EXPERIENCE

Over ** years as a creative professional in various capacities in ad agency and

corporate environments, functioning as Photographer, Copywriter, Producer

(TV, video and radio), Project Manager, Art Director, Designer and Creative Director. Adept at managing multiple complex projects, maintaining timelines, quality control and budgets. Also learned at an early age to play well with others. EDUCATION

BFA degree, John Herron Art Institute / Indiana University Printmaking/Photography

WORK HISTORY

2017- Present

Photographer

Greven Photographics

GrevenPhotographics.com

General photography consisting of people, real estate, food, classic cars, products September 2001-2017

President/Creative Director

Bigtime Creative Services, LLC

Cottage Grove, Wisconsin

Creative and strategic consultant specializing in photo supervision, concept development, branding, strategic and tactical execution, project management of ad campaigns, corporate identity, video and new media.

Accomplishments: Ability to attract work nationally, including GamePlan Financial, an Atlanta- based subsidiary of Allianz. GamePlan markets Annuity, Life and Long-Term Care products to the financial advisor community.

1997 - 2001

Creative Director/Acting Group Manager

Capital One Financial

Richmond, Virginia

Responsible for supporting company-wide strategic initiatives, including e-commerce. Line of business responsibilities included supervising direct mail programs for both account management and card acquisition. External partners included insurance, travel and entertainment. Additional responsibilities were supervising internal communications, managing external ad agency resources, as well as national recruitment efforts.

Managerial responsibilities included mentoring and empowering a team of twelve amazing people

– one Creative Director, four Art Directors, four Designers and three Copywriters. Lead concept ideation, contribute content and attend focus groups. Led creative team on branding initiatives internally and externally, and supervised product innovation directives. Accomplishments: Was able to bring Annual Report in-house, saving company 200K and developed first integrated, company-wide recruitment campaign. Led the internal creative team that successfully competed with agency of record for national print advertising. GEORGE GREVEN

828 Saddle Ridge

Portage, Wisconsin 53901

608-***-****

ad1lmm@r.postjobfree.com

Online Portfolio:

GrevenPhotographics.com

CLIENT EXPERIENCE

Fox Valley Parade of Homes

Horizon Design, Build, Manage

American Girl

GamePlan Financial Marketing

Incentive Solutions

His Hands Church

Colorado Lutheran High School Assn.

Lands' End

Twisted Twig

Ronald McDonald House

Rubbermaid

Datex

Lucent Technologies

Integrated Medical Systems

Vail Valley

Colorado Lottery

Capital One Financial

Capital One Bank

Parker Pen

Domino's Pizza

AWARDS

Clio

Emmy (Detroit Chapter)

NY Festival of Advertising

Communication Arts Annual

Detroit Art Director’s Club

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