costa Mesa, he pairs a BA in English Literature with advertising certification from UCLA, bringing narrative rigor to visual problem-solving. An overlooked skill is his embedded/sound/graphics software interest reflected in his GitHub bio, revealing a hands-on curiosity for technical design that informs his multimedia work.
11 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature (British and Commonwealth), Dean's List for 2 Quarters and ending GPA of 3.8, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature (British and Commonwealth), Dean's List for 2 Quarters and ending GPA of 3.8 at University of California, Santa Barbara
Extension Program, Advertising and Marketing, Certificate, Extension Program, Advertising and Marketing, Certificate at University of California, Los Angeles
English