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You’ll notice on the site that there are a lot of Syracuse Football designs. During my under-grad years I worked as a student manager with the football team. In my graduate studies, I earned a position as a GA coach under Greg Robinson.

I worked for five years with SU Football and part of my responsibilities included preparing / designing recruiting materials such as; recruiting brochures, HTML email templates, posters for use around the football facility, film evaluation sheets, playbooks, and many others .

During my last year with the team, some of the recently graduate players came to me and asked if I could mock something up for them. I started with very small designs, mostly for use in Facebook profile pictures or 8×10 printouts to hang in their apartments. As more requests came in, the positive feedback spoke loudly to me. I picked up my pace with learning the trade; watching tutorials, reading books, and subscribing to online forums for designers. I became faster and more efficient with my work and decided to take on larger projects. I was on my way to starting my own company.

Having spent five years in Division 1 football (and a lifetime of playing sports myself), I drilled constantly on new techniques and styles. I was constantly looking for ways to improve and be more efficient with my time. “What software can help me invoice faster? What HTML templates can I build so I can re-hash and save time building from scratch? How do I want to re-sell to my current clients and get them the most design work for their dollar?”

SU Football will always be a reminder to the experiences I had getting started in this industry. I’m grateful that it opened the door to graphic design, and gave me the opportunity to work with some great athletes, coaches, and friends along the way.