Hello

I am an interactive designer and art director in Portland, Oregon. With over a decade of experience, I have designed and directed everything from packaging and identities to advertising campaigns and digital experiences.

In the middle of my advertising career, I returned to college to study interactive theory and digital media design. While holding a full-time position at Leopold Ketel and Partners and co-owning an indie record label, I graduated with high honors from the Art Institute of Portland.

Since then, I have focused almost exclusively on interactivity and digital communication. I specialize in concept development, experience design, art direction and honest, strategic branding.

I am currently part of the team at Substance where we design and build interactive experiences. I am also one of the members of the New Communicators team. We are currently trying to create an open-source conference in which the public organizes their own events during the same few days in Portland to share their experiences in online and offline communication in order to educate and inspire others to start conversations of their own.

File me under:

  • Conceptual and strategic development
  • Design and art direction
  • Eager to explore new and interesting avenues of
    design and communication
Erin Kurtz, Art Director

503.349.9199

erin@erinkurtz.com
  • WORK HISTORY
  • Art Director
    Substance
    August 2008 – Present
  • Freelance Art Director
    September 2006 – July 2008
  • Art Director
    Leopold Ketel & Partners
    September 2001 – 2006
  • Co-Owner
    Loveless Records,
    an independent record label
    1999 – 2006
  • Freelance Art Director
    October 2000 – September 2001
  • Art Director
    Red Monkey Ads and Ideas
    April 2000 – October 2000
  • Graphic Designer / Art Director
    Dodge, Schmitgal, Inc.
    October 1996 – March 2000
  • Production Designer
    JohnsonSheen Advertising
    May 1996 – September 1996