Brenda Neigbauer

Brand Strategy and Visual Design

Milwaukee, WI, USA
I'm a creative problem solver driven by empathy, ingenuity, and curiosity. My goal is to help teams bring clarity to complex design and branding challenges to create thoughtful and effective solutions. Inspired by the design-thinking methodologies of the Stanford d.school, IDEO, and SYPartners—I work from a goal-oriented perspective with an entrepreneurial (fail-fast/learn-fast) mentality.

Over the past 10 years—I've created exhibition experiences with over 250k visitors with the Milwaukee Art Museum, designed award-winning art books, and helped define the brand of $1B+ San Francisco tech company.

Work Experience

Freelance

Brand Strategy and Visual Design

2016 - Present Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Thumbtack

Marketing + Brand Designer

2014 - 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Disqus

Contract Brand Designer

Working with multiple departments within the company to create print and web collateral, ensuring brand consistency across all mediums. Projects include internal marketing products, a sales presentation deck, and new hire and culture guides.
2013 - 2014 San Francisco, California, United States

Milwaukee Art Museum

Graphic Designer

Exhibition design, branding, marketing, event planning, photography, creative direction, visual design for web and social media.
2007 - 2012 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Education

University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

BFA-Graphic Design

2002 - 2007 Milwaukee, United States

General Assembly

User Experience Design

12-Week course on the fundamentals of User Experience Design. Taught by industry professionals from Twitter and the Stanford d.school.
2013 - 2013 San Francisco, California, United States

General Assembly

Front-end Web Development

12-Week course taught by industry professionals from Airbnb. Focused on the fundamentals of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, GitHub, and Sublime.
2014 - 2014 San Francisco, California, United States

Languages

English (Native),

Skills

Art Direction, Brainstorming, Brand Strategy, Creative Direction, Visual Design,