Craig Minch

Current

• Visual Designer at Sprokets
• Owner, Visual Design Consultant at Minch Design, Inc.

Past

• Consultant at Cleveland Clinic
• Visual Designer (strategic partner) at Western Reserve Internet Services (WRIS)
• Part Time Instructor at Cleveland State University

• Creative Director at DigitalDay Creative Group
• Design & Usability Analyst at National City
• Senior Consultant, Creative Practice Leader at Brulant

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Education

• Kent State University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• twitter.com/craigminch
• Facebook Fan Page

Craig Minch’s Summary

I’m an accomplished visual designer with core strengths in user interface design and branding. I’m professionally trained and adept in both digital and print-based mediums. I enjoy collaborating with great people, perfecting my craft and sharing in the satisfaction of a job well done.

Craig Minch’s Specialties:

Branding & Corporate Identity, Interaction Design, Interactive Marketing, Typography, User Centered Design, User Interface Design, Visual Design, Web Standards Development, Writing

Craig Minch’s Experience

• Visual Designer

  Sprokets

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  Minch Design provides Branding, Graphic Design, Interface Design and Consulting services to Sprokets' client projects while collaborating within a national network of independent, creative professionals.

• Owner, Visual Design Consultant

  Minch Design, Inc.

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

  Minch Design is niche design consultancy through which I collaborate with other creative professionals, web application developers, software engineers, agencies and firms.

• Consultant

  Cleveland Clinic

  (Graphic Design industry)

  March 2009 — July 2009 (5 months)

  I was contracted to lead the visual design portion of Cleveland Clinic's website redesign project. I collaborated with other ux professionals, project managers, designers and Cleveland Clinic's internal team of writers, designers, information architects and developers.

• Visual Designer (strategic partner)

  Western Reserve Internet Services (WRIS)

  (Internet industry)

  August 2007 — April 2009 (1 year 9 months)

  Minch Design was a strategic partner and collaborated with WRIS by leading the Interaction Design and Visual Design phases of select projects.

• Part Time Instructor

  Cleveland State University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2007 — December 2007 (5 months)

  I taught an introductory course for the Mac OSX operating system and Adobe's Creative Suite software including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.

• Creative Director

  DigitalDay Creative Group

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  November 2005 — May 2006 (7 months)

• Design & Usability Analyst

  National City

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

  April 2005 — November 2005 (8 months)

• Senior Consultant, Creative Practice Leader

  Brulant

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2002 — April 2005 (2 years 7 months)

Craig Minch’s Education

• Kent State University

  BA , Visual Communication Design , September 1996 — December 2000

  Resident Assistant, Artist in Residence

Additional Information

Craig Minch’s Websites:

• twitter.com/craigminch
• Facebook Fan Page

Craig Minch’s Interests:

soccer, coaching soccer, childhood development, skateboarding, autocross, solo motorsports, mixed martial arts, cycling

Craig Minch’s Groups:

American Institute of Graphic Artists, Cleveland Web Standards Association, Avon Lake Soccer Organization - Board of Directors

•    Cleveland Web Standards Association
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    Sprokets
•    Full Circle - Paper + Print + Design

Craig Minch’s Honors:

AIGA Cleveland (1), American Greeetings Scholarship (1), Flash Forward (1), Graphic Design USA (1), Horizon Interactive Awards (8), Print Magazine (1), Web Marketing Association (4), The Webby Awards (1)

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