Kevin Tucker

Current

Owner / Creative Director at Collide Creative / Collide LLC

Past

Board Member at AIGA: Nashville Chapter
Designer / Design Manager / Associate Art Director at Word Entertainment
Design Intern / Contract Designer at Word Entertainment

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Education

Middle Tennessee State University
Cleveland High School

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Connections

227 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

My Company

Kevin Tucker’s Summary

12+ years of experience creating powerful visual communications, working with a variety of clients in diverse industries such as entertainment, healthcare, publishing, ministry, advertising, retail, and technology, just to name a few.

Kevin Tucker is a member of AIGA, the Professional Association for Design, and board member of Nashville chapter since 2006, currently serving as VP of Membership.

Kevin Tucker’s Specialties:

• Music & Entertainment: artist/project imaging development, packaging, and promotion.
• Advertising
• Branding / Corporate Identity
• Consulting

Kevin Tucker’s Experience

Owner / Creative Director

Collide Creative / Collide LLC

(Design industry)

April 2002 — Present (7 years 4 months)

Together we forge the moment of impact.

Collide Creative (Collide LLC) is a small award-winning creative firm in Nashville, originally founded in 2002 as "Kevin Tucker Design." Over the past seven years it has developed into a small, multidisciplinary "boutique" design & creative consulting company, specializing in strategic brand identity development, advertising, and product development for a variety of industries, with a particular focus on entertainment and publishing, and our unique collaborative approach. Through our diverse experience as well as strategic partnerships, we offer a complete solution to clients requiring deliverables in print, web & interactive, and on-air media. Past clients and projects have included: Pepsi, Warner Bros. Records, Sony Music Nashville, EMI Christian Music, Word Entertainment, The Village Chapel, Healthspring, Austin Peay State University, Shoney's, Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee, Billy Graham Evangelical Association, FiveStone Studios, VF Imagewear, Dye VanMol & Lawrence, Larry the Cable Guy, Amy Grant, Big & Rich, Sandi Patty, Bill Engvall, and Jaci Velasquez, among others.
Board Member

AIGA: Nashville Chapter

(Design industry)

May 2006 — June 2009 (3 years 2 months)

Serving as part of the executive board for the chapter, as well as in positions of VP Membership, VP Sponsorship, and Partnership Director. Co-created both the Think Tank conference and the Case Awards, as well as working both in leadership and service capacities in the Nashville creative professional community and helping strenthen and build the organization in many respects. Also created brand identity for Think Tank, Case Awards, and The Buzz, as well as naming for the "Dig" sustainability initiatives and Connect the Dots workshop series.
Designer / Design Manager / Associate Art Director

Word Entertainment

(Public Company; Music industry)

June 1997 — March 2002 (4 years 10 months)

I began my career at Word, and built a strong foundation from which I have built my own business. I learned from some of the best in the business about all aspects of the music industry, but especially in the areas of design and artist imaging.
Design Intern / Contract Designer

Word Entertainment

(Public Company; Music industry)

May 1996 — September 1996 (5 months)