Scott Gericke

About Scott Gericke

Graphic designer with substantial experience in directing and designing large-scale brand and identity related projects. Focus primarily on print-based materials, but can encompass environments, signage and web components.• Design consultant to numerous clients within the retail and education sector, but also provide services to start-up and non-profit enterprises. Always looking for opportunities to partner with entrepreneurs and socially-driven organizations.• Design recruitment, mentorship and training. Focus specifically on junior talent acquisition from institutions with design-based degrees, providing key processes and parameters for training and growing talent to full potential. Also assisted in developing programs and classes to help motivate, educate and inspire creative and non-creative staff.• Design educator with vast experience in teaching design and professional practice related courses. Majority of instruction focused on collaboration with diverse professionals, vendors and students from other schools and disciplines. Most projects geared toward community and socially-based initiatives with heavy emphasis on research. Interested in pursuing more academic opportunities which involve research, collaborations, and problem-solving on a more global scale.Specialties: Brand and communications strategy, identity development, publication design, branded environments and exhibition design, consulting, teaching, creative direction, project management, team leadership, team building, talent acquisition, mentorship, creative training and presentation

Experience

1. Owner, Design Director

   Scott A Gericke Llc

   Jul 2015 — Present · St. Louis, MI, US

Education

• Missouri State University

  BFA, Graphic Design

  1982 — 1986

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  MFA, Graphic Design

  1986 — 1988

• Missouri State University

  Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Graphic Design

Skills

• Logo Design
• Advertising
• Holistic Massage
• Environmental Design
• Concept Development
• Integrated Marketing
• Visual Communication
• Corporate Identity
• Visual Identity
• Graphic Design
• Branding & Identity
• Teaching
• Layout
• Corporate Branding
• Information Design
• Web Design
• Typography
• Creative Direction
• Brochures
• Interaction Design
• Brand Development
• Creative Strategy
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Art Direction
• Collateral
• Packaging
• Indesign