J amie Turpin
Senior Designer ⁄ Art Director
Seeking a challenging role specializing in sports, collegiate, corporate, and retail spaces. Where I can leverage my storytelling expertise in branding, 3D/2D design, and environmental to create impactful designs that enhance user experiences and drive brand success.
experience
Senior Designer ⁄ Architectural Signage & Environmental
Craftsmen Industries, Inc. 2023 – Present
• Lead senior designer custom design-build solutions for experiential marketing, architectural signage, wayfinding, and environmental graphics.
• Led the revamp of Craftsmenʼs branding identity; from print, collateral and onto the digital realms, then carrying through to the interiors of the space.
• Developed solutions intertwining the brand, user experience, and wayfi nding.
Senior Designer ⁄ Art Director
Freelance Contract Design 2019 – 2023
• Select list of companies worked for VML, Luci Creative, Artwork Studio, Hallmark Kaleidoscope, Shaw Hofstra Architects, Merge Marketing, Geometry Global, Second Nature Swim Club in UK, MKTG, and Advoc8.
• Approach every project applying meticulous detail, and skill to each stage of the design process—expertise in conceptual thinking to design development.
• E ectively communicate brand, experiential, and wayfi nding strategies via two and three-dimensional forms, sketches, elevations, and renderings.
Senior Art Director ⁄ 3D Designer
Red Fuse Communications, WPP 2019 – 2020
• Creative for Tomʼs of Maine consumer products for retail environments; in-store consumer experiences, brand activations, and social media.
• Led social media creative content and short animated videos along with 2D ⁄ 3D retail solutions, in-store displays, print collateral, and visual design.
• Elevated the shopper experience by enriching the brand story and by having an understanding how the consumer interacts at each touchpoint within the space.
Associate Creative Director ⁄ 3D Designer
Geometry Global, WPP 2017 – 2019
• 3D designer for the Electrolux Frigidaire brand/retail team, a diverse team of integrated disciplines formed by WPP agencies; VMLY&R – KC and Geometry Global – Cleveland
• Lead 3D designer; generated print collateral ⁄ ads, digital assets, 3D renderings, exhibit events, consumer experiences, and brand activations.
• Part of the integrated creative team for new pitch work ⁄ RFPs, amongst Geometry offices; New York, Chicago, and Cleveland. Developed 3D renderings for in-store box retail; environments, displays, aisle reinvention, and consumer experiences.
Senior Designer / Architectural, Environmental
Dimensional Innovations 2013 – 2016
& Signage
• Senior designer for a multidisciplinary studio; created spatial experiences for sport venues, collegiate facilities, museums, retail, and hospitality spaces.
• Lead creative on various project types from transforming spaces, object forms, environmental places for the consumer to experience.
• Skilled abilities in storytelling of the environmental space, cross-functional team collaboration, and forming unique experiences that connect people to the place.
education
Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Savannah College of Art & Design 2013
Master of Arts in Graphic Design
Savannah College of Art & Design 2012 Honors • Magna Cum Laude
Bachelor of Interior Architecture
Kansas State University 2002
Study Abroad • Australia
• Adobe Creative Cloud; Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, and XD.
• Design-Build; CAD Tools, Autocad, 3D Modeling, Revit, Sketchup, Podium, and 3D Graphics.
• Architectural 2D ⁄ 3D; Hand-Drawn Sketches, Illustrations, and Design Development Drawings.
branding wayfinding design thinking art direction visual storytelling space planning concept design 3D ⁄ 2D design consumer experiences environmental design awards
• Adobe Design Achievement Award
• AAF ADDY Award / Silver, Savannah, GA
• AIGA Design Awards / A8, Kansas City, MO
tools design teach Adjunct Professor
Kansas City Art Institute 2013 – 2018 hardworking determination flexible / adaptable diverse / versatile motivation growth mindset go-getter attitude detail oriented continuous improvement boundless curiosity skills