Chris

Chris is a multi-faceted graphic designer with over ten years of experience in web, print and interactive design. He has been involved in many types of projects from initial concept to final development for B2B and B2C clients such as Jimmie Johnson Foundation, 3M Car Care, Herff Jones, Lowes Racing Team, and Monon Coffee Company. From 2004 - 2008, Chris was the Graphics Art Manager for Wild Birds Unlimited where he was responsible for managing the WBU brand and creating a variety marketing colateral for all 270+ store owners to use. During that time, He was a major part in creating an integrated marketing strategy that took the franchise from 5 years of flat same store sales to 23 consecutive months of increased sales. Chris also had the opportunity to be a member of the team that designed the new retail store concept for Wild Birds Unlimited. That concept helped take the CEO's store from $500,000/year in sales to $1 million/year. Now as a freelance designer, Chris has designed and produced many different projects including email marketing, Web sites, interactive animations, user interface design, printed publications, product packaging, television commercials, corporate identity and more. Chris also teaches part time at the Art Institute of Indianapolis teaching subjects such as Typography, Design Layout, Advertising Design, Packaging Design, Print Production and Advanced Digital Imaging. Chris is proficient in the Adobe CS5 Master Suite, MS Office 2010, HTML, CSS as well as designing and managing sites that use content management systems.