Best Graphic Designers Of 2019

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Brian is VP, Content & Commerce Practice Lead for Blue Fountain Media. He joined Blue Fountain Media in 2013, bringing over 20 years of operations, technology, marketing, management and business analysis expertise. Brian manages all agency activities relating to the production and partnerships.

As Global Head of Pactera Digital and Managing Director of Blue Fountain Media, Jose is responsible for the continuous evolution of BFM’s digital service offering, ensuring a clear vision into the future as well as robust delivery capabilities.

A creative strategist with more than 20 years’ experience, Robert leads Blue Fountain Media’s Integrated Marketing Services team. Well-versed in traditional, new and emerging media platforms, Robert has developed award-winning marketing campaigns for some of the world’s most beloved brands.

An experienced brand consultant, digital thought leader, and author. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, startups, and nonprofits to define and actualize their vision, mission, and message. At BFM, James helps brands move from now to next through strategic positioning and creative execution.

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Garry Kanfer is the president and founder of Big Drop Inc, a digital agency specializing in development, design, branding, and digital marketing. His vision was to take into account the identity of a business and use this as a reflection of what will be created digitally to represent that company.

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Alana is an award-winning journalist turned digital media producer, storyteller, and project manager of all things pixelated. She’s spent time as a science journalist, an online producer, an art director, and a photographer. Alana has been in the media and production industry for more than 10 years.

Edward is a skilled interactive storyteller and digital technologist. Combining a rich understanding of creative design and standards-based development, Edward has spent more than a decade creating immersive and interactive digital experiences.

Adam is a strategist and digital producer with over eleven years of experience in online editorial, print, and video production. He has worked across non-profit, events, media, and agency sectors.

Abby has 13 years of experience in NYC nonprofits, with expertise in team leadership, organizational growth, and strategic planning. In her most recent role at StoryCorps, Abby managed partnership projects that harnessed the power of personal stories to effect positive change.

Kendall is a list-loving, process-driven, and ultra-organized strategist who manages just about all of Radish Lab’s digital projects. Prior to joining the Radish team, she worked at art galleries throughout NYC and developed her project management skills at a tech agency focused on the art.

Matt has more than a decade of experience as a full stack developer, having spent a large portion of his career in the world of technology startups and media agencies. In addition to his expertise in building web applications, he is a passionate “maker” and especially loves robotics and AI.

Hege is a graphic designer from Norway with a wide range of experience from print production, agencies and newspapers. She holds a Bachelor of Technology in Communication Design from NYCCT. She is passionate about projects that generate awareness of social issues.

Chris is a web developer building on eight years of experience as a graphic designer. Chris trained at General Assembly through the Web Development Immersive and has worked as a designer at The Madison Design Group, T Salon, and Art House Co-Op, where he was also the curator and manager.

Alina is a graphic designer with a big soft spot for building any and all things out of paper. Originally from Siberia, she now designs, cuts, builds, shoots, and imagines her way through Brooklyn.

Nate is a determined full-stack developer looking to sharpen his skills every day. Prior to joining the Radish team, he worked as a stockbroker, firefighter and ski-bum. These days as a developer, his goal is to write code that is readable, maintainable and concise.

Karina is a creative engineer with four years of experience developing. Prior to joining the Radish team, she built websites and applications for Congressional members and committees. Her knack for UX, advocacy for accessibility, and love of pretty things make her a thriving front end developer.

Lydia is a strategist who oversees many of Radish Lab's print and design projects. With a background in psychology, healthcare, and peer mentorship, she has a passion for people and making their lives better.

Jenna is an administrative guru and maintains a hyper-organized, can-do spirit about herself. Prior to joining the Radish team, Jenna studied Sustainability and Art, Media & Social Change at CUNY and worked as a video editor, project coordinator and community organizer.

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An innovation-focused serial entrepreneur, Gabriel has launched four groundbreaking startups and co-developed over a dozen others. With a bottom-line philosophy toward design and a design-oriented strategy toward growth, Gabriel places innovation at the heart of every project he leads

Before coming to Imagemme, Christiaan served as the Lead Creative at J.Fold, a men's bag and accessories company. His work has been featured in the MoMa design store, as well as GQ and Men’s Health magazine. Christiaan studied Graphic Design at the University of the Arts

A veteran consultant specialized in consumer insight development and analysis, Fermin Ezquer has consulted for household names such as Nokia, Bridgestone, BBVA, Robin Hood Foundation, and Santander. Also, he holds graduate degrees from Stanford and IESE and was the former dean of a business school

