Ravi Hampole
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About
Ravi Hampole is the Creative Director for Graphic Design and Branding in the Global Brand Design Group for Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Originally from Toronto Canada, Ravi began his career at Fitch an award winning international multidisciplinary design firm as a part of the Communications group where he focused on developing product, brand and design languages for Hasbro International and retail merchandising opportunities for the Avedis Zildjian Co.
He continued on as a Design Director for Catapult Thinking, a multidisciplinary strategic, research and design consultancy, where he lead a small team of designers, writers and researchers. While there he helped design brand languages and retail experiences for a variety of clients in the music and electronics industry.
In 2003 Ravi relocated to New York to be Creative Director of the Tank NY office. While there he helped manage and direct new business opportunities as well as develop a cohesive structure for teams and design processes. Over the course of his career he has directed projects for a wide range of clients including Cole Haan, IMO, Polaroid, Salomon Sports, Shure, Web.com, IAC Interactive Corp, HMS Host, Puma and Virgin.
After Tank NY, Ravi moved on to the Beauty Care industry as a Design Director in the newly founded Global Strategic Design Office of Johnson and Johnson. While there Ravi helped develop group talent and design processes as well as establish key relationships with partners from various divisions and competencies in the organization. The work focused on both the retail and in-home consumer experience of the products and how design as a communication tool could enliven and enrich and ultimately build branded narratives for those key touchpoints.
Ravi holds a BFA in Communication Design from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University in New Haven.
Specialties: branding and identity, brand strategy, group management, brand leadership -
Education
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MFA Graphic DesignYale University2001 - 2003
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Carnegie Mellon Communication designCarnegie Mellon University1993 - 1997An undergraduate design program that focused on team based problem solving with a concentration on structured information and experience design processes.
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Graphic DesignSchüle fur Gestaltung1996 - 19965 month exchange program through Carnegie Mellon University to study Swiss Design and experience European culture. Collaborated with Swiss design students on cultural identity programs.
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Experience
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Vice President, Creative Director, Global Brand DesignStarwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.Dec 2011 - Present (13 years)
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Global Design Director, Women's Health, Intimate HealthJohnson & JohnsonMar 2011 - Dec 2011 (9 months)
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Global Design Director, Beauty CareJohnson & JohnsonFeb 2008 - Mar 2011 (3 years 1 month)Developed and drove the design vision for established Global Beauty Care brands in the Johnson and Johnson portfolio. Responsible for delivering developed, and high level consumer/product experiences on time and budget while maintaining profitability and growth to the brands and company. Manage groups of designers focused on delivering those experiences and vision via key packaging, retail and strategy initiatives that deliver on the yearly business plan and respond to industry and category trends. Interface with key upper management business partners in Research and Development, Marketing, Engineering, Sales and Operations. Ensure overal brand quality and consistency of verbal, visual and structural design.
Responsible for Aveeno, Bebe, Biafine, Piz Buin and RoC brands. Drove the redesign of RoC in Europe to help redefine the brand in a down economy and declining business. Developed the new brand vision for Aveeno to help solidify the brand as a leader in science and naturals in the mass market category allowing for growth in the technologically saturated facial category. -
Creative DirectorTank NYJun 2005 - Jan 2008 (2 years 7 months)Creative lead for all projects run out of the New York office. Manage and direct office related issues from team structures and employment to office expenses. Responsible for office profitability, new business development and overall creative attitude.
Tank NY deals with various degrees of brand development from web and print to retail and restaurant environments. Projects range from crafting the brand language and visual identity for IAC Interactive Corp through large scale video screens to developing a mark, typeface and identity for Spring Street Union a small, brooklyn-based, music collective, and label. -
Design DirectorCatapult Thinking1998 - 2005 (7 years)Direct an interdisciplinary design team made up of designers, writers and researchers. Responsible for the management and direction of design solutions from initial problem discoveries and concepts through to the delivery of various communication solutions. Duties include direction of overall design and photography, involvement in architecting team structures and proposals and managing client expectations and feedback.
Solutions vary in size, complexity and media and include various degrees of brand identity development, product architecture and retail presence. Projects range from crafting the content and design of an online prospectus for the Berklee College of Music to developing a brand language enabling Shure Incorporated to successfully venture from the music industry into consumer markets. -
Junior DesignerFitchJul 1997 - 1998 (1 year 5 months)Specialized in brand communications and product development in the Communications Group for an international, interdisciplinary, design firm. Contributed in the development and execution of design concepts and solutions, participated in group critiques, client meetings and presentations. Established a new product language for Hasbro International’s internal product design group. Designed a visual language and package for Acme United’s Tag-it products and envisioned an international retail merchandiser for the cymbal manufacturer Avedis Zildjian Co.
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@ravihampole, member since 2015