Charles Ross
Designer
Minneapolis, MN, USA
612.709.9311
be.net/charlieross
Work Experience
11Below
Design Director
As Design Director of a boutique software development company, I was tasked with creating identities/UI for unique startups. I cut my teeth designing wireframes, mobile + web UI and creating sexy pitch mockups to entice investors... and never in that order. This was a tight, tech-savvy group that never settled. My biggest task was to keep up. Best job I ever had!
October 2007
- June 2013
Minnesota, United States
Parachute Design
Senior Designer
March 2005
- October 2007
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Carmichael Lynch Inc.
Designer
April 2002
- March 2005
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Olson And Company
Designer
November 2001
- April 2002
Minnesota, United States
Duffy And Partners
Intern, Jr. Designer, Designer
August 1999
- November 2001
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Education
Minneapolis College Of Art And Design
BFA
August 1996
- June 1999
Minnesota, United States
Ripon College
BA
August 1983
- May 1987
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States
Awards
Print Design Magazine
Design Annual
2007
Ad Fed
Selection (MN local Show) (2)
2007
Print Design Magazine
Design Annual
2006
Ad Fed
Selection (MN local Show)
2005
The One Club
Show Selection
2006
AIGA - The Professional Association For Design
Design Annual Selection
2003
Ad Fed
Selection (MN local Show)
2003
Ad Fed
Selection (MN local Show)
2002
AIGA - MN
show selection (2)
2000
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe InDesign CS5,
Logo Design,
User-experience Design,
Adobe Photoshop CS5,
Branding And Visual Identity,
Brochures,
Business Cards,
Corporate Identity Development,
Graphic Designer,
Letterheads,
Microsoft Powerpoint,
Mobile Design,
Posters,
Publication Design,
Retail Design,
Web Designer,
New York Times OpEd Section (2010)
Illustration for the November 5th, 2010 OpEd section of NYT. Baseball trading cards to honor the outgoing incumbents for the 2010 Elections
Logo Lounge Crests & Emblems (2010)
Lusso Exclusive Residence Collection Identity
Big Book of Packaging (2009)
Package redesign for Santeen Cleaning Products
Communication Arts (2007)
Typography Issue: Lusso Exclusive Residence Collection decorative seal
Graphis Poster Annual (2007)
Parachute Christmas Posters. Silk screened set of 4 posters produced as gifts for clients and vendors
Graphis Design Annual (2006)
selected for publication
Design of Dissent (Rockport - 2004)
Screen printed poster, "Plant Hope" included in publication highlighting graphic design and social causes/responsibilities. Edited by Milton Glasier and Mirko Ilic.
Graphis Design Annual ( 2002)
Williamson Printing Cycling Team Jersey. Selected for annual publication
ACD 100 Show
Poster Selection for annual national show of 100 top Graphic Design pieces of that year.