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three words to describe me as a professional?

CURIOUS    |    COLLABORATIVE    |    VERSATILE

Work Experience

SCHAFER CONDON CARTER

Art Director

January 2026 - present

Graphic Designer

March 2024 - December 2025

Junior Designer

January 2023 - March 2024

Design Intern

June 2022 - January 2023

  • Co-led the production of Old National Bank's protection spot (:15 and :30) through casting, shooting, and final edit

  • Developed B2B rewards programs for Kellanova, incentivizing operators to purchase products from MorningStar Farms, Pringles, Rice Krispies Treats, and other popular snack brands. Designed collateral and program details

  • Concepted new strategic brand activations for Kellanova to increase B2B incentive to purchase

  • Collaborated on Kellanova Snack'd Up takeover at the Museum of Ice Cream Chicago, developing banner ups, merch, decals, and various other activations to create an immersive experience connecting ~200 VIP guests to Kellanova products

  • Produced Judy Justice season 3 promotional assets, including large scale print and digital assets (CTA bus wraps, bus shelters, taxi toppers, Meta)

  • Executed design for high profile campaigns, show booth assets, and sales decks

  • Retouched imagery to be used in large scale prints for high profile client events

  • Developed animated banner ads for web usage

  • Built email templates, presentations, landing pages, banner ads, and an assortment of other materials for the agency’s top clients

  • Collaborated with art directors, copywriters, and project managers to translate client requests to innovative and exciting design

  • Conducted research to keep agency and clients current on modern trends

STUDENT LIFE COMMUNICATIONS

Student Designer 

August 2021 - June 2022

  • Directed the design of the annual MLK campaign, a high-profile celebration reaching 15,000+ students and community members

  • Created digital displays, social posts, posters, and other materials to be displayed across campus (print and digital)

  • Collaborated with a team of students and professionals, meeting strict deadlines for internal and external clients

Skills

PROGRAMS

Adobe Creative Suite
​Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, XD, Animate

Microsoft Office
Word, Powerpoint, Excel

Keynote

Social Media
Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn

Commercial production 
Casting, filming, editing, coloring

Campaign development
Social, banners, print ads, OOH

Print production

Image retouching

Logo design

B2B and B2C marketing

Exhibits and trade show booth design

Social media marketing

EXPERIENCE

Who am I outside of my 9-5?

I'm a proud alumni of the University of Iowa and an even prouder Chicagoan. I've lived in the Chicago suburbs nearly my whole life, and getting to live and work in my favorite city is one of the things I've always dreamed of. 

In my spare time I can be found at sushi restaurants, crafting/sketching whatever inspires me that day, taking a cycle class, on a walk admiring Chicago's architecture, or on my Switch 2 (the day the Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess remaster drops will be one of the better ones of my adult life). 

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  • Chicago

  • Sushi (especially salmon)

  • Working with clay

  • Outer Space

  • Cycling

  • ​Sketching

  • Traveling

  • Walks

  • Museums

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  • Art shows

  • Parentheses

  • Legend of Zelda

  • ​The color green

  • Cooking

  • The Good Place

  • Monet

  • Overpriced cocktails

  • Overusing exclamation points

Favorites

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Some may say I've known what I wanted to be from a very young age. Here's one of my first ever design projects, created in the Paint app at age 4 on my family computer. It's inspired by the movie Brother Bear (still a great movie, you should watch it if you haven't). I think that this is pretty groundbreaking design for age 4 with a limited color palette!

I've gotten a little better with time though, if I do say so myself.

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