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Strategic Designer / Art Director
DeanFabian.comStrategic Designer / Art Director
Oct. 2025
Strategic Creative Lead
DeanFabian.comStrategic Creative Lead
Jun. 2025With a background in both design and advertising, I bring vast strategic experience and design services for digital and print communications; includes consumer facing, business-to-business, internal, and more.
Strategic Design and Art Direction
OSGStrategic Design and Art Direction
Aug. 2015 - Jun. 2025Greater Chicago AreaAs the Senior Creative Lead, I am passionate about conceptualizing, designing, and delivering strategic creative solutions for integrated customer-facing campaigns, event experiences, corporate communications, web, social, direct response, collateral, and more. I play a critical role in strengthening client brands and driving customer engagement through marketing touch points. • Graphic design, art direction, and creative direction • Partner with account and client marketing teams to ensure objectives and quality standards are met • Assist with the development of the creative brief and project direction • Drive client’s brand and product awareness through consumer touch points • Print design: omni channel campaigns, direct response, collateral, OOH, trade shows, and more • Digital design: multi-platform, social media, emails, display ads, websites, user interfaces, dashboards, and more • Movement: direct junior designers for concept, design, and animation for client’s social storytelling • Develop content and write copy for print and digital channels • Provide paper, color, and printing guidance along with live press-check as needed • Provide user experience insights and improvements to clients and the OSG product team • Collaborate with OSG marketing and sales teams • Support OSG product team; journey mapping, mood boards, infographics, and design • Provide UX/UI/Dashboard strategy and design as needed • Champion strength of ideas in presentations • Mentor internal and external creative resources • Assist CD with performance reviews • Assign and mentor designers and writers for both client and OSG marketing projects • Ensure assets and server organization are maintained
Senior Graphic Designer
Career Education CorporationSenior Graphic Designer
Jun. 2005 - Aug. 2015My extensive background in design and advertising allowed me to contribute valuable omni channel solutions to the marketing teams at schools such as Harrington College of Design, Le Cordon Bleu, and Sanford-Brown College for acquiring new students and enrollment and nurturing campaigns for existing students in print and digital channels. • Graphic design and art direction for print and digital communications • Partnered with Group Creative Director to drive brand awareness • Print design: direct response, advertising, brochures, logos, OOH, trade show booth and support, and more • Digital design: emails, display ads, and landing pages • Go-to-designer for large projects; including re brand of schools • Worked closely with CD and Traffic Manager to juggle numerous projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines • Presented ideas and campaigns to account and creative teams • Ensure assets and server organization are maintained
Senior Graphic Designer & Art Director
United AirlinesSenior Graphic Designer & Art Director
Jun. 2003 - Jun. 2005I juggled responsibilities as a senior graphic designer and an art director for customer-focused communications such as acquisition, retention, and nurture campaigns, business-to-business cargo communications, and internal employee communications. Projects included design for direct response, digital display ads, OOH and transit, advertising, events, sponsorship, trade shows, on board flier campaigns, and more. • Graphic design and art direction for print and digital communications • Graphic design and art direction for print and digital communications • Print design: direct response, advertising, brochures, logos, OOH, signage and posters, and more • Digital design: display ads and landing pages • Go-to-designer for large projects; including re brand of schools • Worked closely with CD and Traffic Manager to juggle numerous projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines • Presented ideas and campaigns to account and creative teams • Ensure assets and server organization are maintained
Studio Design Manager
Creative Graphic SolutionsStudio Design Manager
Jul. 2002 - Jun. 2003United StatesRaised the design quality while organizing workflow and mentoring a team of three. Projects ranged from branding to direct response, print collateral, large format, and advertising.
Senior Art Director
Insight / ComarkSenior Art Director
Oct. 2001 - Jul. 2002I designed for projects ranging from branding to direct response, posters, print collateral, and advertising.
Senior Designer, Art Director, Associate Creative Director
TMP Worldwide / Monster.comSenior Designer, Art Director, Associate Creative Director
Mar. 1996 - Oct. 2001Filled numerous roles: art director, senior designer, and associate creative director for recruitment advertising and collateral projects. Clients included Ford Motor Company, Einstein Bagels, Budget Rental Car, and more.
Art Director / Designer
BB&L/NW AyerArt Director / Designer
Oct. 1992 - Mar. 1996I designed and art-directed advertising, collateral, signage, community branding, and event materials for clients such as Town and Country Homes, Chicagoland BMW, the Chicago Cubs, and the Chicago Tribune Company.

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