Branden Vondrak

Mass Communicator

The ultimate objective is to get into the illustration annuals. But for now, I'd just like a real assignment from a real art director.

Work Experience

American Greetings

Freelance Team Member

Concepting, designing, illustrating and development for a multitude of formats ranging from greeting cards, signage and display cases for a new cards concept project while collaborating in a professional and diverse team atmosphere.
June 2010 - August 2010 Brooklyn, Ohio, United States

Glyphix

Student Designer/Intern

Designed and developed a series of print and web campaigns ranging from posters, brochures, and identities to website maintenance and development while practicing in a professional collaborative design studio.
September 2009 - May 2010 Kent, Ohio, United States

Signum Design

Student Graphic Designer

Designed a series of promotional print campaigns and advertisements in a small student-run design studio.
June 2009 - August 2009 Kent, Ohio, United States

Educational Technology And Distance Learning (ETDL)

Student Web Designer/Developer

Designed and developed a multitude of web interfaces, sites, and identities.
June 2007 - May 2009 Kent, Ohio, United States

The Pink Eye Book Of Collage

Artist

Exhibited paintings at the Wall Eye Gallery in Cleveland Ohio for Pink Eye Magazine’s book release party for The Pink Eye Book of Collage which featured selected collage artworks from an assortment of Cleveland based artists.
April 2010 - April 2010 Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Modern Art Playable On Monaural Equipment

Artist

Exhibited new collage paintings from 2009/2010 at Square Records in Akron, OH.
February 2010 - April 2010 Akron, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Public Art Bike Station CFE

Artist

Designed and proposed the “Cleveland Bicycle Hangar (2009)”. Consisted of a promotional campaign, signage, identity, and landmark sculpture to be located at the corner of East 4th St. and High St. across from the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland Ohio’s Gateway District.
June 2009 - August 2009 Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Election Obsession CFE

Artist

Exhibited print entitled “Know the Facts (2008)” at the Kent State University School of Art Downtown Gallery in Kent, OH as part of the Election Obsession CFE.
October 2008 - November 2008 Kent, Ohio, United States

Kasterlee International Book Collaboration

Artist

Contributed to “Warm (2008)” a serigraphed alphabet book addressing global warming at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee, Belgium in collaboration with Kent State students as well as students from KASKA, the Art Academy of Antwerp, Belgium.
March 2008 - March 2008 Kasterlee, Belgium

Education

Kent State University

Bachelor of Fine Arts

GPA: 3.26
Focus: Illustration
Minor: Studio Arts
August 2004 - May 2010 Kent, Ohio, United States

Languages

English (),

Awards

Visual Communication Design, Kent State University

Best Illustration Portfolio

201005

Akron Advertising Federation

Gold in the Student Category for my Peace Stanzas Identity

201003

Cleveland Public Art

2nd Place for my Cleveland Bicycle Hanger CFE Proposal

200908

The Artist Network Of Kent

People Choice for "Know The Facts (2008)" print at the Election Obsession CFE

200810

Skills

Collage, Acrylic, Adobe, CSS, Cut Paper, Dreaweaver, HTML, Illustrator, Networking, Photoshop, Sketching,

Additional Information

I collect records.