Scott Sample Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Brand Architect & Marketing Communications Specialist:Award-winning communications strategist, creative director, and artist. Shaping vision and creating compelling communications for cause based organizations and consumer brands regionally and nationally. Since the founding of Initio Advertising my experience with an unwavering passion for impactful communications and brand strategy has paved the way for creating impact and growth.

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CREATING COMPELLING MEDIA TO CHANGE LIVES.Five Stone Media was formed in 2007 with a vision of cultural transformation when a group of like-minded, media & communication professionals, banded together to produce provocative, culturally relevant media. We tell stories to challenge mind-sets, break down barriers, and engage in the transformativepower of media. We aim to present media content that can make a difference,and is relevant to our culture and society.Together we have produced and published LifeBlood, a groundbreaking life-transformation curriculum for both men and women. Put simply, LifeBlood is changing lives nationally and internationally. A constantly evolving project designed to reach out to people who may have lost hope as a result of addiction, incarceration or other major life challenges, LifeBlood began with three short films about the life of John Turnipseed, a feared career criminal turned respected ambassador of God’s love and hope. The films stirred up powerful emotions and a desire to change, so the LifeBlood curriculum was developed to support and encourage transformation. The films plus nine additional videos and a written curriculum form the backbone of a 12-week transformation course currently being implemented in men's prisons and community programs. Most recent is a similarly conceived but utterly unique nine-week program for women featuring Sheila Raye Charles and telling more powerful stories of 180º life change.

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My expertise is in developing effective brands that unequivocally connects. This is the vehicle through which the consumer identifies and becomes attached to a product or service. It is the essential link between a brand and the marketplace. I strive to find the right chemistry between product attributes and your customer's aspirations, to create long-term growth and immediate action.My focus is on brand strategy development, positioning, design and implementation of communications for Initio's clients. An award-winning, integrated, full-service advertising agency, for well past two decades Initio has held an esteemed position in the highly competitive and crowded Minneapolis/St. Paul advertising community. I've taken the lead in creating and developing a wide range of marketing solutions for Interactive, Print, Broadcast, Radio, Identity, Packaging, and Social Media, most recently in the launch of Pinion, an engaging new social media platform. Over Initio's storied history, I've developed programs and brand marketing for a host of clients including: Keurig, Target, Best Buy, Bremer Financial, Calcium Products, Bailey Nurseries, Harley Davison, Time Warner Cable, American Finance Group, K2 In-Line Skates, The American Cancer Society, InMotion, United Asset Management, August Schell Brewery and many others.

2005-2013 Portfolio One on One : Selected Advisor 2007 College of Associated Arts : Guest Lecturer 1998-2004 Minneapolis College of Art and Design : Post Undergraduate Course Dev. and Instructor 2004 School of Visual Arts : Guest Lecturer2001 University of Minnesota : Guest Lecturer 2000 Minneapolis College of Art and Design :Thesis Advisor 1989 Rhode Island School of Art & Design :Guest Lecturer 1988 Boston College : Guest Lecturer 1985-87 Kent State University : Teaching Assistantship 1989 Northeastern University Boston : Art Director

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Many of my works are constructs, building visual concepts with materials like oil on plaster, wood, copper, and glass. I am intrigued with letting the materials help determine the process and tell a story. This organic method allows me to look inward for meaning, embracing the tools of metaphor, icon, symbol, and words.When artists talk about their work, whether it is a piece of music, a painting, or craft – the meaning and purpose are best described by story, and it is undeniably the inner core of mine. I love telling—and hearing— the stories of how the art was created and also what happens afterwards, the effect and impact on others. The connection between what I feel compelled to create and its meaning to others has become my favorite part of the process. By deconstructing themes larger than ourselves, the work communicates something deeper than the material world around us. With my work, I strive to create a parallel sense of the present and the eternal inviting the viewer into intimate questions of meaning.

Awards and Distinctions:American Institute of Graphic Arts AwardsArt Directors Club International AwardsNational Telly AwardHow Magazine CompetitionThe ShowPrint National CompetitionGraphis InternationalCommunicator AwardClio NominationGallery & Museum Showings2010-2017 Herbster Art Tour : Exhibiting Artist2016, 2017 Sower Gallery - Solo exhibit and juried show selection2013 Hopkins Center for Fine Arts : Juried selection2005 Hamburg Institute of Fine and Applied Arts:Work accepted into the permanent collection2010 Eagle Brook Campuses Minnesota : Selected works for public spaces1985 Minneapolis College of Art and Design Galleries1987 Kent University Fine Arts Gallery

2017 "Logos : Language of the Modern World"2016 "Like A Prayer : The Art of Scott Sample"2013 “A Triptych of Life” : Self Published2005 “On Good Earth” : Self Published 2005 “Art Tells a Story” : Canvas Magazine1988 “The Bridge” : MCAD Gallery Press_________________________________________________CHILDREN BOOKS2010 “The Wind and the Seed” : Self Published2006 Audrena : The Birthday Fairy

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Developed and executed campaigns on a wide range of product and retail offerings for the department store division of Target. Responsible for creating the strategic direction of numerous private label brand marketing as well as implementation into the retail environment. Numerous successful launches in bringing new product and store offerings to life from the genesis of naming and identity through advertising and media.

Greater Boston Area

Lead in branding initiatives for a wide range of clients, with development of corporate identity, brand standards, collateral design, publication design, and media design. Clients included: The Boston Company, Putnam Financial, Harvard University, MIT, and The Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Graphic Design

Graduate thesis focused on semiotic visual communication and perception. This was applied to developmental stages of language.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Design And Visual Communications, General

Undergraduate studies focused on the strategies, conceptual development, and execution of visual communications. Implemented and explored.

Post Graduate Study, Visual Communication : Photography

Continuing studies of photographic imaging. Exploration into composition and image creation through color and manipulation. A further.