Chad Upham

About Chad Upham

Through his work, Chad seeks to inspire hearts and minds to local and global citizenship utilizing campaigns that educate and create personal emotional connections. Chad\'s unique approach to design blends exquisite information design with bold, inspiring messages and imagery. His strengths in writing, information design, typography, branding, and experience design deliver world-class visual communication systems. Clients have included: AT & T, Hines, CleanScapes, and Presidio School of Management. While employed at EDAW, a global landscape architecture and planning firm, Chad played an instrumental role in design projects for: George Washington\'s Mount Vernon Estate, FEMA, Schuylkill Banks in Philadelphia, and The Tampa Riverwalk. Chad has also held teaching positions at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington DC. Specialties: Sustainability / Non-Financial Reporting, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Communications Planning, Information Design, Publication Design, Interaction Design, Project Management

Experience

1. Creative Director

   Covive

   Apr 2015 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Covive partners with businesses, organizations and governments to inspire local and global citizenship through the collaborative design and promotion of products, services and programs that are socially responsible and ecologically generative.

Education

• ArtCenter College of Design

  BFA, Graphic Design

  1998 — 2002

• Presidio Graduate School

  MBA, Sustainable Management

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Web Design
• Interaction Design
• Logo Design
• Indesign
• Information Design
• Typography
• Experience Design
• Design Thinking
• Layout
• Concept Development
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Sustainability
• Graphic Design
• Brand Development
• Art Direction
• Art
• Corporate Branding
• Creative Direction
• Visual Communication
• Strategy
• Visual Design
• Illustrator
• Branding & Identity
• Corporate Identity
• User Interface Design
• User Experience
• Graphics