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Robert Wurth - Creative Director
Robert started his official career when he was offered a job as a production artist for the Lincoln Journal Star newspaper following his graduation from design school. But his introduction to this business really began long before that when he spent his summers working for a family-owned print shop. Although just a "kid," Robert took every opportunity to learn about the printing process and to assist with the design and layout of projects.
Following his time with the Journal Star newspaper, Robert accepted a couple of different positions that each offered their own unique creative challenges, including the design of the Key to the City of Lincoln, Nebraska and the official game coins for the 1995 Final Big 8 Conference college football game and the 1996 Tostitos'® Fiesta Bowl College Football National Championship.
In 2000, a series of freelance projects for MindVision Software, a leading maker of installation applications for both Macintosh and Windows, resulted in an offer to become their full-time designer. While working with MindVision, Robert developed a new logo for their flagship product, Installer VISE, as well as assisted with the creation of new branding for their e-commerce system, eSellerate. Robert also was responsible for creative direction and production of the company's trade show booths, including their showing at MacWorld San Francisco 2001.
More recently, Robert assisted with the development of a new corporate identity for a software development company, including input in the creation of new logos for their primary software applications, development of corporate branding guidelines, production of the corporate web site, as well as overseeing and implementing the design of the majority of the company's print and web materials.
In addition, Robert has instructed seminars in the use of Adobe and Macromedia design software.
Angela D. Mittan - Marketing Director
Angela's interest and experience with graphic design, marketing, and advertising started early. Even in high school, she was active in the Student Art Association and participated in numerous local art showings and competitions. Her work has achieved many awards, including Best of Show. Angela has, over the years, had the opportunity to develop designs for a car racing team, a high school, a horse ranch, a church, and a fishing lure company, among others.
Following high school, Angela graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwest Missouri State University. As an undergraduate student, Angela successfully completed art courses, including a drawing class in which the focus was on both still-life compositions, as well as human subjects. Additionally, as an undergraduate research project, Angela wrote content for and designed the graphic layout of a brochure for the Geo-Sciences Department. The brochure detailed employment opportunities in earth science fields, and has been distributed by the department to current and future students for more than 5 years. Angela was also fortunate to intern for the Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments, where she helped with the design and layout of web pages, as well as assisted with grant writing projects.
After college, Angela began working at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln (UNL). Her duties included creating and maintaining text and graphics for web pages illustrating on-farm research projects. Angela also coordinated the marketing of a major extension project. She was responsible for the design, organization, and distribution of a software and instructional documentation CD for farmers.
During her 3+ years of employment at UNL, Angela earned a Master's degree in Business, specializing her graduate program in Marketing, Advertising, and Communication Studies. In April 2003, Angela left employment at UNL to pursue a marketing and advertising position with a software development company in Lincoln. As their Marketing Associate, Angela's duties have included generating ideas for entering new markets, improving the company's sales lead acquisition processes, and tracking and reporting prospective customer activity. Angela also worked closely with the company's advertising agency to ensure that advertisements were designed correctly and met technical specifications and submission deadlines.
Angela has been a member of many organizations, including Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Chi Academic Honor Societies, and Gamma Theta Upsilon Geographic Honor Society.
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Rogers House Bed and Breakfast Inn
Logo development for a Lincoln, Nebraska Bed and Breakfast Inn.
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