
Graphic Designer & Illustrator
Greater Seattle Area

Graphic Designer & Illustrator
Greater Seattle Area
Rob Christianson is an illustrator and designer located in the Pacific Northwest. With his wacky, zany, nutty, kooky crazy style and a love for classic and modern animation, his work bubbles with creativity and fizzes with fun! Rob is an experienced designer as well, having over ten years of agency and freelance work under his belt.
Rob studied illustration at the Seattle School of Visual Concepts under such illustrators as David Harto, Jere Smith, Stan Shaw and Art Chantry.
Illustration, graphic and Web design, HTML email design, illustration, typography. Whimsical, wacky, fun, skewed, colorful. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Freehand, Dreamweaver. Macintosh evangelist and PC tolerant. ;)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)
January 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)
I'm the resident designer and illustrator for Media Partners. I do graphic design, Web design, illustration and motion graphics - and recently, video production and animation.
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
January 1997 — Present (11 years 5 months)
I've been doing freelance illustration and design since I was in art school. After getting married, my graphic designer wife and I joined forces to create Web sites, Illustration, Graphic Design, and more for our clients.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2000 — December 2005 (5 years 6 months)
I was a staff designer for HighPoint Solutions, and my primary tasks were E-mail marketing, Web and graphic design. Clients included Microsoft, Safeco Insurance, World Vision, Episcopal Relief and Development, and Focus on the Family.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years)
As a staff illustrator, I was able to work on exciting projects for Cinnabon, Starbucks, Chaffey Homes, Microsoft and Yahoo! I also became a jr. designer and studied under such creative minds as Dale Lantz, Craig Marocco, Greg Hunt, Diane Christensen, Kim Christiansen, and Randy Urquhart. As the only HL2 designer with Web experience at the time during the dot-com boom, I produced Isernio Sausage's Web site, and designed and produced the Web site and additional marketing materials for Pallino Pastaria.
1996 — 1998
Graphic Design, Painting 1995 — 1996
Design, Illustration 1990 — 1993
illustration, childrens books, star wars, macintosh, music, art, drawing, photography, coffee
New Hope Free Will Baptist Church, Design Café