About
Colleen Ehrhart
I am a Senior Graphic designer with nine years of professional design experience. My background includes higher education, science, pharmaceutical advertising, and financial technology. I excel in brand creation, brand management, typography, color theory, composition, design research, and more. My style is bold, simplistic, and elegant. My goal is to make your brand look fresh and exciting while being accessible for your day-to-day workflow. If you'd like to collaborate, please message me here or email me directly at colleenehrhart20@gmail.com.
Tools
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Premiere
Adobe After effects
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe XD
Sketch
Wordpress
Mac OS
Institutions
The ION Group
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Stanford University
Argonne National Laboratory
CERN
Elmhurst College
The University of Chicago: UChicago Booth
Gilead Sciences, INC
Praise
“I was fortunate to manage Colleen for over two years while Head of Brand at ION Group. Colleen is an extremely talented senior creative, with a wide range of design skills that span both print and digital mediums. Colleen’s in-depth knowledge of ‘brand’ paired with a strong understanding of marketing disciplines adds further passion, accuracy and effectiveness to her design, whether that be on work for B2B or B2C audiences/clients outputs. When working on a brief she will ask pointed questions to better expand her understanding of the ask, challenging and compromising where needed to protect the integratory of a brand and the brands positioning. Colleen’s work is dynamic, modern, highly-creative and conceptual, often produced under tight timeframes. As a team lead and manager for an internal resource you have to have confidence in your team, to represent you in meetings and sometimes navigate delicate situations with stakeholders – I had complete confidence in Colleen. As a virtual team I could count on Colleen to provide training for the more junior members of my function or to collaborate across project activations that required wider creative thinking. Our deadlines often meant we operated a ’follow the sun’ model supporting a global firm population, Colleen was comfortable both contributing on, or owning these projects.
I highly recommend Colleen to any future employer and manager, she will add great value to her next opportunity.”
Daniel Lay
“I had the pleasure of working with this amazing designer when the time came for our team to grow, within the internal services team at ION.
In our time together, we spent countless hours working side-by-side in a very challenging and demanding environment, that changed direction and leadership as a strategy to continuously grow. I had the privilege of seeing her grow within the team, and foster a positive-collaborative spirit that shined through her design work. Work that is very much the staple of what ION's social media branding presence is today.”
Gerson Lopez
“I've had the pleasure of working with Colleen for the past three years, and I can confidently say they're one of the most reliable and talented designers I've partnered with. Her eye for detail, ability to interpret creative briefs, and quick turnaround times have consistently impressed me. Whether it's brand assets, event collateral, digital content, or last-minute edits under pressure, she always delivered quality work every time—with a calm and collaborative attitude.
To add, she is not just technically strong; she really understand how design supports the bigger picture of a project. That instinct makes them a go-to resource I’ve relied on time and time again. I’d highly recommend Colleen to anyone looking for a designer who is creative, responsive, and easy to work with.”
Cayce Connolly
“Colleen and I worked closely together for several years, and I was always delighted when we were paired together on projects. She values collaboration and knows the benefit of content and design teams working together hand-in-hand. She has a keen eye for detail and always strives to produce the best possible work, using her expertise to guide marketing strategies and deliver exceptional collateral. Of all the designers I've worked beside, she is easily among the most talented and dedicated. In addition to her professional skills, she's an honest, trustworthy, intelligent person. Any company would benefit from what she brings to the table, and I feel fortunate for the opportunity we had to work together.”
Dana Feiwus
“Colleen integrated visual elements, themes and concepts while coaching me on the brand guidelines and philosophy. She holistically viewed our onboarding campaign in the context of Lab and created a compelling, artful visual journey for our new joiners. She took the time to understand our nuances, and was patient with changes in direction and input. We have a seamless, impactful campaign which has made tangible impact on our social channels and new hire onboarding.”
Helena Cantrall
“Colleen Ehrhart has hart, er, heart—that is, she has the heart, mind and spirit to thrive in today’s warp-speed, highly competitive and production-driven workplace. To say her creative skills are diverse would be an understatement, as she is a brilliant designer, illustrator, animator, photographer, writer and more. There are few things Colleen hasn’t mastered yet—and she’s super quick to figure the way out when she’s in unfamiliar territory. I worked with Colleen and witnessed her routinely craft solutions that won awards, as well as clients’ and teammates’ praise, kudos and respect. She would be a valued collaborator and contributor at any professional enterprise. Ultimately, everyone hearts Colleen Ehrhart.”
Vince Verdooren
“Bringing a fresh perspective into the studio, Colleen is our newest addition to Sandbox. She has the ability to keep her sea legs while navigating projects of varying size and complexity. Colleen contributes to blue sky creative while also getting her hands dirty in the making of all things print and digital.”
Michael Branigan