Tate began his career as a copywriter and quickly transitioned into brand strategy. He’s responsible for making sure every client’s needs and vision are clearly understood, and the execution of their campaigns meet or surpass expectations. Tate attended both Brandeis University & Columbia University

Liam entered the branding scene as a content strategist and copywriter. At Imagemme, he wears many hats, first and foremost serving as a brand director, managing projects from ideation through to production. He studied at Boston College and later earned his Masters from Columbia University

David started off as a 3D generalist working on projects for games and animation. Upon joining Imagemme, his role expanded to include everything from graphic design, to 3D rendering and industrial design, and even sometimes the occasional IT problem. David earned a degree in Digital Media at NYU

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General Manager at Viral In Nature.

Social Media Master Artisan and President of Viral In Nature.

Social Media Artisan at @ViralInNature. Silvana is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Director Of Sales & Client Care @ #Viral In Nature Danielle is also a full time comedian.

Web Developer at #ViralInNature

Social Media Artisan Apprentice at #ViralInNature

Social Media Artisan Apprentice at #ViralInNature

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I am the owner and lead creative driver and designer at AXIS visual. I want to design everything.

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Fran brings over 25 years of marketing and advertising experience, collected on both the agency and client sides of the business. While working at The PM Group, Fran began in account service and has since risen to agency leadership where she now stands as our Chief Operating Officer/President.

With 40 years of advertising experience to his name, Bob Wills knows how to get results. After a long career in business and marketing, Bob opened The PM Group in 1988 and hasn’t looked back since.

Debbie’s broad agency experience spans from media and account service to production and creative management.

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Graham Shapiro is an award-winning inventor, designer & digital entrepreneur. A Fellow member of The Chartered Society of Designers and Chartered Institute of Marketing. An Ambassador of Innovation for The University of Cambridge. Graham invented the interloopmailer® and Reggie®.

John M. Mohin OBE John Mohin is Chairman of GSD, having served as head of overseas operations for Wedgwood, most recently as Managing Director. He held the Royal Warrant by Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen and was made OBE for services to business and charity.

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Andrea founded Studio Linear over 6 years ago and is now co-owner with her sister, Sara Pullen. Andrea is the talent behind most of the packaging and branding that Studio Linear creates for their clients. Andrea is based in Maine.

Sara is the creative talent behind most all of our website we create for our clients. She is co-owner of this sister owned, family business. Sara is based in Minneapolis.

Alex is our very talented website developer who helps us customize our sites to fit our clients needs.

Carolyn is the skilled lady behind the content created for websites and social media campaigns.

Bria is the eye behind the lens, capturing photography for product design and print + packaging.

Sarah helps keep this studio organized and on track, managing inquires and internal project management.

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Purchased Media Development in 2014

Purchased Media Development in 2014

Joined our team in 2018

Joined our team in 2013

Joined our team in 2013

Joined our team in 2014

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Graduated in 2012 from Faculty of Media and Communication at University of Banja Luka. Worked as a Marketing Manager for 2 years in a national food and beverage brand. Great communications skills and ability to understand the client's needs. Fluent in English, basic knowledge of French.

Starting fresh after the Economics faculty he manages the agency's business from the very beginning. Specialities: general management, sales, advertising, corporate branding, corporate development, product development, business operations, business and marketing strategy, product and B2B marketing

Finished his official education at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics. For backend he mostly uses Laravel, and for frontend React, HTML5/CSS3/JS. Has a deep understanding of web development and currently working hard on becoming a full stack android/iOS developer. Fluent in English.

A senior student at the University of Banja Luka Faculty of Economics. Digital Marketing Manager with 2+ years of experience in various short and long-term projects. Experienced in Web/SM copyrighting, content creating, community managing, reporting. Skilled in apps for report creation, graphic des

Team leader in our Web sector. Great experience in more than 5 years and numerous projects completed. Deep understanding of UX/UI and site structure necessary for great SEO of a website. Studied at Faculty of Electrical Engineering in the Department of Software Engineering. Fluent in English.

Studied at Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Technical Education and Informatics). Deep understanding of backend programming, designing the database and logical structure of the application. His main specialities are MySql, PHP (Laravel), JavaScript (Jquery, AJAX), HTML 5, CSS 3.

The main specialities are marketing campaigns from idea to realization, client relationships, creative briefs, event management, digital marketing and social media marketing. Great communication and organization skills and ability to understand the client's needs. Fluent in English.

Deep understanding of front-end development and many projects done in more than 3 years of direct involvement in sites and apps creation. The technologies he is most confident with are HTML, SCSS, GULP, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, Bootstrap, React JS.

