Owner
Rich Cole Design
2012 - current
Services provided are art direction, graphic design, identity & branding, website design, social media management, public relations, copy writing, & photography. My clients are in higher education, hospitality, community services, events & festivals, and music & arts.

Senior Designer
The University of Chicago
2008 - 2012
Developed identities & marketing for The University of Chicago, UChicago Medical, and various on campus schools, institutes, and groups. Recruited and managed a team of designers. Regularly met with faculty, directors, and VPs for proposals and presentations. Produced creative briefs, scheduling, and estimates for all projects.

Graphic Designer
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
2006 - 2008
Designed a variety of marketing materials for one of the top MBA programs in the world supporting recruitment and donor funding for print, web, and email marketing. Assisted with rebranding all communications once the Booth naming rights were acquired in 2008.

Art Director
Inside Counsel magazine
2002 - 2006
Art direction of a monthly magazine for the corporate counsel industry. Designed a full publication each month, plus marketing materials and large-format displays for their annual conference. Traveled to and directed photo shoots. Regularly worked with illustrators, photographers, and vendors. Oversaw an award-winning redesign of the magazine.

Marketing Art Director
Primedia Business
2000 - 2002
Produced marketing materials for Primedia’s family of publications within the telecom industry. Designed large-format displays for a number of industry conferences. Hired and managed design staff. Traveled often for conferences. 

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AWARDS
Society of Publication Designers
Merit Award Winner, 2006

Folio Magazine’s Best B2B
Redesign, Gold Medal, 2006

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Adobe Creative Cloud
InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Acrobat

Social Media Management
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter / X
Threads

Web Design 
Squarespace
Wordpress
SEO

Communications
Google Business
Squarespace Email Marketing
Mail Chimp

Extensive print background