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Proven Art Director | Build brand marketing solutions to increase targeted audiences

Kevin Meek

Chicago, IL
coroflot.com
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    Seasoned creative professional with a proven track record for providing integrated marketing and branding solutions in print and digital. With a passion for innovative branding and a disciplined understanding of knowing what the client wants.

    I seek to connect targeted marketing strategies through print and digital visualization, highlighting a brand’s message while focusing on driving and increasing sales revenue.

  • Education
    • Bachelor of Fine Arts Graphic Design
      Indiana University
      2002 - 2006
      3.7 GPA | second major: Art History
  • Experience
    • Lead Art Director
      Centrifuge Brand Marketing
      La Grange, IL
      Apr 2021 - Jun 2024 (3 years 2 months)
      • Directing photographers and designers to ensure proper production of campaigns.
      • Building all design templates, brand guidelines and rebranding our clients look/feel.
      • Overseeing all creative direction for social media for all CBM clientele.
      • Pushing brands to make them next level and managing that effort.
    • Senior Graphic Designer
      ADVANCED GROUP
      Chicago, IL
      Sep 2019 - May 2020 (8 months)
      * In-house marketing, production and event designer for all business units under the Advanced Group umbrella: Advanced Group, Advanced Resources, Advanced Clinical, Advanced RPO and WunderLand Group
      * Created all social media graphics and infographics for events and in-house business units
    • Editorial Graphic Designer
      HFF CHICAGO
      Apr 2019 - Jul 2019 (3 months)
      • Designed financing memorandums, business proposals, multipage layouts and corporate decks for the HFF Debt team/Financial Department.
      • Built and designed multipage business proposals using InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop; based off of valuable information from the debt team and provided to me in Excel tables, Word documents and aerial maps.
    • Senior Visual Designer
      SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION
      Nov 2018 - Mar 2019 (4 months)
      • Create weekly storewide marketing emails with multiple sends focusing on the brand and retail product offers.
      • Create wire frames, banner ads, splash and landing pages for promotional ads.
    • Production Design Architect
      HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
      Chicago, IL
      Nov 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year)
      • Design new textbook covers, and children book covers, grades K-6 for English & Spanish.
      • Build product pages, book cover arrays and duotones for post-production.
    • Interactive Designer
      WALGREENS
      Chicago, IL
      Dec 2015 - Feb 2017 (1 year 2 months)
      (Contract) * Collaborated with content managers to develop integrated digital campaigns comprising email design social medial and digital advertising. * Successfully launched the HelloSpring marketing campaign to expose the Spring Rewards brand to online shoppers resulting higher lead generation.
    • Interactive Art Director
      GRUBHUB
      Aug 2015 - Dec 2015 (4 months)
      • Designed digital emails and social media ads from conception to completion to boost sales and notify customers of special offers.
      • Created a responsive mobile video app to show customers what people were eating in specific cities and where the local dining spots were located.
    • Visual Designer
      CHICAGO TRIBUNE MEDIA GROUP
      Apr 2013 - Jun 2015 (2 years 2 months)
      • Prepared print, digital, logos, branding guidelines and video assets for integrated campaigns across the CTMG brand portfolio.
      • B2B/B2C support for Tribune Publishing’s national sales organization across all eight markets.
      • Designed innovative covers and wraps for unique advertising opportunities for Chicago Tribune, RedEye and the LA Times.
      • Created print, digital and interactive video ad units for big name brands across the US that partnered with Tribune.
      • Worked on Out of Home ads: bus shelters, street furniture, mall-scapes, and window ads.
      • Sent out bi-weekly in-house sales emails to sellers in the national markets.
    • Senior Graphic Designer
      NCSA ATHLETIC RECRUITING
      Jun 2010 - Apr 2013 (2 years 10 months)
      • Design lead on digital ads, social media, landing pages and photography.
      • Managed, trained and oversaw new hires and interns in the marketing department.
      • Designed out of office and in-house signage, all branding materials and NCSA logos/sub-logos.
      • Created sales/marketing collateral, brand guidelines, press kits, direct mail and trade-show banners.
      • In charge of all production materials and managed efficient pricing for clients.
    • Freelance Graphic Designer
      QUALSIGHT LASIK
      Jun 2009 - May 2012 (2 years 11 months)
      * Designed marketing collateral, tradeshow banners and kiosks for media conventions.
      * Created logos, print and animated digital ads for 750 locations nationwide.
    • Freelance Graphic Designer
      NIKE HEADQUARTERS
      Mar 2009 - Jun 2009 (3 months)
      * Created Nike's Global Treasury Department logo.
      * Designed sub-logos for each of the four value streams: Financial Supply Chain, Operational Risk Management, Financial Management and Trading Company.
  • Awards

    2014-15 Publisher's Award: Next Generation User Experience (NGUX)

  • Industries
    • Advertising
    • Apparel
    • Food & Beverage
    • Sporting Goods
    • Retail
  • Skills
    • Advertising
    • Art Direction
    • Creative Direction
    • E-Commerce
    • Email Campaign Design
    • Experience Design
    • Graphic Design
    • Illustrator
    • Photoshop
    • Visual Design
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  • On Coroflot
    @kjmeek83, member since 2010
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