John Grant Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Greater Chicago Area

Through Creative Circle I have been able to work for a wide variety of clients from large agencies and corporations to mom and pop shops. Freelancing has greatly improved my ability to adapt and thrive in different environments and to design in a wider variety of styles and mediums.

Greater Chicago Area

Worked as the graphic designer for a commercial supplier of lighting to clients including Target optical and The Merchandise Mart, as well as an associated retail store for high end residential lighting. Work included updating website material, print ads, creating and updating technical documents, event collateral, extensive photo editing, animations, and.

Greater Chicago Area

Worked for Ignite USA on a small design team, which was acquired by Newell Brands and later merged with Jarden which gave me the opportunity to grow with the company and work on a wide variety of brands and project types. I primarily worked on packaging and display design but also had the opportunity to create several websites including small site for a.

Buffalo Grove

Responsible for designing websites, emails, direct mail, maps, clothing and other marketing materials.

Wheeling, IL

Responsible for designing webpages, catalogs, emails, product design and photography.

35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago

Responsible for designing museum exhibitions, books, client presentations, magazine articles, model photography and other graphic design projects. Also primary media contact for firm as well as contact for photographers and outside designers.

Responsible for search engine optimization of website and photography library, editing and organizing images in library. Photographing disaster evens and the red cross response to them in the Chicago-land area. Creating banner ads, communicating with print vendors and preparing flyers.

Producing signs, videos and other promotional materials for the Iowa State University Bookstore.

Ames, Iowa

The Ames progressive is a small non-profit organization located in Ames Iowa which works to promote local music, artists and community development. They also organize free yoga classes. art classes and reading groups. I have worked extensively with the AP as a graphic designer for their magazine, producing posters for various events, and documented various.

Working for the dean of the college of design for the summer, producing a video, interactive piece and print piece describing his idea of what design is and what design can do for the world.

Photographed several hundred parts for the company’s website and catalog.

Ames Iowa

Designed and illustrated several hundred symbols for an interface for the hearing impaired.

Spent three summers working as a camp counselor / director for the Glenview park district with Barrel of Monkeys, groups of 15 - 25 children ages 4 - 5. Tons of fun!

3D renerings for projects

Ba, Graphic Design

Education record