Greg Holkan
Senior Graphic Designer & Illustrator
Greg Holkan is a seasoned graphic designer and illustrator with more than 20 years of hands-on experience. Greg has worked at all levels of the industry, from small design and marketing companies to large corporate environments handling million dollar brands.
With a proven track record developing merchandise for retail sale, Greg is comfortable in both B2B and B2C environments. Greg has developed merchandise for sale in Walmart, Target, Walgreens, Hot Topic, and Toys R Us. He has handled brands from Marvel, Lucasfilm, and WB.
EXPERIENCE
Bioworld Merchandising
Oct 2020-Present
Graphic & Product Designer — Heroes & Villains
Heroes & Villains is a consumer-facing brand that sells tasteful merchandise aimed at adult pop culture fans.
Duties
Package design, product design, trend research, prepress, materials research, illustration, branding
Bioworld Merchandising
May 2017-Feb 2020
Packaging Designer/Product Designer
Bioworld creates merchandise for some of the world’s most amazing brands.
Duties
Package design, die line creation, product design, trend research, prepress, materials research, factory communication, product design
Goliath Games, LLC
Oct 2014-May 2017
Senior Graphic Designer
Goliath Games creates board game and skill & action games for mass market and specialty retailers.
Duties
Package design, illustration, logos, documents, game components, catalogs, prepress, trade show graphics
DRC / Engility
Mar 2012-Sep 2014
Multimedia Designer
Engility provides services to Federal, State, and Municipal government. (DRC merged with Engility Jan 2014)
Duties
Website design, photography / videography, illustration, logo design
The Morrison Group
Mar 2011-Mar 2012
Graphic Designer/Illustrator
The Morrison Group serves the c-store industry with foam cups, POP displays, branding, fixtures, and more.
Duties
Large format design, POP design, merchandise design, disposables design, collaboration, client presentations, R&D, client communication
Ingenux/CSL
Dec 2009-Jan 2011
Design Manager
Ingenux (Later, Custom Software Lab) was an award-winning web and software development company with offices in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Duties
Website Design/Layout, Print Design/Layout (includes brochures, banners, trade show displays, business cards, etc.), Logo Design, Branding, Color Management, file prep, Illustration, Photo retouching / compositing, UI design, file maintenance, vendor / client communication
Seed Technologies
August 2009-November 2009
Print Designer/Web Designer
Seed Technologies is a Tulsa-based web design and programming company.
Duties
Print design, photo retouching, special effects and compositing, web design / development using HTML, CSS, and Drupal, vendor / client communication
Directing Design
Jan 2006-July 2009
Print Designer/Web Layout Artist
Directing Design is a small, two person design studio specializing in graphic, web, and branding solutions for small business.
Duties
Print design, logo development, publication design, email design, website design, UI design, prepress, light coding (HTML/CSS)
OKC Community College
June 2005-May 2008
Adjunct Faculty, Graphic Communications
Oklahoma City Community College is a local community college focused on helping the community and stimulating the local economy. Classes taught include Photoshop I and Cartooning.
Duties
Lesson plans, assignment creation, test writing, evaluations, constructive criticism
EDUCATION
Oklahoma City Community College
Graduated May 2005
AAS Graphic Communications
SKILLS
Operating Systems
Apple Macintosh OS X, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 8, Windows 10, Ubuntu Linux
Programs
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams
Web Design
HTML, CSS, Responsive Layout
Background
Figurative Illustration, Technical Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Bindery, Prepress Offset Printing, Prepress Silkscreen Printing, Typography, Materials Research, Packaging Design, Branding, Logo Design, Publication Design, Process, Client Communication, Vendor Communication, Layout, Web Design, UI Design
ACHIEVEMENTS
The Misery Index
Created the look and feel for the card game Shit Happens / The Misery Index. This was used as the visual basis for the game show The Misery Index on TBS.
Oregon Trail
When tasked with creating game assets for the Oregon Trail Card Game, the licensor had no assets. I created assets from scratch, and the licensor then used those as the foundation of their style guide for the property.
Custom Illustration
Created custom illustrations approved by licensors such as Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Wizarding World, Nickelodeon, and Paramount.