Nick Michaelson Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

I'm responsible for developing and preparing marketing proposals and presentations that support Kraus-Anderson's marketing strategy.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Contracted long term with Best Buy, OLSON and Wunderman on projects ranging from small web banners, social media graphics, weekly website design and layout to a new design role out of for Sunday newspaper ads. • Brought onboard at OLSON to be part of Target’s refresh design team, providing design and layout for Target.com on a weekly and sometimes daily basis. • Part of a design team at Wunderman that rolled out a redesigned look for the Best Buy Sunday newspaper ad.• Designed and created images for posting on Best Buy’s social media channels that conformed with campaign and brand style guides.• Self-designed and produced several coffee-table art books for local artists and musicians.• Established logo and brand identity for a start-up boutique guitar effects pedal company.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Brought on board to coordinate responses and submission to requests for proposals (RFP) and request for qualifications (RFQ), awards, and surveys for the Retail, Hospitality, Entertainment, Distribution, Warehousing sectors for the Minneapolis, Miami, and Dallas offices. Worked with the architectural team to develop content for social media and website stories for on-going projects. • Coordinated a complicated RFP submission for a national wine & beverage retailer that was won and brought in work for 12-35 stores ranging from remodeling to new ground-up build. • Coordinated quarterly architectural portfolio update to the Brookfield Properties architectural portfolio database. • Worked with architectural teams to develop content and stories for web site and social media channels for ongoing projects and recently completed projects.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Developed and executed a marketing plan, sales, and promotions for the Hockey Lodge, the official team store of the Minnesota Wild.• The Hockey Lodge Summer Sale—coordinated resources within the Wild organization to promote on TV, local morning radio shows, and social media channels. These efforts boosted attendance and doubled sales from the previous year.• Grew the Hockey Lodge social media channels followers with focused strategic content.• Coordinated special events onsite and offsite, player signings and holiday sales and promotions.

Brought on to work on the Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep dealer association creative team where I worked on a range of projects from print ads to broadcast televisions spots while be also being recognized with national and local awards. • Concepted and executed a broadcast television campaign that boosted sales 10% for the Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country minivans over the course of the campaign.• Developed and executed 20+ television spots for Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep dealer associations with budgets ranging from $20K for an edit utilizing existing running stock footage to $1.5M for full production with a director, producer and production staff.• Produced poster campaign for dealer association event in Las Vegas that earned local awards.

Bachelor Or Science, Graphic Design And Print Production

Diploma, Art Direction

Certificate, Strategic Social Media Marketing

Certificate, Digital Marketing Fundamentals

Certificate, Ux Design

Continuing education certificate in User (UX) Design