Résumé
Joshua Dean
Creative Director & Graphic Designer — Brand, Print, Social & Experiential
jrd@blacksheepe.comAtlanta, GA
Profile
Production graphic designer with 20+ years of experience delivering print-ready artwork, retail signage, POS materials, and large-format graphics for high-profile clients and organizations. Strong hands-on expertise in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, with a proven record producing artwork for signage, banners, decals, event collateral, and branded merchandise — managing production files from concept through vendor collaboration to ensure accurate, on-brand, print-ready output on tight timelines.
Experience
Founder, Creative Director & Sr. Graphic Designer
2007 — PresentBLCKSHPE Design Agency — Atlanta, GA
- Lead creative direction, branding, and print production for 100+ business clients, producing print-ready artwork and production files for logos, retail signage, event signage, and print collateral.
- Partner directly with clients and production vendors to define design requirements and ensure accurate, on-brand, print-ready output for signage, marketing materials, and branded merchandise.
- Consulted for organizations including American Express, UCLA, and Cirque du Soleil on design, branding, and production artwork.
Graphic Designer — Freelance
2026Free National Movement (FNM) — The Bahamas
- Produced print-ready campaign collateral (flyers, mailers, posters), event signage, banners, billboards, and branded merchandise for the FNM's 2026 general election campaign supporting Opposition Leader Michael Pintard.
- Delivered production artwork for large-format graphics, including event signage and banners, across the nationally contested 41-seat House of Assembly race.
Sr. Graphic Designer
2014 — 2024Vectour Transportation — Atlanta, GA
- Designed branding and marketing collateral, art directed business communication, and produced print-ready artwork to maintain design consistency across large-format applications.
- Designed compelling company proposals that significantly contributed to the successful acquisition of multiple seven-figure bids.
- Boosted brand visibility through large-format, eye-catching graphics applied to the company's fleet of vehicles.
- Maintained a successful 10-year client partnership, demonstrating reliability and excellence in production and service delivery.
Art Director & Sr. Graphic Designer
2019 — 2024To Be Hosted — New York, NY
- Managed branding and digital design for a full-service event media company, creating production-ready artwork for books, magazines, and signage — banners, posters, directional signs, and sponsored materials.
- Produced experiential designs and event signage in partnership with P&G, Pepsi, Pinterest, YouTube, and Chandon, maintaining brand-guideline consistency across all production artwork.
- P&G HBCYOU: designed a branded, luxury restroom trailer for FAMU and North Carolina Central's homecomings, helping generate 54.5 million+ impressions.
- 2024 Creative Class Awards: conceptualized and designed event signage, featured on BizBash.
- While Entertaining Magazine: designed the layout of four issues, increasing engagement and sales and earning a feature in The New York Times' T List.
Graphic Designer — Freelance
2024Black Leadership Federal PAC — Philadelphia, PA
- Produced a full suite of print-ready campaign assets — flyers, mailers, posters, event signage, banners, and billboards — plus branded merchandise for a Philadelphia-based Super PAC supporting the 2024 presidential campaign.
- Delivered production artwork for voter-outreach materials in a $1.2 million-funded campaign across one of the most consequential battleground markets in the race.
Creative Director & Sr. Graphic Designer
2011 — 2023Wondaland Records — Atlanta, GA
- Led visual content creation and production artwork for five recording artists across photoshoots, tours, festivals, video shoots, social media, and packaging — reaching 20 million+ monthly viewers and listeners.
- Oversaw production processes to ensure quality standards, managed six-figure production budgets with 100% adherence, and negotiated vendor rates within budget constraints.
- Forged strategic partnerships with culturally relevant brands including MTV, Billboard, Epic Records, Toyota, and Town Square Media.
- Generated merchandise and apparel sales exceeding $20,000 within the first three weeks.
Jr. Graphic Designer
2017 — 2018NSG SWAT by Kirshenbaum — New York, NY
- Provided brand identity, marketing, and product design across diverse projects, adapting to agency and client brand standards for Eleven by Venus Williams, Wheels Up, and 30 E 31, a luxury NoMad, NYC condominium.
Selected Clients
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