The Voigt
Living in Chicago, I've built a career spanning over 20 years as Erik Voigt—a graphic designer, illustrator, animator, and art director. My expertise extends across various industries, including gaming, insurance, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, and education.

About

I kinda look like this, but I don’t usually wear glasses.
 


Erik Voigt

I have lived in Cleveland, Detroit, and NYC. I have lived in Chicago since 2004.

 

 

ERIK VOIGT | RESUME:

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Email:
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

THE VOIGT | Chicago, IL | 2004-Present
Freelance Graphic / Interactive Design – Animation / Motion Design – Illustration

  • Developing interactive E-Learning content for various industries, including education, insurance, medical, pharmaceutical, and banking.

  • Creating high-resolution digital paintings and game art for various styles for an award-winning series of party video games.

  • Designing logos, interactive, animation, and gaming projects animated banner ads, short animations, and PowerPoint presentations.

  • Collaborating with development and marketing departments to develop brochures, annual reports, postcards, and invitations to promote fundraising efforts.


TYNKER | Chicago, IL | 2022-2023
Art Director

  • Developed new art direction for the creation of art and animation for games lessons, ebooks, and activities for the online kids’ coding school, to appeal to Tynker’s diverse and growing audience.

  • Collaborated with a team of educators, developers, and engineers to design field test and implement interactive S.T.E.M. coding lessons, using agile methodologies.

  • Led a small group of artists, designers, and animators in the creation and re-design of interactive Games, coding projects and ebooks, and collateral material to assist the sales and curriculum departments.

  • Directed the outsourcing of bigger art and animation projects to an overseas studio in the creation of video lessons about basic digital literacy based on Tynker characters and website graphics.

  • Executed SEO optimizations, social media, email templates, and web pages, which led to a 200% increase in free trials.

UPKEY | Chicago, IL | 2020-2021
Art Director

  • Redesigned the brand style and website to address its core demographic better and differentiate it from the competition. These efforts helped to lead to Upkey being named a LinkedIn Top Startup for 2020.

  • Created collateral social media, ads, videos, PowerPoint presentations, and strategies to drive enrollment and corporate sponsorship.

  • Led an international team of UX/UI and graphic designers writers, animators, and web developers in site re-design.

  • Produced, scripted, and animated interactive educational lessons and marketing videos.

  • 96% of those who completed one of Upkey’s professional development tracks said they felt more confident pursuing their career goals.


JELLYVISION | Chicago, IL | 2008-2020
Senior Graphic Artist

  • Initiated redesign of the ALEX Benefits Counselor project, a $65 million product (grown from $15 million ~ 5 years prior).

  • Supported the sales and marketing teams in concepting focused digital, and print campaigns and trade shows.

  • Created original illustrations, data visualizations, and multimedia animations to aid the understanding of complex concepts, which led to  86% of users saying that they better understand their benefits after completing ALEX.

  • Developed and optimized the art and animation style for ALEX and collateral products serving as the cornerstone of the end-user experience.

FUNNY GARBAGE | New York, NY | 1998-2002
Art Director | Lead Artist | HTML Coder

  • Started as an HTML coder, and grew to manage a small team working to build websites for Warner Brothers Entertainment properties. 

  • Promoted to lead game artist, then to art director, managing a group of Animators, Illustrators, sound designers, and game developers.

  • Built an extensive library of games, establishing Cartoon Network as a destination for fun and engaging online games.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART | CLEVELAND, OHIO | 2003-2004
ADJUNCT DIGITAL DESIGN INSTRUCTOR

 THE NEW SCHOOL | NEW YORK, NY | 2000
 FIGURE DRAWING INSTRUCTOR

KEY ATTRIBUTES

Graphic Design | Animation | Illustration | Art Direction | Creative Direction | Web Site Design | Game Design | Packaging Design | Vector Art | Photo Manipulation | Visual Hierarchy | Logo Design | Video Editing | Print Production | Digital Production | Youtube | Team-Focused | Staff Training | Project Management | Web Programming | Product Rebranding | Brand Identity | Storyboarding | E-Learning Design | Ebook Design | Content Development | Typography | Ed-Tech | Organized | Meeting Tight Deadlines | Proofreading | Stock Photos Sourcing | Storytelling | Collaborator | Communicator | Copywriting | Problem Solving | Advertising Campaigns | Concept Generation | User-Centered Design | Marketing | E-mail Marketing | Social Media Marketing | Pre-Press File Prep | Optimization | A-B Testing | Agile Methodology | Digital Asset Management | Project Managment |

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Mac / PC Platforms | Adobe Creative Cloud | Photoshop | Illustrator | Animate | After Effects | Firefly | Bridge | Premiere | InDesign | XD | Figma | Lightroom | Express | Canva | HTML, CSS, JAVA |  Articulate Story Line 360 | Camtasia | Microsoft Word / PowerPoint | Excel | G-Suite | Google Docs | Google Slides | Google Sheets | Google Drive | Youtube |

EDUCATION

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART | CLEVELAND, OH | 1992
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration
1992 Agnes B. Gund Merit Scholarship

CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART | BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI | 1994
Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking
Magna cum Laude