A New York-based
art director, illustrator, and animator
designer working with brands and teams to deliver creative solutions and business growth.

Let's work together

Work Experience

This is Our Day Job
Product Designer / Creative Director

02/2010 - Present

Narrative
Lead Product Designer / Creative Director

03/2020 - 03/2023

TapAd
Lead Product Designer / Creative Director

03/2014 - 04/2018

Fantasy Interactive
Creative Director

06/2009 - 01/2010

DraftFCB
Associate Creative Director

06/2007 - 06/2009

MTV.com
Senior Art Director

03/2005 - 06/2007

Big Spaceship
Senior Designer

01/2002 - 02/2005

Skills

- Art Direction
- Brand Identity Design
- Editorial Design
- Graphic Design
- Iconography
- Illustration
- Interaction Design

- Interactive Prototyping
- Interior and Space Design
- Motion Graphics
- Packaging Design
- Photography
- Sound Design
- UX/UI Design

Brand Experience

- American Express: OPEN
- Atari
- Audi
- Bank of America
- EA Sports
- Facebook / Meta
- Gilette
- Google
- Grand Marnier
- Jell-O
- Lego

- Levis
- Motorola
- MTV / MTV2
- Old Navy
- Pampers
- Pepsi
- Samsung
- Shake Shack
- Starbucks Coffee
- Victoria’s Secret
- YouTube

Agency Experience

Ad agencies
- Co Collective
- Circus Maximus
- Crispin Porter + Bogusky
- DraftFCB
- Grey Advertising
- Organic
- Publicis
- RAPP
- StrawberryFrog
- VML
- Wunderman

Design Agencies
- A Different Engine
- Beyond
- Big Spaceship
- Deep Focus
- Fantasy Interactive
- Gather
- Your Majesty

In-house
- MTV Networks

Tools

- Adobe AfterEffects
- Adobe Fresco
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere
- Blender
- Final Cut Pro

- Cinema 4D
- Figma
- Milanote
- Notion
- Procreate

Resume

dextercruz-resume-2025.pdf

A New York-basedart director, illustrator, and animator designer working with brands and teams to deliver creative solutions and business growth.Let's work together