
Proprietor, ingraham.creative; Design and Art Direction
Greater Chicago Area

Proprietor, ingraham.creative; Design and Art Direction
Greater Chicago Area
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.
Strategy Assessment, Strategy Building, Concepting, Design, Art Direction, Layout and Comp, Presentation, Art Production, Digital Assembly, Photoshop, Production Supervision, Printing Supervision, Illustration, Art Buying
(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.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1987 — 1995 (8 years)
Art Direction; concept, design, execution of creative
on all accounts.
Associates Degree, Design and Illustration, 1983 — 1984
Associates Degree, Advertising • Commercial Art and Design, 1980 — 1982
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.
The Networking Group, Sandler Presidents Club, Landmark Education,
Evanston Chamber of Commerce, Skokie Chamber of Commerce, DonorsChoose.com
See Awards on Resume @ www.ingycreative.info