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Founder/Creative Director
Love it to Death Apparel
Aug 2012 - Present (11 years 8 months)
• Founded with Christian Fuller and Chris Tait
• Featuring t-shirts, posters, hoodies, and more, all designed by me.
• Retail presence at The Rustbelt Market, Ferndale, MI
• More designs and products to come
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Graphic Designer
Oak Park Public Library
Mar 2012 - Present (12 years 1 month)
I've added the Oak Park Public library to my client list, and currently work onsite for them part time. This not only helps me to serve my community, but it helps to stop the voices I've starting to hear after years of spending every waking hour alone in my basement in front a computer.
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Freelance Graphic Designer/Illustrator
Bossman Graphics
1987 - Present (37 years)
Over 20 years of experience, successfully building a long and varied client list. Designing and illustrating everything from logos and ID packages to web sites, sales brochures, gig posters, editorial illustrations, packaging and CD covers.
• Grown and maintained a wide-ranging and impressive list of illustration and design clients including: Nissan, Redbox, Unilever, The Second City, Chicago Parent, Remodeling Magazine, New York Times Company, Weekly World News, Simon & Schuster, City of Evanston, John Hodgman, The Sound of Young America, Chicago Dramatists, The Big 10, CSP Inc., Bazillion Points Publishing, and many others.
• Chosen to rebrand The Weekly World News and to design and illustrate their Batboy biography, Going Mutant (Scribner, 2010).
• Created all the graphics for Redbox’s 2011 Bingo promotional campaign, their internal design templates kiosk graphics, ads, logos and other marketing promotions.
• Designed and illustrated John Hodgman’s 2012 book tour poster and t-shirt.
• Designed and illustrated youth marketing materials for Nissan’s 2011 launch of the Leaf car.
• Designed, from the ground up, Fare, a successful business-to-business magazine with a rapidly growing subscription base.
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Creative Director, Marketing
Star Farm Productions
May 2005 - Jul 2008 (3 years 2 months)
Creative director for a media company with over 15 properties in development and production,
including publishing, television, licensing and new media.
• Created product concepts and merchandising materials for all 1500 Target Stores;
an exclusive program which generated more than $6M in retail sales in an eight-week period.
• Designed or led design of property logos, graphics for the Edgar & Ellen animated series, book covers, promotional materials, POP displays, property web sites, and online communities.
• Created style guides and oversaw product designs by a wide range of licensees.
• Managed and served as mentor to a team of junior graphic designers and design interns.
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Senior Designer
Doubletake Design
Aug 2004 - May 2005 (9 months)
• Designed ground-up identity programs for new clients, including brainstorming company names and developing brand plans.
• Conceptualized and designed promotional giveaways for clients as well as the studio itself.
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Senior Designer
Cyborg Systems
Apr 2001 - Jul 2004 (3 years 3 months)
• Reassessed the dated brand and created a new, contemporary and coherent visual identity.
• Designed logo, style guide, advertising program and marketing materials for first product launch in over 10 years.
• Managed, reviewed and hired design staff.
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Senior Graphic Designer
FreeZone
Jun 1999 - Feb 2001 (1 year 8 months)
• Managed design and production of nationally syndicated newspaper insert, found in over 100 markets — reaching 4 million homes and 5,000 classrooms.
• Hired and directed freelance illustrators and designers.
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Graphic Designer
Cull Design Group
Mar 1998 - May 1999 (1 year 2 months)
• Brought in largest client—Meijer Inc.—and served as creative mentor to the client’s design team, holding weekly critiques of their work.
• Created successful retail campaign for Meijer Inc. Halloween program, including logos, store signage and print advertising. Renamed and created logo for Meijer Inc. sporting goods department.
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Graphic Designer
RC Productions
Mar 1997 - Mar 1998 (1 year)
• Designed a new logo for the UHL hockey team, the Muskegon Fury, which quickly grew into a popular license.
• Conceptualized, wrote and designed outdoor advertising campaigns.
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Graphic Designer
Meijer
Aug 1994 - May 1997 (2 years 9 months)
• Created promotional logos, print advertising, store signage, advertising promotions, and special projects. Art directed five in-house magazines, directed numerous photo shoots, and managed their production.
• Hired and supervised freelance designers, illustrators and copywriters.