Identity Graphic Design

Identity Graphic Design is a vital source of branding and graphic design assistance to small, medium and large size businesses. Our creative resources are as diverse as our clientele.

Bill Kleist, principal, graduated in '93 from Michigan State University with a B.A. in Graphic Design and a B.A. in Advertising. He is also an adjunct professor of Graphic Design in the College of Art & Design at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan, where he has taught since 2005.

Bill's 25+ years of experience ranges from consulting work for General Motors, to mucho pro-bono work for churches and other non-profit organizations. His meticulous eye for detail and balance, and an unwavering hunger for significance in his design work has established him as an accomplished and award winning professional in his field. Bill is also a practical joker who loves to laugh, but cries every time he watches Band of Brothers.

Linda Kleist has a B.A. from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Linda's focus is new business development for Identity Graphic Design, as well as assisting in the creative and marketing processes for clients. Linda has taught the principles of basic art & design as an art teacher to elementary and secondary students since 1990. Her business sense and pragmatic grounding has been the backbone of Identity Graphic Design since its beginning. She also likes to make homemade pizza and mouth-watering foccacia bread.

Philip Thomas graduated from Clarkston University in Potsdam, NY with a B.A. in Science of Communication. He is a very talented Graphic Artist with technical expertise in web design. Phil has an eye for design and a contemporary, sophisticated style. He has studied art abroad which also makes him very good at fake foreign accents.

Maegan Ward is a freelance writer whom we like to call the "Grammar Queen." She has done on-line marketing for a nationally known Dot.com and is a trusted and experience writer and editor with an A.A. from Wake Tech in Raleigh, NC. Maegan also makes a serious 1/4 pound cookie, is an amateur photographer, and has a dog that is bigger than she is.

Sequila Freeman, a.k.a. "Kiki," has a B.A. from the Chicago Art Institute. She has an expressive style in fine art that has won her numerous awards and commissioned work. Kiki's work breaks out of the realm of typical art, and we lean on her for jobs that call for a free-spirited look as well the look of a disciplined fine artist. Kiki has a great smile, a contagious laugh and always wears really cool jewelry.

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