45 Millennium - Twenty-first Edition ARTS, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT Throughout his career, Mr. Hooks has received numerous awards, including gold, silver, and platinum MarCom Awards in 2011 and 2013. He attributes his success to his parents' support and advises aspiring creative professionals to be open to working with changes in the field, including prioritizing mastery of emerging technologies. Within the next decade, he hopes to create a film production partnership focused on fostering diversity for small-budget filmmakers. In his personal time, Mr. Hooks is a dedicated youth mentor and advocate who has dedicated more than 20 years to working with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth and young adults in prison ministry and outreach programs. He is the president of the Alameda County Knight-Raptors, a semi-professional community football team, and continues his lifelong membership in the North American Model Boat Association, an organization dedicated to model boat racing. Supermicro in 2006 as a graphic designer. Building on his prior tech sector design knowledge, he rose quickly to become manager of graphic design for the company, and in 2011, he was made a senior manager of graphic design. During this period, he worked concurrently with Belm Designs as vice president of sales and marketing. In 2014, Mr. Hooks was named creative director at Supermicro, placing him in charge of branding, corporate identity, and all in-house design products, including multimedia and experience design, brochures and graphic design. Mr. Hooks considers his work at Supermicro to be the highlight of his career. Under his leadership, the company’s creative team evolved into a tightly run unit that has cemented itself as a respected part of core operations. He is proud to have created an internal structure that allows team members to develop their skills and build careers with the company, and he strives to create opportunities to nurture emerging talent.
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