DAVID ENDRES
Champion of great design and straightforward communication. A driven creative director and graphic designer with experience in fast-paced studio and corporate environments. Possesses exceptional organizational and project management skills, and is a passionate problem solver. Leads and develops strong creative services teams, while providing clients with creative solutions that exceed their expectations.


SKILLS
  • Design and communication — Consumer and B2B
  • Creative strategy 
  • Project management
  • Process establishment and improvement
  • Brand strategy, development and management
  • Client management 
  • Facilitation 
  • Customer experiences and events 
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 
  • Salesforce, Marketing Cloud, Pardot

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EXPERIENCE

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, SOLAR MOSAIC
Sustainable energy technology and financing company
Oakland, California (remote) 
March 2021 to June 2025
  • Designed and produced projects that drove customer and employee engagement
  • Responsible for project management and system administration 
  • Maintained strong relationships with leadership, serving as a key contributor to projects from investor decks, to board presentations, and confidential business discussions
  • Led the creative direction during a time of significant loan growth in 2021, featuring an increase of ~250% YOY
  • Established and continuously improved department processes and procedures, including set up and administration of project management tool, determining and maintaining server file structure and creation/facilitation of training 
  • Established and managed vendor agreements

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, KAR GLOBAL
Auction services and technology company  
Carmel, Indiana 
November 2008 to October 2019 
  • Oversaw all creative efforts across 75 auction locations and corporate offices
  • Built the creative services function for the largest business unit (8,000+ employees) 
  • Built, mentored, and developed a highly effective and service-oriented team of designers, writers, developers and digital marketing administrators
  • Participated in development of customer journeys and segmentation 
  • Led the visual brand identity integration of 47 separate marketing operations (auctions) across the country into a single unified brand — resulting in a 29% decrease in expenses
  • Managed departmental budget and systems administration contracts

SENIOR DIRECTOR, DESIGN SERVICES, JUST MARKETING INTERNATIONAL
Motorsports marketing agency  
Zionsville, Indiana 
January 2008 to November 2008
  • Managed a creative services team in a fast-paced and KPI-driven industry
  • Estimated project hours and production costs
  • Defined SWOT analysis for the department 

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, CNO FINANCIAL
Financial services company
Carmel, Indiana 
December 1993 to January 2008
  • Designed and produced effective communications in a heavily regulated industry
  • Developed communication strategies and provided creative guidance for subsidiaries and internal departments 
  • Established and managed corporate brand standards 
  • Managed the development of a proprietary project management tool 
  • Managed departmental budgets and system administration agreements


EDUCATION

HERRON SCHOOL OF ART   |   INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication
Indianapolis, Indiana


REFERENCES

5DESIGNS.com 
LinkedIn
References available upon request


VOLUNTEERISM
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Special Olympics Indiana
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