Art director, brand builder, photographer, adventuer.

Everything you do is an experience, let's make it better.

The Work About Me

Work
About Me

I am a husband, adventurer, art director, brand builder, photographer, and amature mixologist.

I am someone who cares about how we, as beings, interact with each other and our environment. Through a human-centered design process, I strive to create meaningful solutions to problems people have in their everyday lives. Through design and photography, I aim to positively impact how we treat one another and the environment we live in, bringing out the innate integrity in all of us.

Curent Projects

For ten plus years, I have been at Dorman Products, a billion-dollar brand in the automotive engineering design industry.

Developing our organization's employee value proposition and working on creating our employer brand. With that setting up communication design systems and propped up a better employee, customer, and talent acquisition experience for all our sites nationwide and internationally.

Led a cross-functional team with brand coms, design, and photography in creating an optimized process to ensure better storytelling through photography.

Working with our Vice President of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and designing an internal communication plan to facilitate equitable change and education within our two-thousand-plus organization.

Lastly, I just came off heading up a team to develop a branding plan for all mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, I've been working to create the branding philosophy for Dorman's creative team. Organizing brand architecture and plotting the course for Dorman's brand positioning over the next five years.

I'm also currently the vice president of AIGA Philly (American Institute of Graphic Artists), currently in a rebuilding mode coming off of covid, we're focused on engaging events, building relationships within the Philly design community and propping up our committees with a dedicated team of volunteers. I joined AIGA Philly in 2018 as the Board Resources Director and then moved into the Program Director position, where I focused on meaningful and equitable programming events.

For Inspiration

When I'm not at work, you can find me backpacking through the mountains or taste-testing the best new cocktail in town. No matter where the adventures take me, I always have my camera to capture the world from my point of view.

My Roots

I'm originally from a small town about an hour west of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. Growing up on my family's Christmas tree farm fostered an understanding of an empathetic approach to customer interactions. The good old-fashioned hard work combined with the opportunity to be a part of so many families holiday traditions was so rewarding.

Education

I attended Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, graduating in 2009 with a BFA in Communications. I have several certificates in branding, in-house management, and UX/ UI design.

Living in Philly for eight-plus years, my wife and I recently bought a house in Ardmore outside of Philly with our dog August. We're expecting our first little girl this summer.

Skills

My Mission

Creating an affinity for the world around us.

Through brand experience, visual communication, and photography, I show the world that compassionate human interactions with business, products, or each other creates stronger bonds.

What's my focus?

Brand

  • Brand Identity Direction
  • Brand Positioning
  • Branding Philosophy & Architecture
  • Systems & Guides
  • Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

Design

  • Responsive Web Design
  • Mobile UI Design Systems
  • UX Design
  • Corporate Design systems
  • Environmental and Wayfinding Systems

Social

  • Creative Direction
  • Instagram Strategy
  • Pop-up Shop Experiences
  • Photography

Concept

  • Corporate/Business Vision
  • In-House Team Advocacy
  • Human-Centered Design
  • Diversity Equality & Inclusion Design/Comms Planning

My Vision

Living in a world brimming with fulfilling compassionate experiences

A world where our participation with the tangible and intangible should both be worthwhile. It should be what we want it to be. Our choosing. It should be practical and beautiful.

Contact Me

Let's talk about how we can evolve your team, refresh your enterprise's digital presence, and create a better brand experience.

Email me @Keith_VanKreisel