GRAPHIC DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION, MISC.
I worked full-time as a graphic designer and illustrator in the advertising industry in the New Hampshire seacoast and greater Boston areas from 2001–2006, before transitioning to academia, and have engaged in part-time consulting work ever since. Selected projects from my creative archives are included below. Confidential and protected projects are not included.
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CLIENT: New Hampshire Humanities
LEAD DESIGNER: Matt Talbot CONSULTANT DESIGNER: Erik Evensen ART DIRECTOR: David Markovsky FIRM: Brown & Company Design This illustrated map contains more than 250 cultural icons, figures and attractions selected by NH Humanities Council staff and board members. I proudly worked as a consulting illustrator under my longtime friend Matt Talbot, Senior Designer at Brown, who served as creative lead and project manager. The map was developed in 2012 for New Hampshire Humanities as part of Brown & Company's Pro Bono Partnership Program that has been in place since 1999.
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CLIENT: Captivate, New York, NY
DESIGNERS: Erik Evensen, Dave Seppala ART DIRECTOR: Dave Seppala FIRM: Mighty Union (formerly The Boston Group) Captivate is a digital media advertising & content network with over 14,000 interactive elevator displays across North America. This interactive display encouraged elevator riders to pause and reflect on themselves while waiting for their floor. Coincided with an interactive print campaign.
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CLIENT: FIRST
DESIGNER/ILLUSTRATOR: Erik Evensen ART DIRECTOR: David Markovsky FIRM: Brown & Company Design Brown & Company has worked with FIRST for over 15 years, creating everything from annual reports, event posters and T-shirts to websites for FIRST, FIRST Lego League, FIRST Lego League Junior and FIRST’s annual Championship events. This project was a part of an animated promotional bumper for the live event.
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Built in the spirit of private dining clubs around the world, The One Hundred Club is New England's premier private club, providing five-star hospitality surrounded by breathtaking views of historic, downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The One Hundred Club was one of my primary clients while working at Vital Design. Projects for The One Hundred Club included menu advertising, media advertising, promotional brochures and event marketing.
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CLIENT: The New Hampshire Film Festival
DESIGNERS: Erik Evensen & Scott O. Holt III ART DIRECTOR: Scott O. Holt III FIRM: Vital Design
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CLIENT: Carbon Coalition, Portsmouth, NH
DESIGNER: Erik Evensen ART DIRECTOR: Scott O. Holt III FIRM: Vital Design Promotional materials for the Carbon Coalition of New Hampshire, handed out to political hopefuls during the New Hampshire Primary. The Carbon Coalition is a non-partisan coalition of scientists, citizens, businesses, students, communities, and organizations who have come together to advocate for a national energy policy that protects our communities and environment from the ravages of global warming caused by carbon pollution. This brochure emphasizes the early blooming of the lilac, New Hampshire's state flower, to illustrate the issue.
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CLIENT: Bemidji Symphony Orchestra
DESIGNER: Erik Evensen FIRM: Evensen Creative Promotional invitations for the BSO's annual Desserts by Design fundraiser. The Bemidji Symphony Orchestra is a nonprofit regional/community orchestra servicing northern Minnesota.
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CLIENT: Granite Edvance (NHHEAF)
DESIGNER: Erik Evensen ART DIRECTOR: Scott O. Holt III FIRM: Vital Design Promotional campaign for Granite Edvance, formerly the New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation, a nonprofit agency helping New Hampshire families plan and prepare for higher education. The NHHEAF campaign included television advertising, mailers, and print advertising.
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CLIENT: Phillips Exeter Academy
DESIGNERS: Andrea Cairns, Erik Evensen ART DIRECTOR: David Markovsky FIRM: Brown & Company Design I was contracted through Brown & Company to work with Phillips Exeter Academy. Brown & Company collaborated with Kristen Fogdall, director of advancement communications at Exeter to provide comprehensive campaign communications to support The Exeter Initiatives, the largest secondary school campaign on record. The Exeter Initiatives raised $352 million dollars and engaged thousands of alumni, parents and friends over a five-year public phase. The campaign required digitization of Exeter’s original lion rampart mark, development of lion cubs rampant as a secondary mark, and design for invitations for regional campaign events.
custom illustration for PEA alumni, creating lion cubs to align with PEA's lion rampart to represent legacy admissions.
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CLIENT: The Ohio State University School of Music | music.osu.edu
DESIGNER: Erik Evensen FIRM: Evensen Creative I worked as a contract designer for the Ohio State University School of Music from 2006–2009, while in graduate school. Projects included program design for national performance tours, poster design for events, T-shirts and marketing & promotional materials for OSU Music Clinics and other special projects.
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I consulted on a number of internal and external advertising projects for the Sanford Center of Bemidji, Minnesota, a 4,700 seat multipurpose arena and convention center, which opened in 2010. This piece was part of a large sponsorship by a regional car dealership; it was created to scale and installed over the ticketing window of the arena, which was renamed the "Ford Pickup Window." The truck display is built out of 4 dimensional pieces and was wired for lights and sound—at the discretion of Sanford Center employees, the headlights would flash and an engine sound could be activated.
My working relationship with the Sanford Center, and Director of Marketing Cyrus Pansch, resulted in a 300% increase in advertising revenue, which allowed the facility to pay down its loans with the city and increase its operating budget to a sustainable level. |
CLIENT: PC Connection (in-house)
DESIGNER/ILLUSTRATOR: Erik Evensen ART DIRECTOR: Jennifer Ste. Marie CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Dave Genest This series of illustrated advertisements appeared in various specialty publications, including Patriots Football Weekly and the Unofficial Guide to Harvard, as well as local and regional general publications.
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CLIENT: PC Connection (in-house)
DESIGNER/ILLUSTRATOR: Erik Evensen ART DIRECTOR: Jennifer Ste. Marie CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Dave Genest Production of an animated promotional venue advertising for the Boston Bruins. I was responsible for all asset and character design, rigging, background art, and sound/music editing.
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