Nicole Howard
Creative Director
My name is Nicole Howard, and I live in the beautiful Traverse City, MI. I love checking out local craft beer, reading a good book, and even getting a little dirty helping my husband in the garden.
Over the past 14 years, I have gained design experience in many areas including publication design, Variable Data direct mailers, Website Design, Social Media Graphics, Advertising Design, and managing Amazon creative through Vendor and Seller Central.
PORTFOLIO
SERVICES
Publications
Publications
Digital
Digital
Websites
Websites
Amazon
Design
Art Direction
Art Direction
SKILLS
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
- Logo Design
- Marketing
- Publication Design
- Print Design
- Amazon PDP (Product Detail Page) Creative
- Amazon Premium A+ Design
- Branding
- Social Media Design
- Web Design
- Photo Editing
- SBV (Sponsored Brand Video) Editing
- Web-to-Print
- Advertising Design
- Storefront Signage
- Report/Presentation Design
TECHNICAL & SOFTWARE
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Figma
- Seller Central
- Vendor Central
- CapCut Video Editing
- HTML & CSS
- WordPress
- BlueHost/Other CMS
- Adobe Workfront/ProofHQ
- Aleyant eDocBuilder
- Slack
- XMPie
- SEO
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Balsamiq Wireframes
- Mailchimp
- Constant Contact
- Buffer
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
February 2025 - Present
Creative Director
Market Defense
February 2025 - Present
June 2024 - February 2025
Contract Senior Graphic Designer
Market Defense
June 2024 - February 2025
July 2023 - Present
Digital Marketing Manager
Incredible Mo's | Pangea's Pizza | Loco Boys Brewing
July 2023 - Present
2012 - Present
Freelance Designer
Print & Digital Graphic Designer
2012 - Present
2014 - 2022
Marketing Graphic Designer | Publications Designer
VP Demand Creation Services
2014 - 2022
2013 - 2014
Digital Graphic Designer | Web Designer
Active Internet Marketing
2013 - 2014
2012 - 2013
Graphic Designer
Intersection.is
2012 - 2013
EDUCATION
2009 - 2012
Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University
BFA in Fine Arts - Graphic Design with additional focus in Photography
2009 - 2012
December 2022
Google UX Design Professional Certificate
Gain hands on experience in Figma and Adobe XD. Learn UX foundations and gain experience with the design process, including how to build wireframes and prototypes and conduct user research to test your designs.
December 2022
