Jon Bracken
Jacksonville-based graphic and web designer behind Jon Blaze Visuals. Distinctive artwork, thoughtful identities and digital experiences.
Work that spans national sports retail, in-house creative teams and independent clients: online store graphics, brand materials, websites, app interfaces and print campaigns, each with clear communication and a visual direction built around the project.
How the work gets made.
Understand the purpose
Start with the audience, the message and the context.
Give the idea a point of view
Build direction through composition, typography, color and imagery.
Carry it through
Every deliverable, from first impression to the formats people use.
What Jon designs.
In-house rigor. Studio range.
Event artwork, brand identities, websites and digital experiences for promoters and small businesses in Florida, New York, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina, including personal trainers and photographers.
One of two in-house designers for commercial real estate marketing. Contributed to art direction for SMASH.
Web and mobile interfaces and marketing collateral. Primary designer on the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund website.
Designed and maintained 70+ online stores for Football Fanatics, TeamFanShop and partner brands. Worked on the NBA Team Store redesign on Fifth Avenue in New York and designed the Fanatics Experience and NBA Store logo.
Vector illustrations for e-learning courses and company materials.
Training.
High School Diploma
Episcopal High School of Jacksonville. Three-sport student-athlete and a member of the Yearbook Club senior year, helping design the Class of 2007 yearbook.
BA, Graphic Design
University of West Florida. Coursework in advanced graphic design, typography, interactive design, 3D design, modeling and animation, web page design and programming. Collegiate 100 and the African American Student Association.
AI for Work and Life
Certificate of Completion, University of North Florida, Professional and Lifelong Learning (1 CEU).
Let the work introduce me.
Websites, brand identities, event artwork and print from fourteen years of work.