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Career 
Flighthouse Media                2023 - Present               Media & Marketing Art Director  

Shinko                                        2024 - Present            Founder & Art Director 

D36                                              2021 - 2023                   Social Media Art Director     

Groupie                                     2021 - 2022                    Marketing Art Director   

Highsnobiety                           2017 - 2021                    Social Media & Photography                                                             
Education








Certifications
University of California - Santa Barbara
B.A. in Sociology







Motion Creative Strategy Bootcamp 
Skills
Creative Art Direction

Creative Marketing

Campaign Execution

Brand Storytelling

Creative Leadership & Direction

Content Strategy & Governance
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Projects

















Personal Projects
Highsnobiety

PUMA

Amazon 

Paramount

CeraVe

Google

Terminal 27

Aplasticplant

Represent Clothing

Synthesis +

Spider Worldwide 

Rolling Loud

710 Labs

ODIE

Lancey Foux

JNR Williams

Theophilus London

Peach Tree Rascals

Ethan Fields

GUESS 

Amazon
    Project Hail Mary Social Campaign (Movie)
    Crime 101 Social Campaign (Movie)

Paramount
    Scream 7 Social Campaign (Movie)
 
Google 
    TikTok Content Series

CeraVe 50th Anniversary 3 Day Event
    In Person Event in NYC


    



Vic Mensa, and Why He Deserves a Second Chance (2019) ↗  



Rahul Gowthaman
Collaborative, intentional, and decisive Art Director & Photographer with 6+ years experience leading creative work across culture-led and lifestyle brands, with a strong instinct for credibility, taste, and timing in audience engagement. 
 Brings a deep understanding of campaign building, brand storytelling, and creative art direction. Demonstrating a proven track record of partnering with cross-functional teams to align business objectives with artistic vision. 
Led high visibility campaigns with high budgets while managing influencer and artist relationships. Delivered culturally relevant work that drives measurable growth in audience, interactions, and sale.






Concepted and photographed multiple multi-location capaign for PUMA spanning street, interior, and outdoor environments. Scouted and selected locations to ground the product in a specific cultural moment rather than generic lifestyle context.




Shot on 35mm film to bring a documentary warmth and authenticity to the campaign imagery, leaning away from over-produced aesthetic common in sportswear advertising. Conceptualized using natural lighting for majority of the shoot to let the enviornment dictate the mood. The result is a campaign that feels lived in and culturally grounded. 



Directed multiple talents, including Winnie Harlow, across both shoots, guiding posing, energy, and expression to feel natural and character-driven rather than posed. Oversaw styling decisions on set to ensure each look read correctly for its enviorment. Maintained product visibility and brand legibility without letting it override the editorial feel of each frame.

Shinko
Founded and launched Shinko as a culture-driven lifestyle brand, owning all creative direction from concept to market. Developed the full visual identity, brand language, and go-to-market strategy independently, establishing a cohesive aesthetic rooted in craft and contemporary streetwear culture.

Creative directed, and art directed  all campaign imagery, building a distinct visual world for the brand from scratch. Every image was concepted and shot to feel considered and deliberate, the goal was to make a brand with no team behind it look like one that did.
Managed the full retail and partnership strategy, selectively pitching and securing 5+ stockists across New York whose aesthetic aligned with Shinko's positioning. Multiple products sold out within the first year, with sustained audience growth driven entirely through organic content and cultural storytelling.

Hurry Up
Tomorrow
Photographed the red carpet premiere of Hurry Up Tomorrow, Lionsgate's theatrical feature starring The Weeknd. Brought onto the event as the on-the-ground photographer, responsible for capturing talent arrivals, crowd energy, and the cultural atmosphere of one of the most anticipated film releases tied to a major music project.

Shot the full talent roster across the evening, including The Weeknd and key cast members, in a way that matched the visual tone of the film itself — intimate, textured, and deliberate. The goal was to make every frame feel like it belonged inside the world of the project, not just documentation of an event.
Delivered a complete set of images from the night that captured the intersection of music, film, and cultural moment. The premiere brought together artists, industry figures, and media — and the photography reflected the weight of that room, producing imagery that held up alongside the scale of the release.

Groupie
Developed the full visual identity and creative direction for Groupie, an archive clothing showroom dealing in rare and vintage pieces. Built a visual language that matched the weight of the product — considered, quiet, and rooted in the culture surrounding archival fashion.

Shot all campaign and product imagery for the showroom, treating each piece as an artifact worth documenting carefully. The approach was intentional and object-focused, letting the rarity of the garments speak without over-styling or over-producing the work.
Shaped how Groupie presented itself to a collector and enthusiast audience, aligning the visual output with the taste level of the product. Every image was designed to communicate provenance and intentionality, the kind of brand presence that earns trust in a market built entirely on credibility.

Ethan Fields

 Developed the full creative concept and art direction for this studio portrait project with Ethan Fields for his ‘Spotlight’ release, building a cohesive visual world from moodboard to set. Every decision was made before the camera ever came out."
Shot the entire project on 35mm film, directing talent on set while maintaining the visual language established in pre-production. The goal was to make each frame feel intentional and unhurried — the kind of image that reads as editorial without trying to.The result is a body of work that lives somewhere between a portrait session and a short film, a collaboration built around a singular aesthetic point of view. From concept to final image, every element was considered, art directed, and executed independently.
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