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Ian Niklas
website: www.niklasdesign.com
e-mail: ian@niklasdesign.com
phone: 612.226.2494

[EXPERIENCE]

Currently a Freelance Sr. Designer / Art Director
(Print, Packaging & Interactive)
Clients: Target, Jennie-O, Exhibitor Magazine, Carapelli, Pillsbury, General Mills, Coca Cola, Sony, American Express, AIGA, City of St. Paul, CH Robinson, Tropicana, Mott’s, Welch’s, Imation, 3M, Mcnally Smith College of Music, Masonic Charities, etc.Responsibilities Print & Interactive: Creative Direction, Concept Development, Brand Development and Management, Art Direction, Design, Photo Direction, Production, Project Management, Managing Resources, Programmers and Staff involved in projects, Client / Vendor Communications. Including overseas printers
and vendors.

Senior Designer at ShopNBC.com (2002-2008)
Brand Development and Management, Creative Direction / Art Direction / Photo Direction / Design / Concept Development

Packaging Designer for Baker Associates at Mpls office (2002)
Concept development and design packaging solutions for the following brands. Nabisco brands: Cheese Nips, Oreo, Nutter Butter, Ritz, etc.

Creative Director / Art Director for Twin Cities Parent and Minnesota
Bride magazines (2001)

This was primarily a Creative Direction / Art Direction position, however,
it involved all of the following: Design, Photo Direction, Art Buying, Styling, Managing Budgets, Project Management and Managing freelance Photographers, Illustrators and other creatives on assignments.

Designer at the John Ryan Company at Mpls office (2000)
Designed a range of Print and Environmental Graphics material primarily for financial institutions. Clients: Bank of America, Guaranty Bank,
Berlitz and John Ryan Creative.

Designer at the Open Design Studio, St. Cloud State University (1999)
Designed a wide variety of marketing materials for non-profit purposes.

Freelance Designer in Southern California (1996-1999).
Assignments involved the following: Corporate Identity, Brand Development, Book Covers, Posters, Editorial Design, Brochures, Web Design, POS, Retail, Packaging, Annual Reports, etc.

Clients: Universal Studios, LACMA, Cal Tech, Haagen Dazs, Head Start and
numerous other clients.

Catalog Designer at Fingerhut Corporation, Mtka., Minnesota (1995)

Freelance Project Manager and Production Artist. Amsterdam, Netherlands
(1989-1994)


[SOFTWARE]

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, In Design, After Effects, Adobe Premiere,

QuarkXpress, Macromedia Director, Dreamweaver, Strata, html, etc.



[HONORS]

AIGA awards (1998), ADDY awards (2000), 3 College full scholarships.



[EDUCATION]

BFA (cum laude) in graphic design (1998)

St. Cloud State University | St. Cloud, Minnesota

Art Center College of Design | Pasadena, California

Pasadena City College | Pasadena, California



St. Cloud State University | St. Cloud, Minnesota
Graduate assistant, 20 graduate units towards an MFA degree (1999-2000)


[ACTIVITIES]

Participated at the circulation project of Repohistory
(www.repohistory.org) in New York City (1999).


[TEACHING EXPERIENCE]

Art & Design classes for social change in Los Angeles & Orange County. (1998)

Graphic Design & Experimental Design classes and workshops (On-going)

Beginning Design classes at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
(1999-2000)

Beginning Graphic Design at Dakota Community College, Rosemount,
MN (2001)

Portfolio Class at Brainco School of Advertising, Minneapolis (2002)

Computer Design Class at Brainco School of Advertising,
Minneapolis (2006)

Identity Systems Class at Brainco School of Advertising,
Minneapolis (2007)



( references available upon request )