Hi, I’m Jill. I’m a strategic, conceptual art director with 20+ years of experience managing teams, projects, and productions. I like to listen before I create, craft before I finish, and be deliberate in everything I do. I believe all brands have their soul people out there somewhere, and if we do our job right, we can do more for the world than just get people’s attention.
Résumé
Jill Norman Creative • Freelance CD/AD • 2014-Present
• Lead creative projects, teams and workshops for clients and various agencies
• Provide high-level graphic design, social media and advertising campaign services
• Assist agencies specifically for concepting on projects in need of creative brainpower
• Work as an on-set art director for photoshoots and broadcast productions
• Have gathered a wide gamut of unique experience through various part-time roles and contracts
• Have built a business purely on word-of-mouth referrals
• Led creative, managed teams of contractors, and collaborated on digital & brand strategy
• Built a new brand from the ground up, resulting in a $30M acquisition
• Dabbled in video editing and web development
Brand Society • Contract Creative • 2018-2020
• Brought conceptual art direction to help elevate creative
• Mentored art directors and designers
• Created Addy best-of-show-winning work two years in a row
New Orleans Business Alliance • Creative Director • 2016-2018
• Led a brand audit, positioning workshops, messaging-architecture restructuring and visual identity development for a complex non-profit organization
• Photographed events and locations
• Worked collaboratively to make communications an integral part of the organization's mission and programs
Monomyth Collaborative • Associate Creative director • 2015-2016
• Helped to build a startup ad agency to serve purpose-driven associations
• Built a thriving online community and knowledge hub
• Developed structured processes to lead clients through strategic brand audits and visual identity evolutions
Peter Mayer • Associate Creative Director • 2001-2014
• Built a 13-yr foundation of knowledge, understanding the roles and processes of the agency inside and out
• Led projects, campaigns and productions for a wide range of clients and industries, including tourism & hospitality, food & beverage, B2B and more
• Managed and mentored copywriters and art directors
• Won numerous creative and strategic awards for the agency
• Was valued as a strategic, conceptual ACD that could motivate teams and elevate work for high-stakes assignments and pitches
University of Delaware • BFA / Visual COmmunications • 1997-2001