Skills

Creative Leadership and Art Direction

Graphic Design

Illustration

Brand Strategy and Development

Digital Marketing and Campaigns

Experiential Design

Logo Design

UI Design

Storytelling / Storyboarding

Typography

Iconography

Multimedia / Motion Graphics

Web & Email Design / HTML and CSS

Adobe Creative Suite

Mike Hayden

Senior graphic designer and art director with 12+ years experience within the B2B, SaaS market space for technology brands. Creative leader, strong communicator, and dynamic presenter with ability to articulate ideas clearly, direct multi-disciplinary teams in elevating design through best in class execution, and perform under tight deadlines and unexpected changes in direction and priorities.

Senior Graphic Designer & Art Director

SharperAgent ⟶ Market Leader ⟶ Trulia Inc. ⟶ Zillow Group ⟶ Constellation Software Inc.

Strengthened brand and in-product marketing design library. Collaborated with copywriters, junior graphic designers and production artists to generate bright ideas and concepts that aligned with brand guidelines, marketing initiatives, and target audience. Designed and updated brand identities, websites, emails, landing pages, ads, content, direct mail, experiential displays, tradeshow booths, billboards, large scale signage, and more. Conducted quality assurance to ensure communications remained on-brand. Updated and expanded on company brand guidelines and documentation, and established a template system for digital B2B communications.

Mike Hayden

Senior graphic designer and art director with 12+ years experience creating and producing unique, differentiated, and compelling creative campaigns and design deliverables for real estate technology brands. Creative leader, strong communicator, and dynamic presenter with ability to articulate ideas clearly, direct multi-disciplinary teams in elevating design through best in class execution, and perform under tight deadlines and unexpected changes in direction and priorities. 

Senior Graphic Designer & Art Director

SharperAgent ⟶Market Leader ⟶ Trulia Inc. ⟶ Zillow Group ⟶ Constellation Software Inc.

Produced marketing and design deliverables for both clients and internal company use across digital and traditional media, including digital ad campaigns, web, mobile, social media, motion graphics, video, and print collateral. Partnered with team to deliver holistic roadmap that integrated brandcentric campaigns with customer expectations. Strengthened brand and inproduct marketing design library. Collaborated with copywriters and junior graphic designers to generate clear ideas and concepts aligned with brand guidelines, marketing initiatives, and target audience. Managed and delegated tasks to consistently meet deadlines and client deliverables; provided clear goals, direction, and feedback. Designed UI / UX in-products and built marketing campaigns.

Skills

Creative Leadership and Art Direction

Graphic Design

Illustration

Brand Strategy and Development

Digital Marketing and Campaigns

Experiential Design

Logo Design

UI Design

Storytelling / Storyboarding

Typography

Iconography

Multimedia / Motion Graphics

Web & Email Design / HTML and CSS

Adobe Creative Suite