Joe Milburn
Senior Graphic Designer & Art Director
JoeMilburn08@gmail.com
513-550-9748
Middletown, OH
Professional Summary
Visionary Senior Designer with 15+ years of experience crafting high-impact visual solutions across corporate, B2B, agency, lifestyle, and entertainment sectors. Adept at leading end-to-end design for digital, print, presentation, and branded content. Known for translating complex ideas into compelling visuals that drive engagement, retention, and brand growth. Trusted creative partner to C-suite leaders, with a track record of elevating internal and external communications at the enterprise level including for top-tier clients like Goldman Sachs, Martha Stewart, Kroger, Moonriver Music Festival, and Railbird Music Festival.
Design Tools: Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere), Canva, Powerpoint
Productivity & Platforms: Microsoft Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox, Wix
Core Strengths: Visual storytelling, brand identity, presentation design, print production, cross-functional collaboration, organizational efficiency and quality
Education
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Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt - Council for Six Sigma Certification (CSSC), 2025
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Advanced courses via Adobe, Canva Design School, and LinkedIn Learning
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Special focus on: Brand Systems, Presentation Design, Typography, Web (Wix)
Company & Community Engagement
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Member, Hightowers Employee Engagement Committee
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Volunteer: HEAL Walk, Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Adopt A Class
Professional Experience
Visual Content Creator
Hightowers Petroleum
April 2019 - January 2020,
June 2024 - Present
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Led creative strategy across multi-channel campaigns for digital, print, and social campaigns, increasing internal consistency and external visibility
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Defined company brand guidelines and managed distribution of marketing collateral across internal and external platforms.
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Designed client-facing PowerPoint decks contributing to a 75% multi-year contract renewal rate.
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Executed full migration from local servers to Office 365 SharePoint & Teams, supporting brand consistency and collaboration.
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Designed and launched multiple websites (Wix) for HPC and affiliate brands.
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Managed outside vendors to produce large-scale print collateral for major events, including the NMSDC Conference
Senior Graphic Designer
Williams Lea
June 2023 - June 2024
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Delivered custom, executive-level presentations tailored to high-stakes investment banking initiatives through strategic design systems and visual storytelling.
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Developed an internal design asset library to accelerate team workfl ows and streamline onboarding.
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Partnered cross-functionally with bankers, analysts, and project managers to ensure visual precision in client-facing materials.
Senior Graphic Designer
167 Signs
June 2017 - June 2024
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Managed custom projects with internal and external agency teams
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Design for large format printing, marketing materials, project management, website design/creation/maintenance
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Completed high-profile events to successfully achieve YoY contract renewal
Freelance Designer
2008 - Present
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Developed visual identities, promotional campaigns, and creative direction for emerging and regionally successful recording artists during the influential Blog Era of digital music.
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Work featured on major culture and music platforms including Karmaloop, HotNewHipHop, The Needle Drop, Elevator, and The FADER.
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Collaborated with an artist whose work was signed by sync agency Audio Network, resulting in music placements on Netfl ix, VH1, Major League Soccer (MLS), and on the Off-White and Alexander Wang Fall/Winter 2019–2020 runway shows.
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Gained deep, hands-on experience in graphic design through self-directed learning, experimentation, and ongoing collaboration with creatives across music, fashion, and media.