Graduated from Academy of Arts, he has worked his way up from a camera op, to Director of Photography. Huge experience in countless projects around the world. Besides filmmaking, he has great passion and deep knowledge for video editing and color grading.

Bachelor’s Degree, Academy of Arts, University of Banja Luka. His strongest skill is in the fields of branding, visual identity, editorial design, infographics, prepress, web design, web layout and design for social media, More than six years in the business with many projects completed.

BSc in Economics (Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka) with deep knowledge in Marketing campaigns, Client relationships,PR, Creative briefs, Event management, Media plans, Creative commercials, Managing digital marketings; SMM plan preparation, execution and tracking.

Finished his studies at the The University of Business Studies at the department of IT Technologies and Graphic Design. Great all around knowledge which enables him to produce great videos from all categories.

Graduated from the Faculty of Natural Mathematics in Banja Luka. Deep understanding of backend related technologies and great experience in backend oriented projects. Excellent skills in making a good logic for sites, a real admin panel and customized Content Management System.

Great communicational skills and ability to understand what do clients want and how they want it to be done. Fluent in English.

His work has been recognized internationally and confirmed through many rewards he has won - both during his student days and afterwards. He did his studies at The Academy of Arts of the University of Banja Luka.

Degree in economics, management and entrepreneurship. Planning and coordinating, supervising pre-production, production and post-production stages. Skills in Budget management, organization, interpersonal and communication skills, ability to multi-task and process information efficiently.

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Greg has received numerous awards in design and his work has been published in Print, Graphis and LogoLounge. He has led in-house and agency creative teams, shaping many well-known brands and licensed properties across business-to-business, consumer and healthcare categories.

With 20+ years in the field of design, Joel has been recognized nationally by several publications and organizations for his contributions to design including: The Addy Awards, Graphis, Print, HOW, LogoLounge and featured in the book Design Alliance: Uniting Print and Web Design.

As a graduate of the University of Cincinnati's DAAP program, Beth has over two decades of design and creative leadership experience across a broad range of industries such as home care, children’s products, health-related consumer goods and active lifestyle brands.

Bringing over 20 years of experience with J&J, Debra collaborates closely with her clients to drive brands forward, ensuring clear linkage to strategy and organizational goals in the areas of budget management, promotional activities, educational training and trade show marketing and advertising.

Matt is an innovative leader who embraces challenges and is determined to achieve success within a dynamic environment. Empowering as a team leader and mentor, Matt consistently encourages the creative and account staff to strive for excellence.

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I bring a pure unadulterated love for design to FRW Studios. I’m passionate about keeping up with creative trends and finding ways to make them accessible to my clients.

I bring a diverse history of marketing, sales and creative direction experience to FRW Studios. Impeccable taste and technological savvy lend a refined sophistication to the way I do business, as well as to my creative process.

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Paul brings care and attention to detail to preparing proposals and estimates, steering individual projects through our studio, and managing projects. When it comes to branding Stuart can talk for England, drawing on more than two decades’ experience honing some of the world’s most desirable brands.

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Ari's design sensibilities and attention to detail verge on compulsive, though we prefer to think of him as a perfectionist. Whatever you call it, Ari won't rest until every pixel is in place.

Ron is a designer, illustrator, and all around good guy. He is known to some (most particularly to himself) as the "wild stallion" of the office. But if you take a closer look, you'll see that he actually has the calm, quiet eyes of a Chilean Chinchilla.

Justin believes there is beauty in the code behind any great design. This is why he delivers painstaking detail and formidable results to every project he takes on.

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Having founded design agency 10 years ago, Lyubomyr has a massive experience in developing strategies and leading design teams. As a Founder of Qubstudio, he focused on building a self-motivated and highly professional team that is passionate about design that works.

Victor is the creative mind behind some of the most recognized Qubstudio projects. With a wide spectrum of interests starting with graphic design and lettering, all the way to marketing and business performance, Victor is always coming with creative strategies and distinct branding ideas.

For 5 years, as a Project Manager, Nadia has successfully delivered over 30 projects, along the way getting her Ph.D. For now, Nadia is the CEO at Qubstudio, where she successfully plans and oversees company strategy implementation.

Den is product designer and one of top UX designers at QubStudio with 5 years of experience in UX design and more than 7 years in project management and marketing. Business education allows Den to better understand users and business needs and create thought through product.

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Gregg is a founding partner of CBX and responsible for the overall direction and management of its New York office. Gregg has over 20 years of consumer branding experience, and has worked with such clients as Reckitt Benckiser, General Mills, Seagram’s, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, and Frito-Lay.

