Creative Director / Managing Partner of Billups Design
Greater Chicago Area
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- Creative Director / Managing Partner at Billups Design
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- Creative Director / Founder at NonDisruptive
- Creative Director at Divine
- Creative Director / Owner at Web Design Group
- Web Designer at CNN
- Assistant Account Executive at TBS/TNT/CNN (Time Warner)
- Education
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- Michigan State University
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Ted Billups’s Experience
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Creative Director / Managing Partner
Billups Design
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
2001 — Present (8 years)
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Creative Director / Founder
NonDisruptive
(Internet industry)
October 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 3 months)
In addition to business and brand strategy, Ted is responsible for all user experience and design execution at nondisruptive, LLC and its software products.
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Creative Director
Divine
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Internet industry)
March 2000 — March 2001 (1 year 1 month)
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Creative Director / Owner
Web Design Group
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
October 1996 — March 2000 (3 years 6 months)
One of four owners in the corporation. Grew company revenues from $250k annually to $3MM+ by concentrating on strategy, design, process, and positive client relationships. Dealt with top level corporate issues on a daily basis, in addition to responsibilities as a Creative Director, Consultant and Designer.
Oversaw entire creative process at WDG, which included brand and usability analysis, user-based design, multimedia, content development, implementation, and integration with technology. Managed a staff of 15+ creative employees and acted as final approval for all creative developed.
Clients included; Nike, Allied Van Lines, Motorola, Ameritech, Chicago Stock Exchange, H2O+, Mark Shale, GE, Blue Meteor, Heller Financial, HFMA, Hunt’s, SRAM, Unext/Cardean University, American Medical Association and many others. -
Web Designer
CNN
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)
January 1996 — October 1996 (10 months)
Responsible for working on the first www.cnn.com web site, in addition to creative directing the local Chicago CNN bureau web site.
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Assistant Account Executive
TBS/TNT/CNN (Time Warner)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)
June 1994 — October 1996 (2 years 5 months)
Sold and serviced advertising space for TBS, TNT, and CNN programming. Accounts included McDonalds, 3M, Quaker, Keebler, Allstate, Timex, Discover, and many other global brands. Managed advertising buys with agencies such as Leo Burnett, DDB, J Walter Thompson, Campbell Mithun Esty and many others in the Chicago, Dallas, and Minneapolis markets.
Ted Billups’s Education
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Michigan State University
BA, Advertising, Graphic Design, Mathematics, October 1990 — June 1994
- Activities and Societies:
- State News, TKE (Rho Beta Chapter)
