Layne Petersen: Owner/Designer in Greeley, CO

Freelance art direction and design for various clients, including Production supervision on a series of children’s science/educational books. kamikazecreative.com

Design for properties of Swift Communications, including The Greeley Tribune, Vail Daily, Steamboat Pilot & Today, Aspen Times, and other newspapers. Projects included ads, special sections, business collateral, and annual magazines. Design direction for Energy Pipeline and Northern Colorado Home magazines.

Directed all marketing & messaging efforts for a medium to large metro-Denver church, setting an all-new branding direction, including posters, artwork for sermons, weekly bulletins, flyers, logos, website redesign and upkeep, and all social media communications and efforts.

Collaborated with and ssisted Editor-in-Chief with refining publishing process for magazine focused on motivating an associate base of 1.4 million. Helped coordinate corporate-sponsored events, such as renovations of a Philadelphia soup kitchen.

Art direction and design for multiple national magazines with a B2B focus, targeted at the IT market, translating technical content into easy-to-read visual communication, including design for print/electronic marketing projects. Creative direction and design for the Custom Media/Event division, including large-format signage, t-shirts, programs/brochures, forms, and web graphics.

Concept and design for three magazines targeted at the church ministry market, including working with the Art Director, illustrators, and our staff photographer on articles, as well as marketing materials and special sections for internal and external customers.