Joshua Ely
Junior Graphic Designer · Compound Sportswear
Greenville, MI
In My Own Words
Hello! I am a creative with 8+ years professional experience and a passion that can’t be stopped. Any project I am given I will tackle with uniqueness, speed, efficiency, and attention to detail. I have a proven track record of creating and implementing new processes that increase productivity and improve communication. Design is what I love and has been a part of my identity as long as I can remember. “G.O.A.T.”, “Legend”, and “The Man” are all things my team/clients have called me time and time again. You can regularly find me creating Sports Apparel, Brand Identities, and Dad Jokes. Check out my portfolio to see what I have been working on! JoshElyDesign.myportfolio.com
Work Experience
Graphic Designer
DO Apparel/Brotherhood Sports2019 – 2021
My main responsibilities are creating custom apparel design for teams, organizations, and events. I also help in many others areas such as: Creating graphics for brand identity/recognition/consistency, and social media marketing/advertising. Generating ideas to help streamline production and design processes. Preparing files for production. Interacting with sales team to deliver quality designs to customers.
Creative Director
Sports Addix2016 – 2019
Custom apparel design for team orders, and white label customers was my main focus while working for Addix, all while driving the art team to hit goals and maintain standards. I helped increase the audience and customer base by creating brand identity/recognition, copy writing, website design, social media marketing/advertising images, and production improvements. Hiring, training, and managing a team of designers became my responsibility once I was promoted to Creative Director (after my first year as a Graphic Designer). As the Creative Director I created a design process, strategy, and guidelines for current/future designers to follow in order to ensure high quality, and in demand designs for the target market(s).
Graphic Design and Production Associate
Signarama2015 – 2016
I did any and everything involving design and production. Creating artwork from scratch, placing customer provided artwork, correcting artwork to be print ready, creating proofs for customer approval, printing on various medias using various printers, and producing finalized products. I also talked with customers about new/current jobs, and gave them design advice, on the project that they are creating. From time to time I would also go out to do installations of finished products for the customers.
