Joshua Blankenship

Design. Illustration. Art Direction.

Electronic Mail:
Telephone: +1 (864) 760-3303
Instant Message: hiblankenship

Objectives

Imagine. Inspire. Work hard.

And live out seriously cool, challenging, creative work (that matters) while solving problems for clients alongside passionate people who love what they do (and it shows.)

Don't take my word...

I have references.

And my references know people. And I am one of those people. And they trust me.

You can also view my profile on LinkedIn.

On the go? Take me with you! Download a PDF of this resume.

Work Experience

Creative Director
NewSpring Church, Anderson, SC
(January 2008 - current)

Creative and Art Direction, Branding and Identity, Web Strategy, and Graphic Design.

Designer/Creative
VIRB° Inc., Boston, MA
(July 2007 - September 2007)

Naming, branding, illustration, and art direction for Cottyn, a t-shirt shop.

Interactive Art Director
t:m Advertising, Dallas, TX
(October 2006 - April 2007)

Art direction, web design, and illustration for clients including American Airlines, Verizon Superpages.com, Nationwide Insurance, Microsoft X-Box Live, Discover Network, Texas Tourism and others

New Business Pitch work for clients including Red Roof Inn, La-Z-Boy, and others

Independent Contractor
Greenville, Chattanooga, & Dallas
(October 2004 - October 2006)

Print and Web design, identity, illustration, photography, and copywriting for clients including VIRB°, PureVolume, AT&T Wi-Fi, Indie Music Store, LevelTen Design, Tubatomic Studio, The cre824 Webdesign International Festival, Armchair Media, and InterContinental Hotels Group, Bridgestone Golf USA, Verizon Wireless, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Rockpile Magazine, and Law Of Inertia Magazine

Art Director/Designer
NewSpring Church, Anderson, SC
(October 2002 - April 2005)

Art Directing one of the 50 fastest growing churches in America (from 300 to more than 3,000 weekly attenders in less than five years) including print, marketing, advertising, logo design, web design, and apparel design

Skill Set

Passion. Ideas. Motivation. Networking. Obscenely low tolerance for ordinary.

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• HTML, CSS handcoding
• Digital Illustration
• Traditional Illustration
• Digital Photography
• Copy Writing
• Blogging
• iTunes
• Common Sense
• People

Hack Set

At least I'm honest...

• Information Architecture
• Adobe InDesign
• Flash
• PHP
• Adobe After Effects
• Video shooting & editing
• Audio creation & recording