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WordMark, a typographic practice of Mark Davis
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Hello, I’m obviously Mark Davis, a Brooklyn-based graphic designer, animator, & producer, obsessed with creating and fostering amazing typography.

Tronvig
Art Director
Brooklyn, New York · Jun 2020–

Primary in-house designer & art director for client marketing and branding projects
Ensuring the quality of the final deliverables for multiple metro-area markets, including HTML5 & static display banners, OOH print materials, digital OOH videos and images, wild postings
Involved in internal agency rebrand
Delegating work for freelancer resources and managed quality of their output
Ensuring products stay within brand guidelines
Clients include the Washington DC-based National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY)

Tronvig
Junior Art Director
Brooklyn, NY · Jun 2019 – Jun 2020

SME Branding ⦾
Junior Art Director
New York, NY · Apr 2017 – Apr 2019
Designing all deliverables for select client accounts as well as a collaborator with other team members for larger accounts
Team typography and print layout specialist
Reformatted and evolved all company decks
Worked with clients such as Kentucky Derby, Ticketmaster, MLBPA, SUNY Geneseo, University of North Dakota, Texas Tech, The Big South

NBCUniversal
Creative Agency Design Contractor
New York, NY · Jan 2017 – Feb 2017
Created new logotypes from pen sketch to final execution
Spearheaded new corporate branding initiatives
Consulted to improve existing logotypes using typeface design skills

BuzzFeed News ⦾
News Design Contractor
New York, NY · Sept 2016 – Nov 2016

Developed new design templates for reviews
Branded new podcast and executed final promo elements for iTunes Store
Decorated live TV set and wrangled props for live election coverage, hosted on twitter.com
Conducted photography research
Executed illustrations for dozens of BuzzFeed articles, including original lettering
Designed Donald Trump handwriting typeface

Font Bureau ⦾
Font Design Intern,
Design & Marketing Contractor
Brooklyn, NY · Nov 2015 – Jul 2016
Developed personal fonts Ambulia Text, Abagnale, and Gaussian Elongated & Extended, overseen by senior font designer at Font Bureau
Created specimens for their retail typefaces
Created interactive font marketing tool with Chris Lewis, @FBtypeset
Designed original social media and newsletter graphics, also wrote for the email newsletter, blog, Facebook page, and Twitter

Crossway ⦾
Design Contractor
Wheaton, IL · Jun 2014 – Nov 2015
Produced illustrations for three 1,360+ page books
Mastered 70+ book covers (color separations, ink coverage management, embosses, foils, UV laminates, glosses) and delivered them to national and international printing presses
Created dozens of physical mock-up books to represent books promoted at book fairs, pre-production
Restored and refined ESV logo
Handled multiple projects daily and on time with production schedule and routed them throughout the company
Mastered ESV App icons to pixel perfection
Official design team typophile

Typefounding ⦾
Font Design Intern
St. Louis, MO · Jan 2014

Developed typeface pending distribution by House Industries based on work by Ed Benguiat and Donald Roos
Expanded character sets of eight House Industries typefaces, distributed through Photolettering and FontStand

Skills
Type Design
Logotype Design
& Customization
Editorial Design
Lettering
Typography
Photo Direction
Vector Illustration
Large Format Printing
Twitter Ads
Facebook Ads
Instagram Ads

Tools
☞ Adobe InDesign
☞ Adobe Illustrator
☞ Adobe Photoshop
☞ Adobe After Effects
☞ Adobe Animate
☞ Adobe Premier Pro
☞ Robofont
☞ Glyphs
☞ FontLab
☞ MetricsMachine
☞ QGIS
☞ Trello
☞ Monday
☞ Asana
☞ Basecamp
☞ Figma
☞ Sketch
☞ …Slack?

Select Clients
Nike
NBCUniversal
Ticketmaster
BuzzFeed News
Font Bureau
WWD
VNSNY
Helen Keller Intl
Type Network
UND
Kentucky Derby
SUNY Geneseo
NMWA
Texas Tech
The Big South
Taylor University
Crossway
Bureau Gravity
Nick Mrozowski
Dennis Huyhn
Dan Pulcrano
Ben Kiel
Luke Shuman

Education

Cooper Union Type@Cooper
2015 Condensed Class

Taylor University
BA Art, Graphic Design Concentration
Upland, Indiana
President’s Academic Scholarship
Art Department Scholarship

2014 Art Department Designer of the Year

Education

Cooper Union Type@Cooper

2015 Condensed Class

Taylor University
BA Art, Graphic Design Concentration

Upland, Indiana
President’s Academic Scholarship
Art Department Scholarship

2014 Art Department Designer of the Year

Referrals

Tincidunt Nibh
Ultricies Vestibulum
Facilisis Ornare,
Porta Libero Universitas,
tincidunt.nibh@portolibero.edu.au
0431 070 713

Dictumst Gravida
Auctor Ligula / Founder
Aliquam Aliquam Congue, Felis
dictumst.gravida@gmail.com
0404 965 983

Rhoncus Mattis
Suspendisse Professor
Facilisis, Bibendum Ornare & Congue
0415 843 581
rhoncus.mattis@facilisis.edu

Sollicitudin Euismod
Founder
Pellentesque Grounds, Porta Libero
0422 221 072
sollicitudin@vestibulum.com

Egestas Convallis
Deputy Parturient Dictum
Duis & Ultricies Vestibulum
egestas.convallis@vestibulum.edu
0402 254 956

Skills

Type Design
Logotype Design
& Customization
Editorial Design
Lettering
Typography
Photo Direction
Vector Illustration
Large Format Printing
Twitter Ads
Facebook Ads
Instagram Ads

Awards

Tempus Egestas Nibh Vestibulum
Facilisis: Ultricies Ornare Ligula
2021

Rhoncus Auctor Ornare; Tincidunt Tristique, Porta Libero
2020

Press

‘Vestibulum Inceptos Gravida’, Ornare Review,
by Tincidunt Nisl
2024

‘Ullamcorper Faucibus (Congue) Euismod’, by Ligula Parturient, Bibendum Review Porta Libero
2023

Dictumst Tristique, Facilisis Magazine, Edition Two, Porta Libero
2021

Auctor Adipiscing Art Magazine, Porta Libero
2020

Sollicitudin Ornare Magazine,
Porta Libero
2020

Last Updated 25.12.09

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