Print Resume

Jamie Gannon

Senior Designer

Chicago, IL, USA
www.surprisemedia.net
Jamie Gannon excels at integrating content into engaging cross-media design experiences. His mission and passion is to communicate a client’s message through functional and thoughtful design based on carefully conceived strategies. Accomplishments are realized in complete collaboration with clients. All creative team members, and the ever-important vendors involved, each play a pivotal role. Through smart planning and effective strategy all members of the process become integral to an effective, well-conceived final solution.

Work Experience

Aon

Senior Designer

January 2015 - Illinois, United States

Surprise Media

Owner, Art Director, Designer

Based in Chicago, Surprise Media develops engaging communications solutions for companies compelled to express their messages in innovative, creative ways.
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pressely Johnson Design

Senior Designer

Senior member of 12 person design partnership specializing in branding, identity, web development and annual reports for mid-size companies through Fortune 500 conglomerates. Provided creative UI solutions for websites and corporate collateral. Heavily involved in publication design, identification programs, and brand marketing.
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Bagby And Company

Senior Designer

Responsible for a diverse range of projects including web development, annual reports, 3d structures and packaging graphics, print collateral, special event graphics and creative staging for corporate conferences.
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Robin Easter Design Company

Designer

Managed a 4-person design staff. Created corporate identities, logo designs, packaging, posters, brochures and catalogues for clients ranging from individuals to multi-national companies. Handled estimating, scheduling, and client relations.
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Whittle Communications

Art Director

Developed a variety of editorial properties including the launch and subsequent success of Travel Life, a bimonthly national trade magazine for travel professionals. Assistant Art Director for Physician’s Weekly, an innovative healthcare magazine, distributed nationally in large-format, as a wall mounted poster to hospitals and physician’s offices. Member of 3-person design team. Assigned and art directed illustration and photography projects in collaboration with internationally recognized talent. Implemented the evolution of traditional print design and production to the computer-aided process we know today.
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Education

University Of Tennessee

BFA in Design and Printmaking

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

University Of Michigan

Undergraduate studies in the Design and Fine Arts curriculum.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Awards and Honors

Greater Knoxville Advertising Awards:
Best of Show - Print Category. Gold - Poster, 4c or more
Gold - Ad Club Self-Promotion. Silver - Sales Kit/Folder
Bronze - Graphic Design Excellence

Published in Print Magazine Design Annual

Greater Knoxville Advertising Awards:
Gold - Poster, Less than 4c. Gold - Special Event Invitation
Gold - Corporate Logo. Silver - Graphic Design Excellence
Bronze - Full Page Color Advertisement
Southern District Advertising Awards - Citation of Excellence

Greater Knoxville Advertising Awards:
Gold - Complete Campaign. Gold - Logo, Stationery, Business Card
Greater Knoxville Advertising Awards: Gold - Poster, 4c or more

Gold Circle Awards, Columbia University, New York:
First Place National - Design, Fall 1985 Phoenix Literary Art Magazine, Published by the University of Tennessee

Published in Print Magazine Design Annual