About Ya Boy

Hey, I'm Nader (like nah-dur, not nay-der) Vaziri

First of all, I'd like to thank you for checking out my work.. unless you decided to keep scrolling in hopes of more pictures of my dog, in that case, thanks for your interest in my dog.

Now, I'm not going to bore you with clichés, like, "I've been in to art since I was a little kid, drawing on everything I could get my hands on." Yeah, we get it, what kid doesn't like to draw?

I really got started in design on a bootlegged version of Adobe Photoshop CS4. I know I said I wasn't going to hit you with the clichés, but if you didn't bootleg photoshop back in the day, are you really a designer? My first design was an unsolicited personal ad to help a friend find love... sorry Andy, but you helped ignite a creative fire that will never extinguish. But I really started taking design seriously in a film class where I was more interested in designing the poster than shooting the film. 10 years later and I'm still designing with no end in sight.

Currently, I am the Art Director/Senior Designer at Danny Wimmer Presents, the largest boutique music festival producer in North America. We produce festivals across the United States; with some of the biggest names in music as our headlining acts, like Hall & Oates, Metallica, Guns N Roses, John Mayer, Blake Shelton, Blink 182, and My Chemical Romance to name a few.

Previously I held the title as Visual Designer (on contract) at Riot Games. I worked within our Central Creative department, on the IP Guidelines team and mostly focused on style guides for all of the Champions and Factions in our IP. These guides are shipped to external and internal partners to produce all types of products including clothing (partnerships with H&M and Uniqlo), toys and now with the newly formed Film & TV departments.

My CV

Danny Wimmer Presents • Art Director/Senior Designer – July ‘19 - Current

• Lead designer for company for all Print and Digital Marketing Assets, On-Site Signage, Sponsorship Decks, as well as Client Outreach

• Developed marketing initiatives with marketing director for major festival and artist announcements

• Designed presentations for leadership team for government and investor meetings 

• Created design process which increased asset delivery by 40% 

• Implemented project management procedures within all departments to create a seamless and easy workflow between partners

Riot Games • Visual Designer (contractor) – Sept ‘20 - Sept ‘21

• Developed brand and style guides to communicate the unique brand identities of Riot’s IP and Universe to internal teams and external partners.

• Maintained guidelines for the curation and creation of all guides, ensuring design consistencies throughout.

• Manage assets and set organization for everything referenced within the guides.

Synergy Global Entertainment • Art Director – Dec ‘18 - July ‘19

• Develop conceptual and stylistic direction for music festivals across multiple genres from Punk Rock, Country, Hip-Hop, & Indie-rock with Creative Director and Festival Producers

• Created campaign initiatives that span across all media

• Acted as lead designer on multiple projects

• Sourced and managed team of freelance designers

• Effectively presented creative work to internal and external partners to explain art direction 

• Designed On-site assets; Stage Scrims, Photo Ops, Inflatables, Digital Festival Guides, and Various Signage

Active Ride Shop • Creative Consultant + Social Media Manager – May ‘18 - Nov ‘18

• Directed and produced Seasonal photo shoots

• Developed creative strategy for social media and e-mail

• Marketing teams

• Managed team of designers and photographers to create

• Engaging content within tight deadlines

• Created video campaigns spanning all social media channels

• Curated digital media assets and blog posts to boost web presence

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