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About me

With experience in fast-paced environments, Jes cuts through clutter, solving ambiguous problems with beautifully designed, inventive solutions. Their engaging personality and open, inclusive approach to leadership empowers Jes to champion creative ideas and the people that develop them with genuine encouragement and awareness, bringing the best out of the team through empathetic leadership.

Work Experience

Senior Designer
Root Inc. | 2020 – Present

Designer
Root Inc. | 2017 – 2020
Joined startup at Series B as first visual designer on marketing team and became an integral part of the team as it scaled to a 50+ FTE org. Led business-critical initiatives that transformed the business to IPO and beyond, including multi-channel campaigns such as the brand’s partnership with NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace.

• Developed creative concepts and led design execution of multi-million dollar integrated campaigns, tripling policy growth from 2018 to 2022.

• Led critical design components of the Bubba Wallace campaign, including designing the vehicles for race day, delivering over 3 billion impressions.

• Played a critical role in scaling the brand through it’s $724MM public company launch, Ohio’s largest IPO to date.

• Built processes to ensure tight cross-functional alignment between campaigns, production, and social teams, delivering hundreds of creative assets in two-week sprints.

• Developed trusted relationships with internal stakeholders up to the executive level.

• Promoted to Senior Designer in recognition of valuable business contributions and natural mentorship skills.

Junior Designer
Resource Amiratti / IBM IX | 2014 – 2017
During my time at Resource Amiratti I worked closely with our White Castle and Sherwin-Williams clients.

White Castle:

• Collaborated with a team of designers and writers to establish the look and feel of different in-store advertisements and initiatives.

• Production Designer on a variety of print and digital assets for restaurants across the country.

Sherwin-Williams:

• Established multiple social content templates including a color card photography style that the team still uses to this day.

• Strengthened the brand’s ownership of color and inspiration through social campaigns and content.

Core Skills

• Creative Direction

• Strategic Design

• Process Optimization

• Relationship Building

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts; Visual Arts Design Concentration
Shawnee State University
2014

References

Reviews

“I had the pleasure of working with and knowing Jes while at Root Inc. Jes is good people. Both talented and kind, Jes will make any stranger an equal. Although Jes worked at Root much longer than I had the privilege to, they always made me feel like I was a permeant part of the creative team. The words I wrote as a copywriter always saw beauty with Jes behind the creative. Jes' talent and loyalty are unmatched. Any company would be lucky to have a person like Jes Martin on their team.”

Caitlyn Moser (She/Her)
Marketing Copywriter

“Companies are understanding more and more that culture, diversity and inclusion help fuel creativity and nurture healthy workplace environments for people to succeed. Jes has been an advocate and a driving force since day one. They not only cultivate spaces for ideas and voices, but produces work that is representative of true collaboration. There are some skills that are not taught, but inherent in a person's character and soul. Jes brings that magic touch to every aspect of their life, especially work.”

Cailyn Driscoll (She/Her)
ACD (Copywriter)

“I had the pleasure of working with Jes during our time together at Resource/IBM IX. They’re a powerhouse designer who brings talent, warmth, and leadership to any project they work on. They’re a bottomless pit of good ideas, and are the person I want sitting across from me in a brainstorm. But their skills don't stop at the brainstorm. They deliver on those ideas with knock out designs, present themselves articulately and thoughtfully, and makes sure their team is represented in the final piece.
Their talent speaks for itself when you see their work. But it's worth noting, Jes's personality makes their work one of a kind. They’re one of the most empathetic leaders I have had the pleasure of working with. They care for others and their team in a way that can only be felt as genuine. They’ve been the light on any team I have known them to join. Their empathy and encouragement build up their team. They not only brings their best work to the table, they bring out the best work in others.”

Amanda Rearick (She/Her)
Art Director