Chris Weibring
Senior Art Director/Graphic Designer

chrisweibring@gmail.com
Chicago, IL, US

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Experience
LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL | Senior Designer
February 2018 – present
In-House Designer
• Partner with writers and designers to conceive and execute marketing and design consistent with agreed strategy.
• Work in traditional, motion, digital, 3D, and photography mediums.
• Develop traditional and digital production files on time and within budget.
• Develop title frames, animation, display media and motion media deliverables.
• Develop editorial content and layout for in-house print and digital monthly magazine.
• Develop, and work within, brand standards across various creative mediums.
• Develop traditional, branding, digital, and environmental creative for events.
• Serves as a design liaison to teams, provides coaching on visual design best practices, visual communication methods and theory.
• Work with translation team to provide creative layout in over 10 different languages.
• Work with outside vendors to produce final creative for projects.

FCBX | Senior Art Director
January 2014 – February 2018
Clients: CenturyLink, Jack Daniel’s, Audi, Boeing, ALDI
• Partner with creative director to conceive and execute advertising and design consistent with agreed strategy. 
• Collaborate for the development and production of design and advertising for AOR account. 
• Develop creative and digital production files on time and within budget. 
• Manage and organize digital files and artwork on a daily basis. 
• Check and help direct artwork with suppliers and sports properties. 
• Participate in brainstorm meetings and development. 
• Participate in and contribute to new business activity. 
• Coordinate with creative and account teams to manage creative and execution workflow. 
• Maintain all team/sports properties specifications and guidelines. 
• Provides final hi-res retouching on digital artwork.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS | Graphic Designer
January 2008 – December 2013

In-House Designer
• Developed creative concepts and executed production on team print and interactive materials. 
• Identity/logo design for internal and corporate partner events and programs. 
• Adapted design elements and carried out the continuity of the Blackhawks brand throughout all collateral. 
• Prepared final layouts for print and oversaw the production process. 
• Prepared images for production through color correction and photo retouching techniques. 
• Managed bid process, selected commercial printers and managed relationships with vendors during production process. 
• Conceptualized and built custom creative concepts for sales pitches and client presentations. 
• Brand ambassador for logo usage and graphic standards. 
• Created various graphics for the team’s web and social properties. 
• Assisted on location and in-studio during photo shoots and special events.

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Education
MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY | College of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Computer Art/Commercial Design

Emphasis in graphic design and photography

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Expertise
• Graphic Design and Art Direction
   - Agency/Advertising
   - In-House Marketing
   - Freelance
   - Sports and Entertainment
   - Non-Profit
• Logo/Brand/Identity
• Event and Brand Marketing
• Traditional, Specialty, and Large Format Printing
• Digital, Web, and Email Marketing
• Apparel Design
• Experiential Design
• Environmental Design
• Packaging Design
• Photography (Studio, On-Location, Production, and Editing)
• Illustration (Analog and Digital)
• Video (Production and Editing)
• Video and GIF Animation

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Honors
• 2016 Telly Award – Commercial Bronze
• 2014 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award – Gold and Silver
• 2011 Promaxbda Sports Media Marketing Award – Silver
• 2011 Pinnacle Print Award – Best of Division

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Software

Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, After Effects, and Premiere Pro.
3D: Maxon Cinema 4D, and Blender.
Apple: Keynote.
Applications (iOS): Procreate (tablet drawing application).
Google: Sheets, Docs, and Slides.
Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Teams.
Web Applications/AI: Figma, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion.

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Hardware & Techniques

Apple: Mac OS, iOS, iPad Pro & Apple Pencil.
Photography: Sony & Canon cameras, studio flash equipment (Profoto and Flashpoint)
Drawing Tablets: Wacom, Huion, and iPad Pro.
Printmaking: Screen Printing and lithography.
Music Instrument/Audio: Electric and acoustic guitar.
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