Kim Brown Irvis is an award-winning art director and senior graphic designer experienced with corporate identity, packaging, print collateral, advertising, annual reports, web design, trade show and booth design. Competent with brand corporate design, collaboration, project management and business development. Kim provides art direction to teams of print, brand, web and interface designers, and she works within budget constraints. Kim has a reputation for team building and establishing strong client relationships. She has created effective original content by collaborating with the client; listening to their needs and carefully managing every detail of their project. Described by Clients, senior-level staff, and coworkers as having a professional attitude, the ability to capture a concept, work effectively under pressure while dealing with competing priorities, and enabling others to meet deadlines while still delivering quality project results.

Among other creative design positions, Kim was senior art director at Creative Impact Communications and art director at GO&A Marketing Communications. As a freelancer, her clients have included Polygram Records, Merrill Lynch, IBM, Playskool, Citibank, PACE center for girls, Tempus Software, Focus Media, Inc. Eng Engineering, Inc. Eccola (an Italian Bistro) and Marriott Hotels. She has won several design awards, including both a gold and a silver Addy Award, an Image Award of Distinction, Graphic Design USA awards for five issues of the College Board Review, and American In-House Design Awards. Previously, Kim published photographs in Traditional Home Magazine and in American Dream Homes Magazine. As a creative outlet Kim designed, photographed, produced and published yearly KBI Design calendars. Honored and featured in the January 2005 issue of Graphic Design USA as 'People to Watch' in 2005. She holds a B.F.A. in communications design from Pratt Institute and a three-year certificate in advertising design and photography from Pratt-Phoenix School of Design, now called, “Pratt Manhattan Center.”

Affliation(s) & On-Line Portfolio(s):
AIGA (The Professional Institute for Design)
KBI Design On-line Portfolio Brochure
KBI Design Photography_Dr. Klein's Office
KBI Design Photography_Framed Prints For Sale
Creative+Visual RESUME.2011_Kim Brown Irvis 4C.pdf
HOW Design Conference
KBI Photography_Flickr