Mark Ingraham

Current

• Proprietor at ingraham.creative (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Associate Creative Director at The Ungar Group, Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO
• Art Director at BBDO, Chicago

Education

• American Academy of Art
• Ferris State University

Recommended

8 people have recommended Mark

Connections

52 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company

Mark Ingraham’s Summary

Innate skills in art led to a 20+ year career in Chicago Ad Agency
Creative Departments as an Art Director.
Art Directors are advertising-focused 'Designers', that are
trained in the craft of defining a company's strengths in
the competitive marketing arena.
In short, The Art of Selling and Persuasion.
Taking the reins, Mark is now Proprietor of ingraham.creative,
a Design and Art Direction firm specializing in dynamic branding
solutions built on a strong strategic foundation.
The key is to hone in on a company's most unique point of difference,
and then amplify that single-minded message in a different,
relevant, and bold fashion.
Mark's background enables him to apply this focus in all visual mediums;
from web to print to TV to guerrilla tactics.
Mark is working to build ingraham.creative into a known 'go to' shop;
providing aggressive communication for aggressive marketers and advertisers.

Mark Ingraham’s Specialties:

Strategy Assessment, Strategy Building, Concepting, Design, Art Direction, Layout and Comp, Presentation, Art Production, Digital Assembly, Photoshop, Production Supervision, Printing Supervision, Illustration, Art Buying

Mark Ingraham’s Experience

• Associate Creative Director

  The Ungar Group, Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 1988 — October 2005 (17 years 10 months)

  These companies make up my almost two decades
  of full time downtown Chicago ad agency work.
  I would like to apply this vast experience to your
  specific business communication needs.

• Art Director

  BBDO, Chicago

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1987 — 1995 (8 years)

  Art Direction; concept, design, execution of creative
  on all accounts.

Mark Ingraham’s Education

• American Academy of Art

  Associates Degree, Design and Illustration, 1983 — 1984

• Ferris State University

  Associates Degree, Advertising • Commercial Art and Design, 1980 — 1982

Additional Information

Mark Ingraham’s Websites:

• My Company

Mark Ingraham’s Interests:

Advanced Sales Techniques, Art Direction and Design, Adobe Creative Suite Software, Garageband Recording Software, Hobbies: Camping, Guitar, Music, Film, Exercise: Hiking, Kayaking, Rollerblade, Biking, Running, Bowling, Racquetball.

Mark Ingraham’s Groups:

The Networking Group, Sandler Presidents Club, Landmark Education,
Evanston Chamber of Commerce, Skokie Chamber of Commerce, DonorsChoose.com

•    Obama for America

Mark Ingraham’s Honors:

See Awards on Resume @ www.ingycreative.info

Mark Ingraham’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch