Lindsay Benson Garrett
Dancing Designer & Photographer
Richmond, VA, USAAward winning graphic designer, photographer, marketer and creative force with agency experience entrusted time and again to build brands from concept to completion and translate client business goals into materials delivering strong qualitative and quantitative results.
Work Experience
Copper Note
Partner, Strategic Creative
Copper Note is a multi-disciplinary branding and web agency with experience helping organizations reach national audiences both on and off the web. We help businesses use branding and marketing to establish trust, position themselves as thought leaders, and generate new leads. Our expertise in marketing, design, and web technology can build brands that earn and increase customer loyalty.
Clients include Meals on Wheels America, American Anthropological Association, Richmond Ballet, ACIL, TEDx Herndon, AIGA, and Charlottesville Ballet.
Clients include Meals on Wheels America, American Anthropological Association, Richmond Ballet, ACIL, TEDx Herndon, AIGA, and Charlottesville Ballet.
2009
- Present
Virginia, United States
Stokefire Branding & Advertising
Art Director & Graphic Designer
Translated strategy into cohesive visual systems and impactful designs, creating branding to communicate clients' core identity and effect behavior change in their desired audiences.
Signed on seven new clients by cultivating relationships and bringing insight to opportunities, becoming the first employee in the company’s ten year history to close contracts. Responsibilities included: strategic branding development, ad campaign design, photography, web design, business development, social media, content strategy, proposal writing and account and project management.
Signed on seven new clients by cultivating relationships and bringing insight to opportunities, becoming the first employee in the company’s ten year history to close contracts. Responsibilities included: strategic branding development, ad campaign design, photography, web design, business development, social media, content strategy, proposal writing and account and project management.
January 2013
- Present
Virginia, United States
Meals On Wheels America
Manager of Creative Services
Developed the new identity system of the national nonprofit and worked with the marketing team on an award winning PR toolkit for local programs to utilize the updated branding. Photographed the celebrity submitted recipes featured in Made With Love: The Meals On Wheels Family Cookbook. Managed member advertising services and launched a niche stock photography store featuring original senior imagery, some of which have been published in national publications including the New York Times and USA Today. Collaborated on PSA creation through concepting, scripting, and art direction. Responsible for all promotional pieces, advertisements, emails and conference materials.
November 2009
- December 2012
Virginia, United States
Royall & Company
Art Director Intern
Developed graphics and materials for nationwide university marketing campaigns.
June 2008
- August 2008
Virginia, United States
National MS Society
Graphic Design Intern
Designed departmental logos, original artwork for T-shirts, newsletters, flyers, and brochures.
June 2007
- August 2007
District of Columbia, United States
GiveBack DC
Designer & Videographer
Directed, shot, and edited ten promotional videos and assisted in the design of a new website for a local nonprofit in 72 hours.
September 2012
- September 2012
Virginia, United States
Apple Inc.
Apple Campus Representative
Organized creative social, promotional, and networking events and taught Mac software workshops.
February 2008
- November 2008
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Gin Dance Company
Classical Dancer
A part-time professional dancer combining the beauty of ballet with modern movements.
January 2012
- March 2017
Virginia, United States
Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major in Graphic Design, minor in Dance.
August 2005
- May 2009
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Awards
Cougar Paper
Featured in Cougar Paper's "Share on Cougar" book, a marketing campaign launched at the HOW Conference
2015
MarCom Awards
Platinum Award & Honorable Mention
2013
Virginia Commonwealth University
Featured in Juried Graphic Design Student Exhibition
2009
Fairfax County Computer Graphics Competition
2nd Place Winner
2005
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite,
Branding & Identity,
CSS,
Digital And Film Photography,
Handmade Design,
HTML,
Photo Editing,
Strategic Branding,
Strategic Design,
Typography,
Core Competencies
- Strategic Brand & Identity Development
- Advertising & Marketing Campaign Development
- Graphic Design
- Photography
- Typography
- Conceptual Thinking
- Presentation & Communication Skills
- Art Direction
- Advertising & Marketing Campaign Development
- Graphic Design
- Photography
- Typography
- Conceptual Thinking
- Presentation & Communication Skills
- Art Direction
Technical Skills
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Photography
- Photo Retouching
- Handmade Design
- Craftsmanship
- HTML & CSS
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Photography
- Photo Retouching
- Handmade Design
- Craftsmanship
- HTML & CSS