Grant Kerkemeyer: Creative Director/Freelancer in Denver, CO

- Assisted local agencies on a variety print and web projects for local and national companies. - Worked Directly with Business Owners to develop and implement new branding as well as a wide variety of advertising materials from print to web for initial company branding, online web campaigns to direct sales and periodicals. - Strategically Implemented and maintained Advertising/Marketing plans on a monthly basis for multiple clients, while making monthly changes to maximize the full potential of their budget to reach the widest audience. - Consulted with startup businesses to establish a specific Advertising/Marketing plan toward a relative audience for their product/service.Managed all aspects of creative projects, including client and vendor communications, concept development, presentation and execution. Clients: Oh The Places, Coin Advisor, MyJet Net, Colling Media, UGrow, Anderson Advertising

- Involved with and led all current campaign designs/layouts as well as the development/coordination for internal/external creative at SocialWhirled. - Maintained quality control of all visuals in the design stage (from internal creative to external clients), and oversaw frontend development to produce social + mobile + digital canvases. As well as making sure campaign design/layouts are started and completed on time and reinforce the user interface and user experience of our platform. - Designing the next best campaign for our clients as well as setting up the SocialWhirled Design/Development team for large scale growth. - Oversaw two frontend developers in the buildout of client and internal work as well as working side by side with our in house Ruby on Rails Dev team in all UI/UX and design related projects on a daily basis. - Built out SocialWhirled’s complete Self-Serve SaaS based platform (from a UI/UX & design standpoint) for customers to build out simple marketing campaigns as well as the templated designs the user could choose from. Clients: PepsiCo (Amp, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Pepsi), Walgreens, Intel, Macy’s, Call of Duty, American Girl, Mattel, NFL, Intel, IBM, TracyLocke, New England Patriots.

- Art Directed/Produced advertising materials for magazine and newspaper inserts, direct mail, point-of-purchase and a variety of other formats for clients from hospitality, banking, restaurants, sports teams implemented both regionally and nationally while adhering to a fast-paced schedule. - Managed aspects of creative projects, including client and vendor communications, concept development, presentation and execution and internal team management. Lead the concepting and Art Direction on still-photography shoots used for branding, advertising and sales materials. - Managed on-going client projects along with the production artists, motion graphics and freelance designers associated with specific projects to ensure brand integrity and to meet internal/external deadlines. - Collaborated with clients in agency meetings and their headquarters to brainstorm and establish brand strategy for present and future projects. Clients: Mayo Clinic, Desert Schools, Harkins Theatres, Boys & Girls Club of AZ, Phoenix Coyotes.