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 elvinyann, 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.
