Art
Garcia
Principal
Art
Garcia is a seasoned creative with 20 years
of design and visual communications experience.
He has produced work for The Rouse Company,
Atmos Energy, Siemens, Verizon, MADD, Harwood
International, Southern Methodist University
and the City of Dallas, to name a few. In 1999,
Art received the Dallas Ad Leagueís Minority
in Advertising Award for his outstanding contributions
to marketing communications.
His
award-winning designs, logos, illustrations,
ads and business collateral pieces have appeared
in the Annual Report 100, Type
Directors Club, Art Directors Club
of New York, American Illustration, Graphis, AIGA
and Communication Arts. Garcia is a graduate
of the Art Institute of Dallas. He has guest
lectured at his alma mater as well as many
other universities. He has been an active member
of AIGA, and has served as a chair on the Board
of Directors for the Dallas Advertising League.
In 2000 Art founded the Oak Cliff YMCA Wrestling Club, where he helps intercity youth realize their potential in life through the sport of wrestling.
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Beck
Munson
Principal
Beck
studied fine arts at Louisiana State University
and later focused her education in graphic
design and illustration at the Art Institute
of Dallas. Her work has focused on
the world of fashion, cosmetics and jewelry
where she has created national ad campaigns,
direct mail and catalogs for Fortune 500 companies
as well as small boutiques.
Beck
has produced work for all divisions of The
Zale Corporation, Lux Bond & Green, Multiples
and Jerel apparel, BeautiControl Cosmetics,
the Dallas Cowboys, the Immediate Resource,
and EMagrath and Byron Nelson Golf apparel.
Her designs have appeared
in the Type Directors
Club of New York, Print
Magazine, The Dallas
Advertising League and the Dallas Society of
Visual Communications. Beck's
illustrations have appeared in Vogue, Town & Country, D
Magazine, W Magazine, and she
was a featured artist in Detour magazine.
Beck
is a member of the Dallas Society of Visual
Communications, a board member of The
Oak Cliff Foundation and a member of the Texas
Theatre preservation Committee.
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Bill Pierce
Art Director
Bill is an experienced Art Director with over 18 years of industry experience.
A graduate of The University of North Texas, then North Texas State, Bill has produced work for a variety of clients from the Southland Corporation to the Bombay Company to Zales Corporation and Sam's Club. His work has been featured in Print Magazine and Art Director's Club of New York among others.
When not working, Bill enjoys his family and pets, along with coaching Youth Ice Hockey in the DFW Area.
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Hung Bui
Director of Color Imaging
Hung was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. He received a Bachelors of Arts in Multimedia Design from the University of New Orleans in 2004. In the course of his studies, he began to emphasize more on photo manipulation and video. He spent a short time doing small freelance jobs before landing his first position which consisted of designing and maintaining the website of Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc., producing ads and sales material, and managing the company’s images database. He spent a brief time as an Assistant Media Buyer before joining Graphic Content.
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Jesus
Nava
Art Director
Jesus
Nava is a native of Guadalajara, Mexico. Raised
in Fort Worth, Texas, Nava is a first generation
college graduate from the University of North
Texas, where he received an Outstanding Portfolio
nomination. In 2001 he joined Graphic Content.
He has produced work for national clients
like Piercing Pagoda, SAS Living, Shell/Texaco,
Southern Methodist University, and Harwood International. Nava has received numerous
awards for his work which has appeared in Print,
Graphics, Dallas Society of Visual Communications
and the Dallas Ad League.
Nava enjoys maintaining
his 160 gallon salt water reef aquarium. His
prized fish is a Dogface Puffer. When he’s
not fishing, he enjoys riding his motorcycle
on weekends.
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Josh
Weatherspoon
Web/Graphic Designer
Josh
is responsible for design, copy and production
work. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising
from the University of North Texas in May 2004.
Midway through his degree, he began to spend
more time designing than copywriting. He began
working as a Production Artist at The North
Texas Daily and a web designer for Sullivan
Street Bistro and the Inner City All-Stars
Brass Band. Weatherspoon has been with Graphic
Content as a designer since 2004. In his short
time he has written and produced web and print
work for Pet Ecology, SMU, Dallas Museum
of Art, Results Staffing, Piercing Pagoda,
and The Vanilla Company.
When
he is not working you can catch him performing
at various comedy clubs throughout Dallas-Ft.
Worth.
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Kimberly Stelling Nies
Account Executive
Kim began working at Graphic Content in January of 2006. She serves several functions at GCI including: Facility Manager, Account Executive, and Director of Business Development.
A 1992 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University with a degree in Management and Marketing, Kim has worked in the retail, service, and corporate sectors. Over her career she has developed and managed numerous marketing projects. Her areas of expertise include creation of marketing materials, corporate branding, advertising, prospect marketing, and client relations. One of her greatest strengths is her ability to help define and express a company's image.
Kim has been privileged to work with published photographers, world-renowned architects, and award-winning graphic designers. This experience has been invaluable to her professional development. In 1998, while working at Harwood International as a Marketing Project Manager, Kim implemented Harwood's new logo that was designed by Art Garcia, Graphic Content's Founder and CEO. Since she comes from the "client side", Kim brings a different perspective to the studio that allows her to better understand client needs so that the client may realize their marketing / branding objectives.
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