Stephen Cox Email & Phone Number

Currently: Work with small, mid and fortune 500 clients to identify, define and build their brands from the ground up. Then translate our clients' brand into visuals, messaging and guidelines that support and grow their brand and their business.Develop tools, techniques and strategies to help walk companies through the branding process.Previously:Led a team of designers and provided creative direction for the largest account including several years of leading the firm's complete creative product.Duties included: Participating on the Executive Team, developing strategy, developing concepts for existing clients and new business, leading brainstorming sessions, presenting concepts internally and externally, policing of brand and collateral standards, inspiring and mentoring the design team, ensuring quality control, directing photography, resolving internal conflicts, allocating resources, executing staffing needs and implementing employee reviews.· Helped shape and grow the company from 9 employees with less than 1 million in sales per year to 45 plus employees and over 4.5 million in sales at the company's peak.· Advocated for policies that provided a balance of quality of work, quality of service and quality of life.· Led an initiative for hourly pay due to long hours invested by team members.· Developed an analytical branding process that steered decision makers to consensus.· Collaborated on developing an internal Creative Intelligence Cycle to guide all creative work. The process included investigation, inspiration, influence, implementation and impact of the assignment.Specialties: Branding, Creative Direction, Logo Development, Concept Development, Presentation of Creative, Leading, Mentoring and Motivating Designers

Listed skills include Advertising, Graphic Design, Art Direction, Typography, and 30 others.

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  Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

  Graphic Design