Dennis Kramer

My bike is powered by candy corn.
Location: New York, NY
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Biography

I am a designer from NYC, specializing in web design, brand development, and type design. If I'm not at the computer, I am skiing, biking, or climbing mountains.

Experience
Kettle
Designer
Dates:
Oct. 2011 - Present
Location:
New York, NY
Mucca Design
Design Intern
Designed book covers for Rizzoli, BUR, and Grand Central Publishing, including a cover for Steve Martin’s new book
Created style guide pamphlets for the Waterworks Studio brand, a manufacturer of high-end bathroom appliances
Assisted in brand development of Punctuate, a Barnes & Noble brand providing stationary and home goods
Assisted in menu design for Blue Pig Tavern, a historic restaurant in Cape May, NJ
Assisted in label design for olive oil being sold at El Buco Restraurant in SoHo
Dates:
May. 2011 - Aug. 2011
Location:
New York, NY
Warehouse Agency NYC
Art Director
Redesigned logo, website, and in-store promotional materials for 16 Handles
Concepted, designed, and art directed photoshoot/filming of print and television campaign for The Williamsburg Edge
Refined logo, redesigned website, and concepted collateral brochure for Friedrich’s Optik
Assisted in rebrand of The Warehouse Agency, redesigning logo, art directing new website, and designing collateral pieces
Provided art direction of illustrated campaigns for Rob’s Really Good and One Brooklyn Bridge Park
Designed logos and rebranded materials for several client
Dates:
Jan. 2010 - Jun. 2011
Location:
New York, NY
The Edelman Group
Graphic Design Intern
Regularly updated company’s flash website and completed flash animation project per client’s request for Transamerica
Designed postcards and coded HTML promotional emails for American Express in association with Best Buy,
Universal Studios, Macy’s, and Whole Foods
Redesigned graphics and layout for website of client Landing Rock
Redesigned layouts for in-house promotional materials and created flash animations for holiday e-cards
Dates:
Oct. 2009 - Dec. 2009
Location:
New York, NY
GREY NYC
Account Management Intern
Worked on Canon DSLR and Aetna accounts; provided support for Allianz and NFL new business
Work consisted of creating and analyzing competitive reports, keeping track of ongoing publication insertions and billing
estimates, and brainstorming new creative initiatives for Canon
Created a campaign, designed a website, and created logos to build awareness of marine protected areas and the need
for ocean restoration per the request of TED Prize winner Sylvia Earle. Campaign on review for possible implementation
Dates:
Jun. 2009 - Aug. 2009
Location:
New York, NY
Estee Lauder
Packaging Development Intern
Developed and implemented green sustainability plan for the removal of harmful PVC material from all Estee
Lauder brand packaging
Liaised with suppliers to update records and successfully urge compliance in PVC removal
Analyzed and suggested changes for packaging specs and sample casings for new Clinique products
Dates:
Jun. 2007 - Aug. 2007
Location:
New York, NY
Education
Skidmore College
Fields:
Business, Art, Environmental Science
Dates:
2005 - 2009
University of Sydney
Fields:
Business, Art, Aboriginal Studies
Dates:
2008 - 2008