Nik Brovkin

Curriculum Vitae

I am a graphic designer & creative director with over two decades of experience. I have worked with musicians, startups and record labels and have a deep knowledge of graphic design, brand identity, packaging and videography. I am passionate about music and innovation, and they guide my approach to my work both as inspiration and as my ideal clients and collaborators.

Experience

Over the Breaks

Graphic Designer & Creative Director
2006—Present

Art direction and graphic design for music releases • Brand identity design and consulting • Video direction, concepting, editing and execution for music and lyric videos • Commissions for illustation, custom typography, motion design and 3D • Ever expanding into new directions

Ideogram AI

Creative Lead
2025—Present

Bringing my own taste into powerful image models • Data curation for state-of-the-art model training • Expert prompt engineering • Vibe-coding new and unique design tools, and uncovering new pathways to creativity

SRTX

Design Team Lead
Senior Graphic Designer
2023—2024

Graphic design solutions for a rapidly expanding business • Signage, branding, brand identity, motion graphics, 3D design, packaging design and more • Expanding and scaling brand guidelines and identity • Design mentorship, management, introducing new tools and workflows to promote efficiency and collaboration

Lightspeed Commerce

Art Director
2022

Creating and overseeing compelling marketing campaigns and assets for the sales team • Design mentorship and management

Judith&Charles

Senior Graphic Designer
2021

Art direction for campaign and photo shoots • Graphic design and concepts for printed and digital marketing assets that strengthened and elevated the brand's image

Lamour Inc.

Senior Designer/Art Director
2020

Packaging design, social media marketing and email design • Introducing novel workflows to help sales team create more effective pitches to partners

SPORTLOGiQ

Senior Designer
2016—2020

Redesigned the UI and UX flows of a web app used by professional hockey and soccer teams with a focus on simplicity and ease of use, resulting in increased user engagement and satisfaction. • Created and updated branding to adapt to the company's growth and shifting business needs, including the creation of brand guidelines, graphics toolkit, and marketing templates. • Developped templates and processes with high output and fast turnaround for displaying game data during live matches for national sports broadcasters in Canada and the US. • Built out and managed the marketing design team, as well as the structure for the UI design team.

Skills

AI
Creative direction
Graphic design
Brand design
Motion graphics & video

Vibe-coding
Real coding (basic understanding)
Illustration
Typography & lettering
UX and UI design (as distinct elements)

Tools

Affinity
Figma
Adobe Creative Suite
Pen and paper

Artificial Intelligence
Final Cut Pro X & Adobe Motion
Ableton Live

References available on request.

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