About Me

Hello, it's nice to meet you!

My name is Nathan Brown, I'm a graphic designer living in Michigan. I've lived in Michigan my whole life doing graphic design, photography, and videography. The moment I was able to get a computer and camera I enrolled in my highschool's yearbook class and news broadcast team. After graduating with honors from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Media Design, I created my freelancing brand, Luminous Media. We would take on projects from small businesses, weddings, event photography and seminar video recordings to give us plenty of experience in business and design.

After I created my freelancing business, I took on the role of Creative Designer at Baker College for a little under 5 years to work with an in-house marketing team creating many assets for the academic school year. Aside from graphic design, I enjoy spending time playing Dungeons and Dragons with my friends, fixing up old cameras and developing film, and I love to cook and backpack!

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Education

2017-2019

University of Michigan - Flint

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Media Design

I graduated with a 3.5 GPA with honors, assisted in teaching many of the courses offered from Graphic Design, Video Production, Studio Lighting, and helped produce gallery exhibitions and community murals.

2015-2017

Mott Community College

Associate of Graphic Design

I completed my general education courses at Mott getting ready to transfer while simultaneously working on my creating my freelance business.

2011-2015

Fenton High School

High School Diploma

During my High School years I was enrolled in my schools Yearbook, Newspaper, and Video Production courses while also taking summer workshops through the Michigan International Press Association.

Work Experience

2018-2023

Baker College

Creative Designer

- Produced over 15,000 items for our 2023 Graduation Commencement ranging from Live-Streams, Event Photos, Social Media Walls, Printed Programs and rolling out the college’s new official Seal.

- Created assets for the baker.edu homepage and emails including hero images, GIFs, and headers

in conjunction with the Web and IT departments.

- Lead a project with each location’s Director of Student Affairs to keep students engaged during

the COVID-19 pandemic across social media platforms.

- Help fostered a social media presence of over 36,000 followers by working with the Chief Operations Officer and Social Media Manager.

2015-2018

Red Fox Outfitters

Marketing Associate

& Content Creator

- Collaborated with Marmot and produced a video shown at their International Marketing Meeting showing an increase of over 9,000 viewers.

- Organized co-founders and employees schedules to craft product review videos for promotion of new products to increase sales and raise awareness.

- Provided unique content for website updates on the home page including, graphics, videos, and animations to direct users to specific products and links.

2017-2020

Luminous Media

Senior Creator / Founder

- Designed the identity for the podcast ‘Nothing Much Happens’ which grew to exceed 1,000,000 downloads with over 70 episodes, in more than 10 different countries.

- Produced the trailer and for the ‘Peace Begins with Us’ event at The Capitol Theatre in Flint, MI with the Crim Fitness Foundation, workshopping with over 1,200 people live.

- Filmed a short documentary with students in the Flint Community School district to show how mindfulness can improve mental health in younger age groups.

- Through networking we redesigned the business Tanz and Things in Billings, MT with a new website, new brand identity, and new logo.

2016-2017

Skypoint Ventures

Graphic Design Intern

- Performed administrative tasks for the SkyPoint Ventures employees, such as archiving and duplicating vital contracts for current clients.

- Purchased and organized video equipment to be used to document architectural projects progress and verify proof of performance.

- Captured photos for the Dryden Building Headquarters to compete in the Design Build Award contest, to which Skypoint had placed first place winning the award.

- Organized and produced important announcements in the company with the CEO to promote on social media or internally via email.