Brian Koch: Graphic Designer in River Grove, IL

•Create digital art files for use in producing various sports memorabilia and custom retail products •Adapt templates and original designs to meet NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, and NCAA brand standards •Create, revise, and update item submission proofs and designs as necessary for league approval •Design custom art for large accounts based on current design trends and customer needs •Create product images for vendor distribution and online viewing at multiple resolutions •Communicate production issues and limitations when conflicts arise, brainstorm and implement solutions to meet strict league and brand standards •Photograph product and edit/make image enhancement for new and updated items •Maintain style guides and corresponding art according to logo/branding updates •Create web banners, marketing materials, email campaigns, and in store signage •Design point of purchase displays and shipper graphics for retail product •Create and update internal server and website product image files

•Logo design and miscellaneous design for startup companies Sun Box and Bride Guides (2017) •Featured Match Day Poster and Match Artist for MLS team Chicago Fire SC, September, 2016 •Logo, branding, and marketing materials design for Southgate Sausage Company, and Scroggs Construction Services (2016), Oak Park Runners Club 5K (The Race That’s Good For Life) •Design logos, posters, mailers, magazine ads, marketing materials, web layouts, and work directly with clients to ensure their projects are completed to their expectations and on time •Featured design and artist profile in Candleman Snowboards, New Zealand 2012/2013 Fall catalog for 2011 snowboard graphics competition

•Designed the majority of templates for 2015 revamp of the Team Sales custom art catalog •Created production files for embroidery, screen printing, online, and print flyers •Designed custom logos, and created graphic templates for screening and embroidery •Provided clear art direction to Team Sales Road Representatives when issues arose in order to better meet and exceed their clients’ needs while avoiding production issues •Created custom graphic style guides for key accounts to establish sport identities •Maintained existing graphic templates for efficiency and future use •Trained new hires in screen print, online stores, and print flyer setup

•Associate training •Gait analysis and running shoe recommendation •Sales •Merchandising and purchasing - apparel and footwear - athletic and leisure •Contribute to sales meetings with regional sales reps •Stocking and customer service •Store ambassador at local races •Created in-store signage for races, group runs and special events held at the store and in the Western Chicago Suburbs

•Create and design newspaper layouts •Proofread/edit content •Place and edit photos (touch-up, cropping and adjust lighting) •Create/place ads

•Gait analysis •Sales