Amy Bakke Email & Phone Number

Amy Bakke is a Creative Director at Stanley Center for Peace and Security. She possess expertise in graphic design, indesign, advertising, art direction, magazines and 5 more skills.

Listed skills include Graphic Design, Indesign, Advertising, Art Direction, and 6 others.

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  Creative Director

  Stanley Center For Peace And Security

  Jul 1994 - Present

  I can honestly say, "design is my passion.” I remember a childhood of doodling, drawing the little deer from the drawing contest in the back of magazines, and inventing cartoon characters with huge noses. Our family moved many times during those years, but the majority of that time we lived in the Midwest. I am so glad, because I could never be a designer in a big city; my creativity is fed by the shadows, colors, and textures of nature every day when I drive into Muscatine from our home in the country. After graduating with a BA in Art from Luther College, I designed ads for a Black Angus magazine. I developed a perfectionist’s attention to detail and annoying skill of noticing when something is crooked. In a couple of years we moved to southeast Iowa where I dabbled as a freelance designer. The last move landed us in Muscatine where we raised our girls and I designed shadow boxes for a local art gallery and framing business. In the early 90's I eventually realized that I needed to learn design software if I was going to continue to do what I really loved, so I came to the Stanley Center for Peace and Security in 1994. Now trained in all the major design software, I use my problem solving skills a lot, and photography a little, to present the center’s big ideas. Everyday I’m doing what I love in an organization that I love.

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  Luther College

  Fine And Studio Arts/ Emphasis In Graphic Design