Nick Bradshaw is a Brand Strategy and Design Consultant based in Phoenix, Arizona.Using our proven process we develop high-impact brands by evaluating your current branding to identify areas for improvement and opportunities for growth. By tailoring solutions that put you in front of your ideal audience and administering customized experiences, we create meaningful connections to establish you firmly in the mind of your customers, increase brand loyalty, and scale your profits.Simply put, we develop creative brands that connect with people that matter.

Adjunct Instructor - Graphic Design / Digital MediaGlendale Community College, Mesa Community College, South Mountain Community College

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Manage creative services team that includes a diverse group of graphic, interactive, and motion graphic designers, video, and multi-media producers, as well as external print-production and creative-services vendor relationships. Define creative and project management processes to aid in workflow, and elevate the overall creative production of the department.

Provide strategic support for the Creative and Marketing Directors with the development of the brand, print and digital advertising for the Maricopa Community Colleges District Office and their 10 community colleges.• Developed campaign creative for "Go Back to Get Ahead", a fully integrated enrollment campaign that included, print, digital, environmental, multi-media advertising elements.• Developed Maricopa Community Colleges District Brand Standards guide. Refined the colleges' system of logos and their usage, typography, colors and other brand visual elements.• Supported creative strategy and design on numerous projects for various programs and departments throughout the district, ranging from print and digital advertising, marketing and informative collateral, books, folders, and special events materials.

Direct creative strategy and execution of all print and digital advertising for the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). Oversee the creative process and workflow by delegating projects and managing internal and external partners.• Managed agency relationships, communicated direction between internal and external partners to maximize efforts and receive the best possible results.• Refined brand guidelines to set a consistent and premium visual tone, establishing the NASM and AFAA brands as the leader certified personal training and group fitness industries.

Direct creative strategy and execution of all print and digital advertising for the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). Oversee the creative process and workflow by delegating projects and managing internal and external partners.• Managed agency relationships, communicated direction between internal and external partners to maximize efforts and receive the best possible results.• Refined brand guidelines to set a consistent and premium visual tone, establishing the NASM and AFAA brands as the leader certified personal training and group fitness industries.

Develop strategy and execution of all marketing, and creative direction for NB|AZ advertising and corporate communications, overseeing a multi-million dollar budget and 10-member team. Direct brand management, corporate positioning, public and media relations, product launches, advertising, sales and direct marketing campaigns, events, contests, content marketing, vendor selection and relationships, sales and marketing collateral.• Managed a diverse team in a deadline driven environment by identifying and streamlining processes and cross-functional teams that maximize individual strengths, resulting in better time management, communication and team work.• Designed award-winning creative and result-oriented strategies to meet corporate objectives.• Developed concept and launched corporate communication Elevate AZ Magazine, a print publication with distribution of 25,000 copies. Later analyzed and redesigned magazine format to reduce printing costs by 45%.• Launched Arizona Business Today, a content marketing tactic that showcases the success of clients and their testimonials through the utilization of print (Arizona Republic), television (NBC, Channel 12) and interactive (AZCentral.com) communications channels.

Contracted with P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and Pei Wei Asian Diner in-house teams on projects ranging from conceptual marketing campaigns to design and production support for promotional marketing campaigns, direct mail, website design, email and digital marketing. • Successfully managed print and digital projects with both tight deadlines and quick turnarounds.• Designed and developed digital and print marketing collateral that ensured brand harmonization among a variety of markets.

Lead interactive designer and developer. Design brand identities, interactive website design and development. Collaborative work, research, client meetings and presentations.• Increased the agency’s ability to take on a wider range of interactive design and development projects.• Utilized knowledge to support all areas of the agency through project management, print and interactive design.• Designed and worked on award-winning projects that gained recognition for both the agency and their clients.• Designed and developed for multiple content management systems (Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal).

Used my versatility as a designer and developer to work on a wide-range of projects while providing superior design and digital marketing communications, front-end web development (HTML/CSS) on tight deadlines with quick turnarounds.