UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

UNDER CONSTRUCTION · UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Creative Direction & Design That Drives Revenue

I’m Brian Donahue, a Cincinnati-based Creative Director and Graphic Designer helping brands and businesses grow—locally and globally. I specialize in building high-converting visual systems backed by data and proven through performance.

With 14+ years of experience, I’ve helped clients launch stand-out branding, design award-winning trade show exhibits, and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in business.

Black and white client logo grid featuring Senco, Custom Ink, Farmer Brothers Coffee, Nordstrom, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Marriott International, BD NY, Duke Athletics, Royal Cup Coffee, Michigan Wolverines, Eurest, and Georgia Southern University.
See the Work in Action

  • Global Branding

    Standardizing fragmented visual identities across digital, print, and retail environments to ensure strict, unshakeable brand adherence worldwide.

  • Project Management

    Eliminating operational friction by creating robust, modular asset libraries , and procedures that accelerate campaign rollout speeds for marketing teams.

  • E-Commerce Design

    Overcoming low digital engagement by introducing dynamic in-house studio photography, 360-degree product views, and motion graphics.

  • B2B Communication

    Translating intricate B2B, hospitality, and industrial specifications into intuitive visual environments, multi-lingual product guides, and high-conversion marketing packages.

Proven
Solutions
in Action

Experiential Design & Creative Direction (SumOne x Eurest): Under my leadership, my team designed a visual narrative centered on workplace hospitality, culinary excellence, and employee well-being, the project successfully translated traditional corporate cafeterias into dynamic, people-first restaurant experiences tailored for Fortune 100 workplace environments.

Social Media Design and Art Direction (Custom Ink): I overcame content production bottlenecks for Custom Ink & Printfection by building a repeatable, agile content creation SOP that drastically reduced turnaround times and optimized resource allocation across marketing and sales teams.

Branding & Multilingual Design (KYOCERA-SENCO): By designing a scalable, multilingual creative architecture, we successfully synchronized global marketing efforts and brand consistency across key markets in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Graphic Design & Production (Inkling Creative Group & Synergy Imports): Engineered versatile, rapid-deployment campaign assets for elite commercial clients, large hospitality trade shows (BD|NY), and demanding sports properties like the NFL, NBA, and NCAA.

The SumOne Coffee Roasters logo on a gray background featuring the stylized white text "sum>one" in a rounded font, with a black, sans-serif subtitle below reading "COFFEE ROASTERS".
The Custom Ink logo featuring "Inky" the mascot, a friendly gray octopus with a smile, enclosed in a white circular negative-space design on a dark gray background.

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