My name is Brandon J. Carr and I love to tell stories.
Communication, design, illustration, technical writing, SOPs, social media, video, company emails...it's all storytelling. How that story starts, continues, and ends is what fascinates me most about the power of every medium. Whether I'm communicating with my colleagues, laying out a fact sheet, or creating motion graphics, I'm building a narrative that should take everyone along in a concise, creative, and effective way. If I can throw a little fun in there from time to time, that's even better.
I have been working as a professional designer and communicator for over 20 years as an individual creator and as a leader. I created my first professional graphic design job by telling my boss at a call center I thought we could do better with the custom promotional materials we offered. That turned into me designing custom posters, wallet cards, and postcards for our 1,500 clients, redesigning our website from the ground up, creating multiple web applications to make our processes more efficient, and illustrating and laying out a book written by our owner.
In the two decades since, that has been my story. A story of creating, improving, and making opportunities for my employers, my colleagues, our stakeholders, and our clients. As a leader, I value mentorship and helping those who report to me improve themselves and make their own stories of achievement and success. Mine is a story about growth, change, and betterment for everyone and knowing when to be bold and strong or be agile and pivot.
I love storytelling and my own story will continue in this way until the day I can no longer put pencil to paper.