John Phelan

Senior Graphic Designer

Long Beach, CA, USA

Work Experience

Phrame Creative

Founder and Lead Designer

Develop and nurture client relationships in order to deliver superior creative solutions to a variety of corporate and entrepreneurial enterprises.

Interior Graphics + Copy-writing
Concept, research, and design large-scale wall graphics – highlighting the company’s global reach and employee diversity – for WR Grace’s new headquarters.

Naming + Corporate Identity
Corporate ID, branding guidelines and deployment for GCP Applied Technologies, a construction materials manufacturer with 40 global locations.

Name and corporate ID development for Upstream Insights, an HR and executive coaching consulting firm.

Branding
Established new branding and visual standards for US Phramacopieal Convention’s core products – print and digital – while setting the design direction for the application of USP’s new logo.

Rebranding a Grace/Chevron joint venture, including a comprehensive graphic standards manual.
March 2013 - California, United States

Cyto Communications

Director of Creative Services

Directed, presented, and sold all creative services for this corporate & internal communications consulting firm. Integrated communications strategy with creative solutions to influence employee and stakeholder behavior while strengthening client enterprises.

Corporate Event Creative Direction
Event Producer and creative lead for Host Hotels & Resorts’ annual General Managers’ meetings and award events, Hilton Worldwide’s brand launch and senior executive meeting, and Laureate International University’s annual leadership summits.

Collaborated with multiple third party providers – venues, AV, destination services, client’s IT staff, videographers and editors.

Presentation Design
Working with C-level executives at Hilton Worldwide, Host Hotels & Resorts, Laureate International Universities, and others, I created countless presentations on matters from corporate strategy to financial performance.

Corporate Identity + Branding Standards
Created corporate identities in the fields of healthcare, insurance, law, nonprofit, and consulting. Developed corporate ID applications and standards manuals for Laureate Education, BSAS, and Host Hotels & Resorts.
August 2005 - March 2013 Columbia, Maryland, United States

Cornerstone Advertising

Creative Director

Display Graphics + Case Goods
Shaped customer experience for Columbia Builders – a regional, award-winning customer home builder – through the creation of customized sales and selection centers – lighting, display cases, wall graphics – within each housing development.

Art Direction + Graphic Design
Print collateral – annual reports, product brochures, sell sheets, catalogs – and advertising for NGOs, tech startups, commercial enterprises from financial services to healthcare, manufacturing to retail.

Branding + Corporate Identity
Took a fresh look at each client’s brand informed through the customer and employee experience perspective.
April 1995 - August 2005 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Education

State University Of New York (SUNY)

Graduated Magna Cum Laude
New York, United States

Languages

English (Fluent),

Skills

Adobe CS 4/5/6, Copy Writing, Microsoft Office, Photography,