Hi,
I’m Nick

Designer/Educator/Marketer
  • → Animation
  • → Identity & Branding
  • → Information
  • → Photo/Video
  • → Screens

Index

  1. Philosophy
    2.
  2. Work
    3.
  3. Experience
    4.
  4. About
    5.
  5. Contact

Philosophy

As a design instructor, I teach that curiosity and empathy are the driving forces behind good work. Great designers ask the right questions, reframe problems to understand them deeply, and view issues through novel perspectives before trying to solve them. The process is generative and research-driven in a way that creates value for every stakeholder.

Design is, like many professions, a framework for problem solving. We try to make things beautiful along the way.

Work

Those with a password can view student outcomes here.

MODE '23 Identity Design
Program mock laying flat

Animation, Identity, Print
Part of a Pattern
laptop

Development, Screens, Information
Posture St. Isidore Release
posters

Animation, Print
Cleveland Clinic LRI Communications Impact Reports
report cover

Print, Information
AR Poster Communication
Poster mockup for Toro Nagashi festival

3D, Animation, Development, Print, Screens, UX

Experience

  1. Assistant Professor of Graphic Design

    University of Mount Union

    2023–Present

  2. Web Content Manager

    Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    2022–2023

  3. Graduate Assistant

    Kent State University

    2021–2022

  4. Marketing & Community Director

    Rock Candy Holds / Rock Mill Climbing

    2016–2022

  5. Marketing & Social Media Coordinator

    Akron/Summit CVB

    2015–2016

Contractual Work

  1. Graphic Designer

    Cleveland Clinic

    2023, 2024

  2. Graphic Designer

    Motion Design Education Summit

    2022

  3. Graphic Designer

    Forest City Design Collab

    2021

  4. Web & Google Ads Consultant

    EnviroScience, Inc

    2015–Present

See full resume

About

Outside of my professional work, I’ve produced a collection of over 200 comics, some of which were published in the Akron Devil Strip and Blank Slate Elyria magazines.

I have been graced with an interest in almost everything, a love of houseplants, and a consistent pourover technique.

Contact

Let's create.