Multiple freelance projects ranging from vehicle graphics, event posters, wayfinding, corporate identities, 4K 3-D technical F&B animation, sport team identities to digital work covering website design, advertising and landing page templates and UI design.

Urban Innovators Core Group, Twin Disc Inc., Bloodhound Utility, APA Indianapolis, City of Avon, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, ITT tech, Ice Miller, Merchants Bank of Indiana American Hotrod Garage, Herff Jones, Wilks and Wilson, PGA tournaments

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS:

RLR Associates Inc. — Learned and helped develop wayfinding solutions and production for City of Avon and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; in training under three distinguished veteran environmental designers for the Indianapolis and Midwest areas.

Rarebird Inc. — Worked on web content for ITT Tech. The work included many landing page redesigns that followed an existing web design template.

Sonar Studios Inc. — Teaming with a web programmer, I designed and helped produce regular CSS and WordPress-template websites for Merchants Capital/Merchants Bank of Indiana, plus digital banners and digital recipe books for Wilks and Wilson and digital advertising for Ice Miller.

On top of regular art director duties (see below), I helped institute new work procedures to make work flow more efficient for the internal work processes. Provided design industry awareness and information to the entire art department. And shared a multitude of design and newer application techniques with the other art directors on a regular basis. Plus, redeveloped the Quinlan identity/ branding and its ongoing needs.

Frequently created full marketing campaigns and advertising, brand identities, brochures, annual reports, product design, direct mail, 2D- and 3D-image creation/animation, film editing/special effects, large-format trade show design/development, website and digital design, interactive programming and design, PowerPoint presentation templates, hi-res product photography, and music soundtracks.

Allison Transmission | Evanced | Galyan’s | Salin Bank | Twin Disc | Umbaugh | Waukesha Engines

Created specialty campaigns, annual reports, brand identities, brochures, advertising, direct mail, client newsletters, 3D stills, flash animation and programming, specialty and technical illustration. Took care of and updated backup systems, equipment and hardware/software.

Boy Scouts of America | Dow Elanco | Herff Jones | Jenn-air | Indianapolis Museum of Art

Created brochures, advertising, direct mail, specialty and technical illustration, european newspaper template designs and magazine editorial design. Introduced digital desktop publishing to this employer and got them up to speed with all the latest in equipment and software.

Eiteljorg Museum | Indianapolis Museum of Art | Indianapolis Power and Light | Saturday Evening Post

Studied architecture in this timeframe. Courses included Architecture History 1 & 2, Architecture Theory 1 & 2, Physics and multiple math courses per the architecture requirements.

All the standards plus Graphic Design, Communication, Drawing, Photography, Lithography, Pottery, Art Appreciation, Art History. Invited to a special co-op program called Concept 20 for select students.