CREATIVE LEADER
Accomplished professional with distinguished success in leading award-winning digital platforms, scaling multidisciplinary design organizations, and shaping industry-defining event experiences across sponsor-driven and consumer-facing environments.
Proven history of success in delivering large-scale award-show ecosystems, establishing repeatable digital experience models, and operating under high-stakes timelines without compromising quality or performance. Well-versed in owning creative direction across UX, UI, motion, and interactive design, with the goal of translating brand strategy into scalable systems, and aligning creative execution with business and sponsorship goals. Adept at building, hiring, and stabilizing high-performing design teams, managing freelancers/vendors, as well as sustaining delivery through organizational change and production surges. Known for architecting interactive platforms/branded games, driving millions of user interactions, and supporting national sponsorship activations across digital and live environments.
COREY™ MANNING
SIGNATURE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Delivered and scaled BET Immersed as a high-impact interactive platform
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Planned and drove remarkable creative direction spanning social, digital, and video platforms for BET, BETX, and VH1.
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12 X Awards & Nominations
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Oversaw end-to-end production for award-cycle digital ecosystems
Paramount: BET Media Group
2023 - 2025
ACTING HEAD OF DESIGN / ACTING VP OF UX & DESIGN
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Led full digital design organization, including Art Director, Senior Designer, Motion Designers, Senior and Junior Photo Editors, and freelancers. Directed all facets of team operations, hiring, mentoring, and workflow execution to support high-volume, high-visibility projects. Oversaw project management, budgeting, resource planning, vendor coordination, and workflow design for multiple concurrent initiatives. Streamlined processes to improve efficiency, accountability, and team output.
2016 - 2023
ART DIRECTOR
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Managed a cross-functional creative team, including Senior Designer, 2 Designers, 2 Motion Designers, UX Designer, Junior Designer, and Photo team. Directed creative branding for BET Breaks (international distribution), Black Coffee, Imagine Room, and multiple digital series. Led creation of brand systems, including logos, marketing toolkits, ad sales design systems, and motion graphics packages. Oversaw UI design for BET App across Roku, Amazon, and Apple TV platforms. Executed red carpet digital experiences in collaboration with producers, video teams, production teams, and on-site event crews.
2012 - 2016
SR. DESIGNER
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Led UX/UI design for interactive games, voting platforms, branded experiences, and award show websites. Designed and delivered digital sponsorship platforms for Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Gilead, and Doritos. Created logo and brand identity for Coca-Cola Flava Zone, with designs deployed across live-stage activations. Directed platform design for BET Honors, Soul Train Awards site, Game Character Tree, Scramble Board Game, Viewer’s Choice voting platform, and 106 & Park voting experiences. Launched and expanded BET Experience by designing its first print assets and developing initial website mockups.
2007 - 2011
INTERACTIVE DESIGNER
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Architected end-to-end UX and UI for event microsites, delivering cohesive, user-centered digital journeys. Developed branded digital games and interactive experiences that increased audience engagement and repeat visitation. Crafted web series logos and branding systems to ensure visual consistency across emerging digital content. Engineered Flash-based interactive features and games, expanding the site’s experiential capabilities during early digital adoption. Owned and evolved the BET.com design system, maintaining visual integrity across frequent updates and new content.
Additional Experience
2003 - 2007
SR. DESIGNER | DC LIFE MEDIA
Print Team Lead, DC Life Media, Small Print & Design Company