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BOB SAINT JOHN | saintjohn.com BOB SAINT JOHN CREATIVE DIRECTOR / BRAND SYSTEMS / LEARNING EXPERIENCES Fort Worth, TX | 817-301-7316 | bob@saintjohn.com | saintjohn.com | linkedin.com/in/bobsaintjohn PROFILE Creative director and hands-on designer with more than three decades in visual communication, publishing, digital experiences and enterprise creative operations. Former senior design instructor who develops clear ways to teach complex ideas and leads visual systems from concept through production. RELEVANT STRENGTHS Learning experience design • Art direction and critique • Brand identity and standards • Editorial and presentation design • Visual storytelling • Digital experiences • Team leadership • Creative workflow systems EXPERIENCE Founder and Executive Creative Director, Saint John Studio | 2009–present Direct brand identities, digital experiences, editorial work, presentations and publishing for enterprise, regional and entrepreneurial clients. Created Learning to See, a book on observation as a creative practice; developed the classroom Idea Wheel into the configurable digital Idea Machine. Developing AXIOM, a visual intelligence platform intended to retain creative context, decisions and approved work in a usable system. Creative and Marketing Director, Telios Engineering Corporation | 2007–2009 Established a unified master brand strategy across engineering and technology divisions and directed communications and marketing materials. Creative leadership and marketing communications, NYNEX / Bell Atlantic / Verizon / Idearc Media | 1995–2007 Moved through design, sales training, creative services, product marketing, instructional design and regional marketing communications during successive mergers and brand transitions. Taught sales representatives to read and use design in their conversations with customers; later worked on the Sales Training website and a Dallas learning management system supporting instruction at a larger scale. Led a 12-person creative organization; redesigned workflows associated with a 300% productivity increase and a 60% rise in customer satisfaction. Directed communications across 29 U.S. markets for 3.5 years, coordinating market leaders, internal teams and agency partners including J. Walter Thompson. Worked with technical teams to connect creative tools with production systems and automate repeatable design tasks. Senior Instructor, Illustration and Design, Montserrat College of Art | 1989–1992 Developed senior portfolio curriculum, introduced computer illustration and animation, and created the Idea Wheel to move students beyond the empty canvas. EDUCATION ArtCenter College of Design, BFA, Illustration and Design, Honors University of New Hampshire, Associate of Arts, Design and Visual Communication TOOLS AND CURRENT PRACTICE Adobe Creative Cloud • Microsoft 365 • Digital and web design workflows • UI/UX prototyping • AI-assisted concept exploration and production. Portfolio: saintjohn.com