ELVIN APOLONIO
DESIGNER & CONTENT CREATOR
BASED IN NEW YORK
“Avatar: The Last Airbender - Q3 Fall 2022 Unboxing”
Video Editor / Thumbnail Designer / Unboxer
“MOST Popular Overwatch SHIPS | The Leaderboard”
Video Editor
“Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh - Smols Blind Box Collectible Figures”
Photographer / Editor / Art Direction
FEATURED WORKS
EXPERIENCE
I am a Freelancer, taking advantage of every opportunity I have to look for work on the side to keep creating and doing what I love doing.
Creative Direction / Brand Identity
Content Creator for ELV_N, a personal brand focusing more on creating for the sake of creating. I always believed that you should do what you love no matter if it’s successful or not. Once I found my success I wanted to spread it, giving to various charities like, Stop AAPI Hate, The Trevor Project, and St. Jude Research Hospital.
Social Media / Brand Identity
Co-Founder of MOE AND TOAST!, a brand concept turned into a reality through Discord call. The main focal point is a podcast first, and apparel brand second.
Creative Direction / Brand Identity
AFFILIATES
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graphic Designer for Automobile Sportswear Inc. (ASI), a family-owned business on Long Island, NY providing apparel designs for companies of varying sizes, throughout the United States. Created captivating designs for varying businesses, and fire companies nationwide.
Creative Direction / Brand Identity
Graphic Designer for CultureFly, a pop culture based business in the heart of New York City. Providing a subscription box service worldwide. I worked on their marketing team, and designed sleek graphics to be used for multiple marketing campaigns, whilst following strict styleguide from licensors.
Brand Identity / Social Media / Photography
Production Designer for My Sticker Face, a small business based on Long Island, NY. I worked to help satisfy customers by producing fun stickers of varying sizes of their heads/faces. Also, designed a sticker pack filled with various food!
Production / Customer Service
Freelance Graphic Designer/Video Editor for Frederator Networks, Inc., a cartoon powerhouse in the industry headed by Fred Seibert. I worked on the digital side of things, i.e. YouTube to help provide eye-captivating thumbnails and video edits, one of which amassed 1 MILLION views on the platform.
Brand Identity / Social Media
Elvin Apolonio (he/him) is a designer based in Bellport, NY focusing on brand identity. His design practice is minimalistic, anime-styled, and monotone yet telling a story with a simple touch.
Elvin currently works independently to meet the creative needs of others to establish and build their brands. He also continues creating social media content through the username ELV_N, amongst many other handles.
He’s always been into creating art since he was young, and worked professionally for various companies that are always in the creative space. He co-founded his business, MOE AND TOAST!, and decided to use that as an outlet to pursue more projects! While in his free-time he streamed whenever he could because he always loved the idea of building a community where people with the same interests could come together and express themselves.
