AJ Basayne • Bay Area
Art Director
I manage brand systems and utilize modern design tools to efficiently realize marketing campaigns, develop collateral, and create iconic designs.
6 years leading end-to-end creative across digital, print, social, and motion channels.
Strategy•Design•Ownership
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Tensar
One visual system for Tensar's entire brand. Guidelines, campaigns, decks, and ads, all created using the companies brand system.
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Twist of Fate
How do you give a gothic dive bar an identity that refuses to sit still?
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Geopier
Geopier's engineering happens underground, out of sight. I animated it into something you can actually watch.
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Stampede Cocktail Club
Hired as a designer, promoted to Art Director. Every visual and menu the club puts out is mine to direct.
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Commercial Metals Co.
One designer embedded across three industrial brands. From Google Ads to event identity for CMC's Global Leadership Summit.
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Four Seasons Seattle
A children's activity book held to Four Seasons luxury standards, made to keep young guests happy on the road.
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FIFA Seattle World Cup Poster
Named a finalist out of more than 200 entries in the contest to design Seattle's 2026 World Cup poster.
What Clients Say
Trusted by the people who ship the work.
Selected Clients
- Tensar
- Geopier
- Commercial Metals Co.
- Four Seasons
- Stampede Cocktail Club
He always brought great ideas to the table and had an artistic eye for design. He even rescued me a few times by delivering projects on a tight deadline. He carries a multitude of skills in his toolbox and I highly recommend him.
He worked closely with design engineers and field support engineers to understand how the system is put together, then generated technical illustrations useful for operators, maintenance technicians, and trainers in the field. His big-picture-to-detail method made our manuals more intuitive.
He is capable of handling any design problem that comes his way and is an excellent problem solver. He excelled in research-based design, graphic design, industrial design, and prototyping.
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