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Indiana University Bloomington

Lead Designer at PerkSpot

Chicago, Illinois

Since taking the role of Lead Designer at PerkSpot in early 2014, I have built and managed all aspects of the company's brand, visual design and user experience. My responsibilities include but are not limited to:- Developing PerkSpot's visual brand identity.- Designing all marketing materials for B2B sales as well as user facing products and advertising materials.- Building and maintaining the front end of all PerkSpot web products, serving millions of registered users.I handle all UX/UI design, visual design and user-facing front end development on the PerkSpot Discounts Portal and marketing site. The Discounts Portal includes a store complete with a full checkout system, integrated local maps, robust search and much more. I built PerkSpot's marketing site and blog from scratch with Wordpress to fit the company's specific lead generation needs. All PerkSpot products are built responsive for a great experience on phones, tablets and desktops. I also oversee the branding and graphic design for the company. This means creating and maintaining a large catalog of custom marketing materials aimed at strengthening B2B partnerships and user engagement. I 2015, I built an online tool for our client managers to create custom branded marketing materials for hundreds of clients, saving hundreds of hours of labor.In the past 5 years since I started as Lead Designer at PerkSpot, the company has grown from a small team of 12 people of over 50. The company recently took 60 million dollars in investor funding in 2018 and is continuing to expand at a steady pace.

PerkSpot

Lead Designer

In 2020, I founded an LLC to for a side business I run in my spare time. Working under the name EvanArt, I make digital art inspired by the city of Chicago, with a fun science fiction twist.To promote my work, I manage an Instagram account which as of February 2021 has gained over 10,400 followers. I sell prints, t-shirt and other merchandise based on my artwork through online shops, and manage <a href="http://EvanArt.com">EvanArt.com</a> which contains a portfolio of my work and links to my various online shops.Partnering with local business owners in Chicago, I also sell EvanArt prints at local storefronts.

EvanArt LLC

Founder

Responsibilities:Overseeing and developing Northern Trust brand on various web sites, applications, micro sites and landing pages.Major role in front end development of corporate HP Teamsite based web sites. Responsibilities ranging from user experience design, branding and site design to HTML, CSS and Javascript development. Heavy focus on browser compatibility and site customization.Focus on responsive design, mobile accessibility and site analytics.

Northern Trust

Senior Web Designer

Technology Team - Front end HTML/CSS designer and developer, working closely with back end developers to design, expand and reimagine all facets of <a href="http://Cappex.com">Cappex.com</a>, <a href="http://ScholarshipSpotlight.com">ScholarshipSpotlight.com</a>, <a href="http://CollegeGreenlight.com">CollegeGreenlight.com</a> and MeritAid.com.Front-end designer in a team developers, tasked with designing, styling, testing and shipping all projects on a weekly release schedule.Extensive experience with UX design on a variety of Cappex products, a site with over 4 million registered users.Marketing Team - Responsible for design on all marketing related materials for all Cappex products, included but not limited to: direct mailing campaigns, brochures, information packets, case studies, convention booths/stands, email campaigns, white papers, infographics and outreach presentations.Extensive experience with print and digital design.

Cappex.com

Web Designer and Developer

Worked closely with small business owners nationwide to personally design and develop an average of 20 to 30 websites per month.Managed a high volume of projects/clients without sacrificing quality.Worked with close-knit group of designers, copywriters and sales correspondents.Promoted to Senior Web Designer in December 2009

Evan Miller