Design consulting services for a privacy software startup in Philadelphia servicing Fortune 200 clients. Primary projects included clarification of brand development and identity standards, templates for client-oriented white papers, digital presentations, and datasheets, public-facing documentation, infographics, illustration, web, and social media.
Clarip is a privacy software startup based in Center City, Philadelphia offering enterprise-level privacy software solutions to Fortune 500 companies
2019
The overhaul, direction and oversight of the firm’s internal art studio, print collateral, and brand, as well as the consistent and successful execution of the creative vision of the firm. Responsibilities included interfacing with lead personnel on daily marketing and graphic requirements; design and development of the firm’s identity and branding; design, development, and implementation of the firm’s new WordPress site and online services (live as of Fall 2018); design and production/prepress of firm collateral; management of RFP/RFQ submissions and deadlines; management of firm photography, artwork and assets; training of new studio personnel.
K&A is an 80-person multidisciplinary design firm specializing in architecture, engineering, planning, and interiors
2014 — 2018
Daily responsibilities included coordination with the business development director, managing principals and support staff in the ongoing marketing efforts as they related to the identification, strategy and pursuit of new business opportunities for the firm. Specific duties included the design and layout of proposals and targeted marketing collateral; content research and writing of public relations pieces and company news articles; design, implementation and ongoing maintenance of the company’s online web presence (built by third party on PyroCMS).
WRT is a collaborative practice of city and regional planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and architects
2011 — 2012
Art and production design services provided for a handful of television commercial productions. Responsibilities ranged from set design and construction to preparation and dressing; prop creation on an as-needed basis, including digital prop design; assistance with oversight of the day-to-day preparation and implementation of each commercial shoot’s specific requirements. If the economy had been better, I’d probably still be out in Los Angeles working in the field. I loved this work. Notable projects included work on shoots for Bandai Toys, Kay Jewelers, Toyota-Lexus, and Toyota-Trucks.
Matthew Holt specializes in providing art direction/production design services for TV commercial productions
2010 — 2011
Working in the firm’s internal art studio, main responsibilities included deadline-oriented, content design and production for the ongoing, daily graphic design needs of the company and staff; maintenance of the firm’s identity and branding strategies; retrofit of firm’s existing legacy website, as well as assistance in the concepting and development of the firm’s future web presence and online services; layout and production of firm marketing brochures, RFP and RFQ submissions, architectural renderings, and other artwork as daily, weekly, and monthly deadlines dictated.
At the time, K&A was a 65-person design firm specializing in architecture and planning
2005 — 2010
Doc Milo Productions was a stationery design company founded in 1997. From the design and layout of products to the oversight of the company’s computer network and shipping process, I was intimately involved with every aspect of the company’s growth (including late-night order fulfillment). Specific responsibilities included creative development of targeted product lines; layout and design of the company’s product catalogs, collateral marketing materials and packaging; design and development of company’s initial online web presence; commercial prepress for the company’s print and light manufacturing needs.
Doc Milo Productions is now Sarah Schwartz Mitzvah Paper Company
1997 — 2005
Responsibilities included both hand drafting for construction documentation, and Autodesk AutoCAD work. At the time, Kitchen & Associates was primarily an ArrisCAD shop, and I represented one of the few on staff with Autodesk experience, allowing me the opportunity to be involved in some notable projects, including the Arby’s restaurant prototype design for Sybra, Inc., renovations of the Hard Rock Cafe (New York, Philadelphia, and Cleveland locations), as well as a variety of affordable housing projects for HUD. I was also intimately involved in the creation of the firm’s first true internal graphics studio.
At the time, K&A was a 50-person design firm specializing in architecture and planning
1995 — 1998
