How this design started
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME
A native of Michigan and having originated from the “Downriver Area” (South of Detroit, MI), I attended College of Creative Studies – Detroit and acquired my fine arts bachelors degree in Graphic Communications with a concentration in Graphic Design.
Since then I have held a small number of in-house positions from a graphic designer with small marketing agencies to my current position of Art Director with PrintComm. I have applied my talents within a wide range of industries such as automotive, hospitals, recreational vehicles, credit unions in media channels like branding, corporate brochures, direct mail, and web development — all while simultaneously maintaining this freelance business.
But being a graphic designer isn’t what drives me completely. I owe all my creativity to the greatest Creator/Designer to ever exist, my hope and salvation in God almighty. That, and some credit to Legos and Crayola for helping me develop creative and technical skills at such an early age. When all is said and done, nothing that I can design or create can be compared to The Almighty. I didn’t make the colors, or the materials used to create paper and personal computers, He did. He did give me the talent & ability, however, to put it all together well.
My creativity expands into some great fun hobbies like the traditional fine arts, drawing and painting, playing the piano and guitar. My beautiful wife Heather and amazing kids and now grand kids are my true inspiration to continue in excelling in this creative realm that I live in everyday. I have been honing my skills as a graphic designer for over 25 years and currently reside in Wilmington, NC. I have won some awards along the way. But designing for awards isn’t what drives me. Providing small businesses the opportunity to have highly creative, talented solutions to all of their print and website needs at a affordable rate is so much more rewarding.
Robert Miller
Artist & Designer
- Indesign 100%
- Photoshop 100%
- Illustrator 93%
- Dreamweaver 90%
- Acrobat 95%
- WordPress 90%
- HTML 85%
- CSS 95%
Overview
My mission is to help communicate business ideas effectively. I believe in sharing my talents to deliver insightful, innovative and relevant solutions for your client’s marketing and design needs.
Philosophy
Give them what they need and at the same time, give them something to say “WOW” about. The graphic design process is crucial to any business, causing it to stand out from the competition.
Professional Experience
Art Director, Marketing Impact / Printcomm — 1998-present
As the art director, I oversee the creative services department. A small team of designers, marketing writer and proofreader. We work together to deliver innovative marketing, print, direct mail and cross media solutions that enhance response rates, sales revenues and return on investment for our customers. Over the past 18 years, I have achieved several awards including “Best in Category” Business Website by Printing Industries of America. Four American Advertising Federation ADDY awards, including “Best of Show.” I have designed for many type of industries and clients including: Bombardier Recreational Products (Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo, Can-Am Offroad and Spyder), Genesys Health System, Pet Supplies Plus, Dort Federal Credit Union and Cookbook Publishers to just name a few.
Graphic Designer, Insite Marketing and Design — 1995-1998
Worked as a graphic designer in a small design agency designing brochures, direct mail, annual reports, magazines, corporate identity packages, posters, retail merchandising and web sites.
Education
College of Creative Studies – Detroit (1991-1994)
Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts – Graphic Communications
Tools of the Trade
I have mastered the following applications: Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Lightroom and Acrobat.
I have also acquired countless hours of experience with WordPress, Pageflex & Pageflex Studio (global solutions for marketing and print automation), Campaign Monitor and MailChimp (for email campaigns).
I can also work with Adobe Premier, Pages, Numbers, Keynote and Garageband.