MICHAEL ZARIFES DESIGN
Designer + Illustrator
+ Art Director
ABOUT
Freelance Designer, Illustrator & Art Director
My name is Michael Zarifes and I live in the Los Angeles area. Each new day I am eternally grateful for the opportunity to serve clients by pursuing my passions: design, illustration, storyboarding and scriptwriting.
As a lifelong learner, I have an endless curiosity and I take great delight in learning about new things!
I truly enjoy creating visual content to convey clear, and precise ideas and messaging.
I am one of those all-in-one freelancers that can produce design, illustration, concept/storyboarding and scriptwriting from start to finish.
Most of my career has been devoted to creating marketing materials for the entertainment and consumer brands industries. However, I have recently started creating design, illustration and storyboards for instructional and e-learning purposes.
I am passionate about using design and illustration to break down complex ideas into easy to digest narratives and compelling content. What really excites me is the power that visual content brings to the communication process and its potential to convey ideas with greater clarity.
What I do
• Presentation Design | Pitch Decks and Keynote Slides
• Branding Design | Logo and Identity
• Digital | Technical Illustration
• Concept Development | Storyboarding
• Scriptwriting
• Art Direction
CLIENTS
Pixar Studios
DreamWorks
Walt Disney Pictures
Focus Features
Fox Searchlight
New Line Cinema
Lionsgate
Miramax Films
Wahl
Keurig
PUR Water
Farberware
Hoover
Generac
Medicare
Weight Watchers
Electrify America / Volkswagen
EDUCATION
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Palo Alto, CA
BA, psychology
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
San Diego, CA
Completed a year of graduate-level coursework
in clinical psychology
ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
Pasadena, CA
BFA graphic design - motion graphics
Graduated with honors
CAREER FOUNDRY
Berlin, Germany
Online UI design course
