Art Director / Designer
ABOUT JoSHUA
Joshua Sandoval is an award-winning art director, designer, illustrator, and Co-Founder of Born in June Creative, a Los Angeles–based creative studio. He creates brands, campaigns, and visual experiences that help organizations connect with audiences and drive impact. His work spans branding, motion, digital, and illustration for clients including Adidas, Disney, Lionsgate, and leading nonprofit and public-sector organizations. Joshua's work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times & Art News, and his creative practice explores the intersection of culture, community, technology, and design.
GOGO’s TACOS
BRANDING / ART DIRECTION / DESIGN / ILLUSTRATION
Brittany Chavez, Owner of Guerilla Taco, reached out and hired my studio to develop and execute a full brand build-out for her new restaurant, Gogo’s Tacos. I took on the bulk of this project as Art Director and Designer. The client wanted a brand with elements of LA Lowrider car culture and distinct Chicano elements.
Instead of only pulling directly from the Cars themselves, I took inspiration from Auto Body and Mechanic shops around East Los Angeles, specifically the hand-painted style of their shop signage and logos. I developed and designed the branding & visual identity. I also designed all packaging and illustrated all of the supporting illustrations for digital and print.
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Am I Next?
CAMPAIGN IDENTITY / ART DIRECTION / DESIGN
Miguel Santana, President & CEO of California Community Foundation, reached out with an urgent request: develop & launch a full advocacy campaign for digital & web, in under 2 weeks. This campaign was in response to the ICE raids that were targeting immigrant communities across Los Angeles.
The deliverables needed to launch this campaign were a visual Identity, art direction, a website, and a 15-minute clip featuring stories of individuals kidnapped by ICE, accompanied by photography of Angelenos who volunteered to be part of the campaign to show solidarity with immigrant communities. On top of that, the client needed a produced clip that explained the campaign and captured the projections of the stories and portraits on buildings across DTLA.
To accomplish this, an intentional & strategic approach was critical to hitting the ambitious project timeline. Simple & bold was the approach; balancing the stark photography & impactful stories made the production pieces realistic.
As the work grew, we were tasked to launch a social media channel that included design and content creation and social media management.
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California Community
CAMPAIGN IDENTITY / ART DIRECTION / DESIGN / Motion
Served as the creative lead for campaign development at the California Community Foundation, overseeing visual ideation from concept through execution for organization wide initiatives. Directed the visual language and creative strategy for multichannel campaigns, ensuring a cohesive and compelling brand presence across digital and print touchpoints.
Led art direction for designers, photographers, illustrators, and video production teams, establishing the creative vision, refining visual storytelling, and maintaining consistency across all campaign assets. Designed high impact social media content, including static graphics, carousels, motion graphics, and campaign toolkits that increased awareness and engagement for foundation programs, fundraising efforts, and community initiatives.
Produced and managed video content from preproduction through final delivery, including concept development, storyboarding, interview direction, editing, motion graphics, and platform specific formatting. Created videos that amplified the voices of nonprofit partners, highlighted community impact, and supported fundraising, advocacy, and public awareness campaigns across the organization's communication channels.