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Where industry experience meets modern design education.
I help students understand how creative careers actually work through real-world graphic design, branding, apparel production, entrepreneurship, and AI-assisted creative workflows.
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
Design is more than software.
Students need to learn how design works in the real world — from concept to client communication, production, branding, marketing, revisions, deadlines, and final delivery.
Graphic Design
Typography, layout, color, composition, and visual communication.
Adobe Creative Suite
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and production-ready workflows.
AI Creative Tools
Responsible AI workflows for concepting, marketing, and content creation.
Branding
Logo systems, identity design, sports branding, and visual consistency.
Apparel Graphics
Jersey design, sublimation, mockups, and print-ready production files.
Entrepreneurship
How creatives price, sell, present, communicate, and build income.
REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE
25+ years of creative industry knowledge.
As a creative director, business owner, apparel designer, coach, and mentor, I bring practical experience into the classroom — from first concept to final product.
SAMPLE CURRICULUM
Career-focused creative projects.
Sports Branding & Apparel Design
Students create a team identity including logo, jersey concept, social graphic, and merchandise mockup.
AI-Assisted Design Studio
Students learn to use AI as a creative assistant while applying human judgment, design principles, and ethical decision-making.
Entrepreneurial Design
Students build a small brand or product concept, including logo, target customer, pricing, marketing, and presentation.
Real Client Style Project
Students complete a professional-style project using a creative brief, concepts, revisions, final files, and presentation.
Creative education should be practical.
My goal is to help students build confidence, creativity, technical skills, and career awareness so they leave the classroom better prepared for real opportunities in design, media, business, and modern creative technology.
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