David’s an entrepreneur at heart with a passion for life-long learning. He’s involved with the entrepreneurial community through support and instruction, and teaches at Kirkwood Community College. David runs a freelance design and business development company, DMK Creative, and is the CEO of BondingBox subscription date box service. In his spare time, David designs tabletop and live action games.

Print and digital design work for in and out of the state of Iowa. Fine Arts background. +10 years of interactive Web and multimedia experience. Passion for posters and other ephemera formats.Big Imprint DesignDesign and Project Management• Friendly Sites template and design.• Big Imprint Design site redesign.• Design Style Guides creation.• Graphics and business cards.• Client relations management.Help RoomAdvertising and Communications• Skinned and edited CSS for DNN sites; created splash pages, HTML email and game graphics; user design and interface consultation.Kirkwood Community College certificate program, Jewelry artist, Journalism graduate studentInstructor• Taught Adobe software, graphic and web (HTML, CSS) design principles.Peoples Church, UUVolunteer (Conference Designer), Consultant (Website)• Created branding, publications, and wayfinding for 2013 district conference.• Guided staff on site redesign and best practices. American Advertising Federation: Cedar Rapids – Iowa CityGuest Designer, Newsletter• Designed monthly organizational newsletter for print distribution. 10,000 Hours Show, The James GangVolunteer Designer, Event Materials• Created concert tickets, t-shirt, and annual report.CEI PacerRedesigner, Website• Redesigned company website and trained staff to perform updates. Pearson Educational MeasurementGraphic and Web Designer for the Portal Project• Collaborated with Product Usability, Web Development, and Design teams to create the Pearson Portal website demonstration for product bidding on the Texas account.

• Led design for College Guide and FRY Fest, Orange Rush, EdgeBusiness Magazine (March to May, 2010), Gameday section, Hawkeye Football Previews, feature pages, and special sports features (Zach Johnson, Volleyball and Olympic Wrestling Trials).• Prototyped Business 380 (2010) and redesign of The Gazette newspaper (2012).• Produced/updated over 3,000 charts, maps, infographics, pages and classitorials.• Created illustrations; archived graphics in Nica database; taught design skills.• Developed logos, icons, alternative story forms and multimedia Flash packages, such as: A Broken Bridge, The Year of the River and 9/11: I Remember.• Expert use of Adobe Creative Suite.

• Photo and Design Agency• Co-Developed the 2004 Iowa City Area Development Group Style Manual.• Translated design specifications and implemented company web sites for AdPro and local realtor, Kay Braverman. • Formatted University of Iowa I-Club Alumni newsletters.