Art director and creative director — photography, film, packaging and print
Art Director · Creative Director
Sixteen years directing photography and video shoots — and every job on the set I run.
Creative Director
Ethnomedigroup / Ethnomedica — Santa Barbara & remote
2018 — present
Leads marketing and the art department for a consumer product line. Brand identity and visual system; packaging, labels and print production across the range; e-commerce built and run on WordPress, WooCommerce and Shopify; paid campaigns on Google Ads and Meta.
Directs the product and lifestyle photography end to end — concept, casting, shot list, set, capture, retouch, layout.
Creative Director of Marketing
The Younger Brothers Trading Co. — contract
2018 — 2023 · five years
Sole organiser and content creator for every trade show and event the company ran. Booth and banner design, marketing collateral, product packaging, photography, videography and on-site event production — including two consecutive international shows in Fort Lauderdale and Medellín.
“Our exclusive organizer and content creator for all our trade shows and events… a professional creative director. He has a way of motivating and inspiring on-camera talent and other creative production teams.” — Peter Whitney, CEO
Marketing Lead / Creative Director
Fabricmate Systems, Inc. — Ventura
2022 — 2024
B2B product marketing, where the buyer is a business and creative has to earn its keep against a sales number. Multi-SKU e-commerce direction across several sites; email campaigns; online advertising; social and influencer work; package design and print production.
Art directed and shot the product photography himself.
Creative Director · Videographer
Darvik Productions — Ventura
2010 — 2019
Creative direction and video production for corporate, promotional, commercial and live-event work. Concert, festival and live-entertainment camera. Built, installed and programmed LED video wall systems; ran show controllers, staging and event lighting. Coordinated staging crews and technical teams through load-in and load-out.
“Over 7 years… we continue to hire Jonas for all of our video production needs — video editing, content development, marketing campaigns, and event production.” — Victor G. Ortiz, Sales Manager
Director · Videographer · Editor
The J-Wro Show — Jason Wrobel, Cooking Channel host
2012 — 2014 · two and a half years
Several hundred recipe videos and vlogs, plus the channel's graphic art, for a YouTube show fronted by a television host.
“A reliable, hardworking and intelligent director who also commands a high-level knowledge of multimedia and marketing.” — Jason Wrobel
Photography, video & campaigns
Bogue Milk Soap
2023 — present
Photo and video content, graphic design, and the marketing campaigns built on top of them. Set up and monitored the ad spend.
“High-quality marketing campaigns that generate sales leads and phone calls that often result in new sales.” — Susan Bogue, owner
Four graphic designers · three photographers · three web developers · two video editors · one camera operator — across alternating campaigns. On shoot days, production teams of four to ten.
| Robby Krieger & Scott Medlock Invitational for St. Jude | California | 2010–19 · ten consecutive years |
| Boots & Brews Country Music Festival | Ventura · Burbank · Santa Clarita | 2012–19 · eight consecutive years |
| Tequila & Taco Music Festival | Simi Valley · Ventura · LA · San Diego | 2016–19 · four consecutive years |
| UCSB X Extravaganza | Santa Barbara | 2017–19 · three consecutive years |
| Beautycon LA — camera for L'Oréal Paris | LA Convention Center | 2016–18 · three consecutive years |
| Silverlake Conservatory of Music gala | Los Angeles · with Stevie Wonder | December 2010 |
| Natural Products Expo East | Baltimore | September 2012 |
| Natural Products Expo West | LA Convention Center | March 2013 |
| Tobacco Plus Expo | Las Vegas Convention Center | 2013 |
| Economic Forecast Conference | California | 2017 |
| Alternative Products Expo | Fort Lauderdale | March 2022 |
| Plaza Mayor | Medellín, Colombia | May 2022 |
Across these: camera operator, show controller and switcher, LED wall construction and mapping, video graphics, booth design, promotional graphics — and, at the last two, director for on-camera talent and manager of show operations and workflow.
Stevie Wonder Alice Cooper Jerry Cantrell Alice in Chains Alex Lifeson Rush Gene Simmons · Tommy Thayer KISS Richie Sambora Bon Jovi Robby Krieger The Doors Sebastian Bach Skid Row George Thorogood Jack Black Tenacious D Lita Ford · Cherie Currie The Runaways Orianthi Jonny Lang Danny Seraphine Chicago / CTA David Sikes Boston Brett Scallions Fuel Ronn Moss Player Terri Nunn Berlin Adrian Young No Doubt Steve Molitz Particle Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Anderson .Paak Charli XCX Thundercat ScHoolboy Q Odesza Flo Rida Rae Sremmurd Tinashe Dillon Francis DRAM Zella Day Twin Peaks Maudlin Strangers Randy Houser Easton Corbin Eric Paslay Maddie & Tae Rainn Wilson The Office
Ventura College, Media Arts. Ran a high-volume digital production lab — large-format print for banners, signage and specialty media, colour calibration and quality control, file prep for layout, resolution, bleed and colour. Advanced Adobe support for students and faculty.
Ultimate Superfoods — Kretek sister company.
Kretek International, Moorpark.
| Bachelor of Arts, Strategic Communications — in progress | California Lutheran University | exp. May 2027 |
| Associate in Science for Transfer, Business Administration | Ventura College | 2026 |
| Associate in Arts for Transfer, Economics | Ventura College | 2026 |
| Associate in Science, Digital Marketing | Ventura College | 2025 |
| Associate in Arts, General Studies: Arts & Humanities | Ventura College | 2025 |
| Associate in Arts, General Studies: Liberal Studies | Ventura College | 2025 |
| Certificate, Social Media Marketing | Ventura College | 2025 |
Cumulative GPA 3.44 · Dean's List, Fall 2025 and Spring 2026. Certifications: Apple Certified · Adobe Certified · Studio Production and Multimedia, Ventura Technical Development Center.
Photoshop · Illustrator · InDesign · Premiere Pro · After Effects · Lightroom · Acrobat Pro · Canva · WordPress · WooCommerce · Shopify · Mailchimp · Google Ads · Google Analytics / GA4 · Meta Business Manager · SEO · large-format print production · show controllers · LED wall mapping · 35mm film and darkroom printing · Spanish, conversational.