Chicago, Illinois, United States
Execute content and graphic design across photo/video, menus, and physical + digital visual touchpoints for a multi-venue hospitality portfolio.
Oversee creative direction for a multi-venue hospitality group, spanning brand identity, content, and graphic design across menus and visual touchpoints. Partner with ownership, culinary, beverage, and marketing teams to launch and evolve concepts through photo/video, campaigns, and in-venue materials.
Kevin Hartmann is an award-winning Creative Director with 15+ years of experience shaping visual identity, content strategy, and experiential storytelling for brands and built environments. Based in Chicago, he has led creative work for partners including Google, Red Bull, Coca-Cola, Jose Cuervo, Jack Daniel’s, and the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, spanning campaign content, live events, digital media, and hospitality experiences. Most recently, Kevin served as Creative Director for Celeste Group, where he built and evolved brand identities, visual systems, and content programs across several hospitality concepts. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Content at real estate developer Sterling Bay, overseeing visual production and creative operations for a national portfolio of commercial, life-science, and multifamily projects.
Production of all photo and video deliverables, project management on previsualization renderings and animations, sourcing and supervising outside contractors and content creators, companywide creative asset organization, implementation of Digital Asset Manager portal
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