Bike

Creative Agencies

Fashion

Fishing

Lifestyle

Moto & Powersports

Music

Outdoor

Skate

Snow

Streetwear

Surf

Tech

Triathlon

Yoga

Health & Fitness

Drawing

Camping

Travel

History

Cooking

Hiking

Film

Outdoors

Beer

Typography

Illustration

Designing

Workwear

Vintage packaging

Early 20th century design

American type foundries

Modernist design

Gig-posters

Garage sales

Ancient art

Freelance Designer

Freelance & Contract

Highly-driven and adaptable graphic designer, illustrator & printmaker based in Columbus, Ohio. Timothy holds nearly a decade of professional experience, working as an in-house designer & as an independent freelancer for both local businesses and international brands.

He is focused on providing purpose-built creative concepts & design solutions to grow/elevate brands. 

Specialties:
BRAND IDENTITY
ILLUSTRATION
PACKAGING
APPAREL
BRAND EXTENSION
PRINT COLLATERAL
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
MERCHANDISE
DESIGN CONSULTING



• Works with a range of clients in the Lifestyle, Beverage & Outdoor spaces. 
• Design fresh, purpose built solutions that stand out, reinforce brand values & increase sales.
• Motivated daily to manage goals, expectations, client interactions, feedback & hit deadlines.
• Ability to constantly juggle workload with multiple on-going projects at different stages. 
• Projects: Brand Identity, Packaging, Apparel Designs, Merchandise, Print & Digital Collateral
• Select clients: BrewDog, Tepui Tents, Seventh Son Brewing, Life & Loot and Wetstone Beer.

• Concept development & design lead of seasonal collections. 
• Managed, Art Directed & Mentored junior designers 
• Create all graphics for brand - apparel, headwear, accessories, tags & trim, print/digital marketing collateral.
• Communicate directly with licensors to ensure that all official & licensed goods are compliant.
• Point person for anything print related, ensured quality was maintained and consistent.
• Select clients: Goodyear, Columbus Blue Jackets, Cleveland Browns & Savannah James.

Head Graphic Designer

• Worked directly with international fashion brands to separate complex artwork for spot & simulated process screenprinting, pantone color match, sample & ensure consistency in print run.
• Lead classes to designers at A&F, Hollister & Under Armour on how to design for screenprinting
• Designed collections for Express, A&F, Eddie Bauer, Hollister and many local small businesses.
• Select clients: A&F, Hollister, Express, Under Armour, Pink, Victoria Secret, AE & Homage.

Graphic Designer & Production Artist

• Mixed inks, color match pantones, exposing/reclaim screens, & printing limited edition runs.
• Designed Posters for North Coast Music Festival & Mudqueens of Chicago 
• Select clients: Wilco, The Dead Weather, Iron & Wine, Avett Brothers, and Built to Spill. 
• Award-winning studio, (voted ‘Best Rock Poster Artist’ Best of Chicago 2010, Chicago Reader).

Intern / Designer & Printer

• Aided four professional artists from the beginning stages of prints to the finished works. 
• Worked closely with faculty to produce original fine art prints to be sold & distributed to galleries and collectors around the world. 
• Maintained shops and assisted artists' by cleaning, organizing studio space; matting, framing, packing/shipping artwork, logging data and documenting work.

Printmakers Assistant

Timothy Brennan is a Freelance Designer at Timothy Brennan Design in Columbus, OH.

Timothy Brennan

Timothy Brennan

Timothy Brennan

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Ohio University

Rocky River High School