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Stephen Gage

Creative professional with over 10 years of experience in digital advertising and brand development. Known for combining strategic thinking with strong aesthetic judgment to deliver impactful, results-oriented work. I bring initiative and a collaborative spirit to every project.

Work Experience

Brand & Graphic Designer

Can You Handle It Tours
Berlin, Germany

November 2021 - Current

  • Developed visual identity system: logo, typography, color palettes, & graphic elements

  • Website material, advertisements (digital & print), guerilla sticker campaign, social media content, presentation templates, internal and external deliverables

Brand & Graphic Designer

Aids Action Europe
Berlin, Germany

April 2023 - Current

  • Developed visual identity system: logo, typography, color palette, & graphic elements for CORE (Community Response to End Inequalities)

  • Application of design to physical and digitally adaptive marketing & communication material

Knock Knock
Berlin, Germany

February 2024 - Current

  • Marketing material, social media content, print campaigns

  • Graphic design consultant for communication with partners and projects

Graphic Designer

c-4 Analyitcs

Marketing Agency / Boston, MA
July 2014 - November 2021

Senior Designer & Strategy Lead

October 2017 - November 2021

  • Provided strategic, industry relevent creative direction to clients for digital campaigns

  • Redesigned the client service journey, from briefing to deliverables

  • Developed design team operations and project standards

  • Designed a customer review scraping product, utilised by 700 clients

  • Led high volume asset production whilst maintaining design quality and clients brand identity

  • Led brand strategy discovery meetings and workshops

  • Supported in the recruitment and development of design talent, growing from 4 to 14 creative team members

  • Identified key areas of inefficiency while improving procedures, increasing production by over 40%

  • Led trainings and team development

Senior Designer & Developer

August 2015 - October 2017

  • Managed a design team supporting clients across the East Coast region

  • Oversaw projects for high-profile clients and specialized design requests exceeding standard complexity

graphic Designer

July 2014 - August 2015

  • Responsible for delivering a high volume of design projects while maintaining quality standards