We are Leighton Moon — a partnership in designing brand assets and campaigns, print collateral, digital graphics, and countless other communicative and artistic projects.

Graphic Design for print & web specializing in visual branding, identity creation and brand consulting.

- Design printed marketing materials, including advertisements, billboards, brochures, business cards, stationery, posters, catalogs, trade show booth displays, promotional giveaway items, and more.
- Revise, optimize and produce multiple resizes of existing creative concepts.
- Create and implement new concepts for identity, logo, and branding design, including color palettes and style guides.
- Illustrate new concepts by designing rough layouts of art and copy through arrangement, size, typography, negative space, and other related aesthetic components.
- Prepare design files for print based on vendor specifications and attend press checks.
- Design landing pages, microsites, and full websites with an understanding of responsive layouts and grid systems.
- Create graphics and banner ads for social media and digital advertising campaigns.
- Communicate design concepts and strategies with clients and the rest of the team, verbally and visually, while providing and accepting constructive criticism.
- Write creative copy and taglines for use on all advertising mediums.
- Organize and maintain an archive of past and present work.
- Work with an intern and introduce them to the workflow of a graphic designer.

Co-founder, Designer, Developer, Illustrator

Developed internal corporate presentations for Houlihan's Restaurant franchise headquarters employees.

Created and developed themed branding and designed all print assets for the Kansas City Economic Development Corporation's annual awards banquet for two consecutive years.

Developed and created custom graphics and logo for multiple small business websites.

Designed the infographic/reference print "Periodic Table of Typefaces". Sold thousands of display prints; translated into 2 additional languages; featured in multiple creative magazines, newspapers and websites; design used for endpapers in the bestselling book, "Just My Type" by Simon Garfield.

Designed layout and accompanying graphics for geographically separated Air Force group award nomination package; the group won “Best Small Unit Award” at the Department of Defense worldwide-level based on the contents and presentation of the written package I designed.

Supervised and managed up to 100 people at a time, accounted, scheduled maintenance for and was ultimately responsible for over $500 million in Air Force equipment.

Wide breadth of experience as an Air Force Enlisted Airman through Senior Non-Commissioned Officer.

Stationed in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Germany, Alaska, North Carolina, South Korea, Japan, Italy, plus many temporary deployments throughout the Middle East.

GPA 4.0

Course Director Awards: Digital Storytelling, Logos & Symbols, Typography & Page Layout, Digital Publishing, Intellectual Property & Law, Corporate Branding, Culture & Society, Psychology of Human Interaction, Interactive Media Design & Usability