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A native Texan and son to a gifted artist mother and talented salesman father, Mr. Lockett has had the good fortune to be steeped in creative professionalism from a young age. From early on, his diverse background has allowed him to approach projects professionally, yet with a "think outside the box" mentality. Mr. Lockett attended the University of Texas in Austin, aided by receiving a yearly personal scholarship from his former high school History and Government teacher. He started his schooling as a Studio Art Major, then decided he would be better suited for a profession combining business and artistic expression. After this realization, he went on to apply his creative skills toward an internship with an Austin-based book publicist group, Bookpros (formerly Phenix & Phenix). Mr. Lockett began his first term of internship as a publicist's assistant; booking writers in an array of media venues, crafting press releases, and compiling press kits. Following the successful completion of his first term of internship, he accepted the offer of a second term, this time working in Client Development. Mr. Lockett took on the added duties of market research/development and crafting custom press material to fit the client's individual creative work from the beginning to the end of the personalized campaign. While with Bookpros, Mr. Lockett served on the team that succeeded in having their client's work accepted into Oprah Winfrey's "Book of the Month" club. It was at Bookpros that Mr. Lockett realized the enormous advantage of being bilingual and working in Texas. He changed his major to Latin American Studies with minors in both Spanish and Business. Meanwhile, he still remained in touch with his own artistic expression through photography, painting, and music. During his final coursework at the University of Texas that Mr. Lockett was accepted into a prestigious Spanish-intensive study abroad program for five weeks in Guadalajara, Mexico, serving to further strengthen his Spanish speaking ability. Currently Mr. Lockett has relocated to San Antonio, Texas, and is working on multiple Interior Design Projects, assisting in the content layout of two soon-to-be-launched websites, and planning an independently funded documentary to be filmed on-location in Guadalajara for which he will serve as both the Musical and Creative Director. Though San Antonio is his main base of operations, he frequently travels to Fredericksburg, Kerrville, Austin, and the surrounding hill country for his writing, photography, and interior design projects. Because of his strong background in Visual Communications, Mr. Lockett serves as a valuable asset to the sponsorship development team, insuring that the core creative message of the Dimora Motorcar campaign will be properly demonstrated throughout each stage in identifying qualified sponsorship candidates to participate in development projects.
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