ABOUT

Jan Krystovic is a Melbourne-based Australian designer and art director with over a decade of experience in creative industries. Currently, he serves as Art Director at a leading global toy company, overseeing world-class art direction, production, and numerous other responsibilities.

Jan’s diverse design background spans across publishing, fashion, corporate, packaging, and branding. His expertise has led him to collaborate with major international brands such as Walmart (US), Kmart (AU), Selfridges, Big W, Target (AU/USA), Miniso, Barnes & Noble, Netflix, ASOS, Bravado, Disney, Universal, Coca-Cola, UCLA, Yale, NASA, Five Below, National Geographic, DC, and Warner Brothers.

Jan holds a Bachelor of Communication Design with Honours from RMIT University, Melbourne, solidifying his foundation in design excellence.

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EXPERIENCE

Art Director (Branding & Packaging) - Moose Toys - (January 2023 - present)
+ Work closely with product and creative team (Illustrators, Graphic Designers, Packaging Engineer, and Product Designers), and leadership team to produce designs and packaging that are innovative and lead to amazing award-winning toys.

Director - JKP Design
+ Freelance design in many design fields, including packaging, graphics, illustration, corporate, web, through a variety of different clients.

Creative Lead / Art Director - Hinkler Books - (July 2021 - December 2022)
+ Successfully lead the design of assigned titles and development projects, creating innovative and trend-led global designs.
+ Produce development product/packaging concepts for local & global customers.
+ Attend and art-direct photoshoots
+ Sourcing right talent for commissioned covers from concept to finished art.
+ Build trend forecasting reports to drive innovation and research in publication, product and packaging.
+ Deliver on-brand and unique graphic solutions in a fast pace environment.

Senior Designer - Product & Packaging - Cotton On - Typo - (Aug 2020 - July 2021)
+ Art direction and design for all categories focussing in men’s graphic.
+ Packaging re-brand / Tone of Voice / Overall look + feel of all categories.
+ Sustainability Project Management
+ Designing print and type ideas to create compelling art and product offer.
+ Getting involved in trend upstream to drive innovation, trends and research in product and packaging.
+ Product range building
+ Licensing Collaborations

Senior Packaging Designer - Cotton On - Typo - (Dec 2018 – Aug 2020)
+ Sustainability Project Management - liasing with production, supplier to meet sustainability initiatives.
+ General knowledge of packaging compliance and translation accross all categories.
+ Getting involved in trend upstream to drive innovation, trends and research in product and packaging.

Packaging Designer - Cotton On - Typo - (Apr 2015 – Dec 2018)
Deliver world class packaging across all categories in 14 countries.