Graphic Designer at The Bond Group
Greater Chicago Area
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- Graphic Designer at The Bond Group
- Graphic Designer at Freelance (Self-employed)
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- Design & Publications Intern at Museum of Contemporary Art
- Graphic Designer at Tweed Museum of Art
- Teacher's Assistant for Art Today Course at University of Minnesota
- Reference Librarian Student Assistant at University of Minnesota
- Student Office Coordinator at University of Minnesota Study in England Programme
- Education
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- University of Minnesota-Duluth
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- Graphic Design
Topher McCulloch’s Summary
For over two years, I worked solo as the in-house designer for a university art museum, which provided intensive training for a broad range of design skills. I learned on the job while balancing school with the day-to-day requirements of a designer working on promotional and didactic materials, web updates, and months-long editing, proofing, and revising processes for booklet and catalog design. Now in Chicago, I hope to take my print and web experience to the next level.
Topher McCulloch’s Specialties:
branding and identity, Adobe Creative Suite, Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, CSS, basic film editing with iMovie and Adobe AfterEffects
Topher McCulloch’s Experience
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Graphic Designer
The Bond Group
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
Began work as a freelancer filling in for assorted website and eblast template creation and maintenance and moved onto layout and print production for an enormous and successful marketing campaign for a prominent office supply reseller.
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Graphic Designer
Freelance (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Graphic Design industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Continued relationship with Tweed Museum of Art working on large illustrated ceramics handbook, created various book covers for Litwin Books and Library Juice Press, built various websites and blog templates, and did assorted typesetting and layout work.
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Design & Publications Intern
Museum of Contemporary Art
(Non-Profit; Museums and Institutions industry)
January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)
Assist designers in production and development of museum promotional materials. Design and layout ads and other material for marketing, performance, and education departments in particular.
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Graphic Designer
Tweed Museum of Art
(Museums and Institutions industry)
May 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Created all museum print and web materials from concept to production in addition to light exhibition design and marketing
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Teacher's Assistant for Art Today Course
University of Minnesota
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
April 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Assisted intro level liberal education Art History course of 300+ students with Instructor Rob Wittig
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Reference Librarian Student Assistant
University of Minnesota
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 4 months)
Created and maintained librarian websites and templates, catalogued books, maintained reference usage logs in Excel, and created various promotional material for the University of Minnesota Duluth reference team in addition to data entry and clerical work
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Student Office Coordinator
University of Minnesota Study in England Programme
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)
Created trip website, answered student questions, logged program finances in Quicken, and completed other data entry and clerical work as needed
Topher McCulloch’s Education
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University of Minnesota-Duluth
BFA , Graphic Design, Studio Art , 2003 — 2007
Graduated magna cum laude with Departmental Honors in Graphic Design. Minored in Foreign Studies. Study Abroad Program: 2 semesters in Birmingham, England.
- Activities and Societies:
- Honors Student Association, Student Design Organization, Art Guild, Literary Guild, Queer and Allied Student Union
Additional Information
Topher McCulloch’s Interests:
reading, painting, collage, photography, web design, blogging, social networking
Topher McCulloch’s Groups:
AIGA
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Topher McCulloch’s Honors:
+Best in Category, Experimental Type, Group Award, 2nd Annual UMD Student Design Competition 2007
+AIGA/Howard W. Lyons Scholarship 2006–07
+Isaac and Rose Gershgol Award 2006–07
+UMD Honors Program Leadership Award 2006
+Lake Superior Advertising Federation, 2nd Place 2006
Topher McCulloch’s Contact Settings
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