With twenty years of expertise in consumer and retail branding, Rick is responsible for inspiring, directing and motivating creative teams to develop powerful design solutions. He has contributed his branding expertise to such companies as Del Monte, Johnson & Johnson, Mars, and Kimberly-Clark.

Nancy is responsible for the overall direction and management of creative, account, production and business development teams. She's spent over 20 years working in consumer branding with clients including Georgia Pacific, Best Buy, HanesBrands, ConAgra and General Mills.

Todd is responsible for all things retail across multiple trade channels including grocery, pharmaceutical, pet, and convenience. Under his leadership, the CBX branded environments division offers specialized services including retail strategy, brand development, market research and store design.

Satoru is responsible for the overall management of business and operations in New York. Satoru’s experience in brand consulting spans over 20 years across more than 200 brands including Gillette, Del Monte, PepsiCo, Mars, Black & Decker, Kraft, and Colgate.

Dustin has had extensive experience positioning, innovating, and re-energizing consumer-facing and internal brands to meet and exceed strategic business objectives for a range of clients, including Del Monte, General Mills, PepsiCo, and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

James is responsible for the overall financial strategy and direction at CBX. Before starting his role at CBX, James spent 11 years working in the advertising industry, most recently as a CFO for HL Group Partners. Prior to that he spent 8 years in public accounting.

Stacy leads the Minneapolis client services team and supervises the client work in the office. She's worked with key clients including Clorox, Hormel Foods, and General Mills. Stacy's also developed a custom process to help clients create an innovation pipeline to better serve their consumer needs

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Distance is not a problem, i have two legs!

No waves....ok, let´s work!

Come and get some!

I leave it to the Fixer!

My brain is not melting at all...

I just want to wath the fox series!

Soon my mouth will blow...

All the way up, nothing can stop me!

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Roger is the founder and architect of GKV. He has over 30 years of client and agency experience. He has built GKV into one of the premier agencies in the mid-Atlantic region.

Jeff is a partner at GKV. As the chief creative officer of our agency, he oversees the creative work for all clients, ensuring that it is engaging, on strategy and memorable. For more than 30 years, Jeff has created notable and highly effective communications for a long, diverse list of brands.

As one of the managing partners at GKV, Garry now leads Business Development efforts at the agency. Prior to that, Garry helped guide the organization as it transitioned from a traditional agency into a fully, integrated agency able to deliver a full suite of digital services.

Stacey Wynia leads the PR, social media and grassroots event work GKV does for its clients. With her full-time staff, she provides high-level strategic guidance in the development and execution of PR plans, earned media campaigns and strategic messaging, and a wide variety of social media marketing.

For the past 10+ years, Brent has helped the creative team stay ahead of the curve in the ever-changing interactive design field. From complex data visualizations and infographics, to delicate typography treatments and tech trends, he knows how engage his audience with the right tools for the job.

Dave has over 25 years creative experience in advertising, first as copywriter, then creative director and currently as a chief creative strategist.

Emma works closely with our Social team to execute PR plans, media campaigns and social media programs. She also works with all GKV departments to ensure messages are on-brand and communications are integrated and in-line with advertising efforts.

Daniel is responsible for the development of a client’s media strategies. Daniel consistently works with both our clients and our account management team to help maximize budgets and assure that our clients utilize the best media vehicle for their respective campaigns.

As GKV’s practice lead in Digital and Consumer Engagement his role is to help client partners by providing leadership as someone who can both architect and navigate new challenges: integrating the advertising, creative, strategic and analytical capabilities needed to win the customer.

In early 2018, Shannon was named SVP and Director of Account Management. Her role includes acting as director on select accounts and projects, including new business, providing strategic counsel as needed, and overseeing the department requirements, processes and workload.

Dan, who joined GKV in 2003, leads strategic planning and research for our clients, whether their goals are a more compelling brand promise and brand aligned culture, or creative that builds sales AND an emotional connection.

Mark Rosica has almost 30 year’s experience creating advertising and design in almost every conceivable category for clients in the US and abroad. Mark is a problem solver who thinks strategically and creatively to conceptualize and execute unique campaigns.

Lindsay is an art director who straddles the lines of digital and traditional media. With a fine arts degree in illustration from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, she has a sharp eye and really enjoys working painting and illustration into projects that allow for it.

Ken oversees a variety of GKV clients across several industries, including health insurance, consumer packaged goods, telecommunications and more. He pushes the GKV creative department to live the brand and produce work that elevates the relevancy of the brand.