Blake Himsl Hunter

Blake Himsl Hunter

Art Instructor

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Production Artist and Illustrator at EPIC Creative

  • Education

    • Rapid City Central High

      1987 - 1990
    • University of Minnesota

      1992 - 1996
      Bachelor of Arts (BA) Fine and Studio Arts

      Activities and Societies: Visual Arts Committee Member of VAC (Visual Arts Committee)

  • Experience

    • Art Instruction Schools

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2009
      Art Instructor

      •Instructed and coached students through distance education. Specialized in color, design and cartooning lessons.•Served as Project Manager on revision of “Drawing Objects” and “Cartooning” textbooks. Both projects completed under budget and deadline.•Managed workflow of beginning lessons among instruction staff and trained junior instructors.

    • Bchhstudio.com

      Jan 2006 - now
      Freelance Illustrator and Graphic Designer

      •clients include Polivka Logan, Logic PD, GC Records, Stand Up Records! Kohls•specialties include quirky visuals and hand drawn typography•work has appeared in gallery shows, on corporate holiday cards, album covers, promotional material, apparel, and a children's book•designed line of embroidery patterns sold at independent retail outlets•currently on C2 Graphics creative roster

    • Crafters local #612

      Feb 2008 - Jun 2012
      Art Director and Graphic Designer

      •promote local crafters and organize No-Coast Craft-O-Rama, bi-Annual craft event attended by 10,000 people•help create and prepare images to be used on posters, ads, and other promotional materials•select and work with outside talent in creation of graphics and websites•wrote blog posts St Paul Craftmafia before merging with Crafters Loacal #612

    • Craft Brew Labels Powered By Lauterbach Group, Inc

      Dec 2011 - Aug 2012
      Client Service Representative

      •Provide timely, accurate, estimates and quotes to Account Executives and Customers, based on established standards.•Coordinate with Manufacturing, Purchasing, sales departments, and customer informing them of schedules, needs, and order status.•Attend and participate in weekly sales meetings and daily productions meetings.•Coordinate activities, internally and externally, to insure that proof and job tickets accurately reflect the customer's purchase order.•Enter new customer account information into customer master file and verify critical customer account information. Show less

    • GLD Products

      Aug 2012 - Feb 2015
      Graphic Designer

      GLD Products has been manufacturing and distributing well-known family gaming products for over 30 years. GLD is proud to be America's leading innovator of darts, billiards, table games, home casino games, and classic board games, developing products for serious darters and game players of all ages and skill levels. GLD’s headquarters are located in Muskego, Wisconsin.•Research market trends and present ideas to expand and protect company brands.•Serve as project manager on marketing and packaging material.•Creating original graphics for products and packaging. •Create virtual mock ups for incentive groups.•Prepare product images for internet and print presentations.•Designed annual catalog and price list.•Contact and meet with printers to obtain quotes for projects.•Art Direct photo shoots.•Establish style guides for product classes.•Create and implement procedure for proofing work, including preflighting and packaging art files.•Participate in product development and marketing meetings.•Prepare and write HTML code for A+ Content pages for Amazon.com.•Develop Plan-o-grams.•Write press releases.•Research new programs for department.•Create sell sheets.•Attend press-sittings.•Write job postings for new positions.•Participate in interviewing candidates to fill department needs.•Provide copy for new products.•Produce instructional videos. Show less

    • Kohl's

      Mar 2015 - Oct 2017
      Packaging Production Designer - Contractor
    • EPIC Creative

      Oct 2017 - now
      • Senior Production Artist/Illustrator

        Nov 2021 - now
      • Production Artist

        Oct 2017 - Dec 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Mentor

      Issued by Islands of Brilliance on Nov 2012
      Islands of BrillianceAssociated with Blake Himsl Hunter