
Parker Lee
@parkerleecreative
Creative Director with 16+ years leading brands, UX/UI, campaigns, and MarTech. I turn complex problems into bold creative and measurable results.
What I'm looking for
My career has taken me from professional baseball and print shops to leading creative teams, building brands, and solving complex technical challenges. At Red Caffeine, I earned three promotions in six years, growing into creative and MarTech leadership. I've also run my own creative studio since 2010, creating over 225 original logos along the way.
I'm a hands-on, curious, problem-solving kind of creative who loves a good challenge and an even better team. Outside of work, I'm a huge sports fan, trading card collector, technology enthusiast, and proud dog dad!
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
I lead an award-winning creative studio, combining brand strategy, design, and integrated marketing for U.S. and international clients. My work spans 225+ custom logos, brand identity systems, and responsive websites built around UX/UI, accessibility, and SEO, supported by paid media, email, and marketing automation. I also publish the Best and Worst Logos series.
Managed a design and development team averaging 15-20 weekly assignments across six active accounts. Owned intake, quality control and delivery of MarTech, e-commerce and web projects. Built onboarding and technical support systems; wrote standard operating procedures. Led HubSpot enablement and evaluated AI tools and integrations. Developed pitches and proposals and advised on vendors and hiring.
Led B2B brand strategy, web design, campaigns and sales enablement from discovery through launch. Presented to clients, managed and mentored a junior designer, and guided cross-functional teams. Designed in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud. Built HubSpot marketing automation, mapped customer journeys, trained staff on agency tools, and supported WordPress and Umbraco with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Led agency creative across brand, web and integrated campaigns, presenting to clients and managing a junior designer. Helped introduce Figma and Slack, designed UX/UI in Figma, and used Hotjar to refine navigation. Produced paid media, email, social, print, video and environmental campaigns. Built lead generation and follow-up workflows with Autopilot, Mailchimp and website forms.
Produced B2B brand, campaign, sales and website assets, from illustration and photography to final files. Designed responsive Figma prototypes and supported UX quality assurance for a 9,000+ page e-commerce site. Helped launch a B2B livestream using Restream. Created financial presentations, trade show booths, signage and apparel with vendor-ready files and photorealistic mockups.
Rebuilt the agency's brand strategy, visual identity and sales materials. Directed three production teams across design, web development, content and social media, managing workloads, quality and deadlines. Led client discovery and presentations using live prototypes; delivered original photography and resolved technical issues to bring websites and paid media campaigns through launch.
Led creative for a youth development nonprofit, unifying athletics, mentoring, fundraising and outreach. Designed annual reports connecting program and financial data with participant stories. Created videos, infographics and event promotions; managed Mailchimp newsletters and Giving Tuesday campaigns. Extended brand identity across baseball and softball uniforms, apparel and community materials.
Produced print and digital campaigns for national restaurant brands. Designed UX and production workflows for a self-service ordering portal. Built variable-data templates in Adobe InDesign and imposition files for location-specific offers. Planned multi-store production and distribution, coordinated vendors, and handled prepress, Fiery output, finishing and Pantone color matching.
Designed and produced print and environmental graphics for restaurant, resort and tourism clients. Operated Canon and HP presses through Fiery, handling preflight, imposition, proofing, color management and finishing. Specified Pantone colors, UV coatings, die cuts and custom stocks. Managed quotes, procurement, file standards and approvals across recurring accounts, walk-ins and rush jobs.
Designed environmental and exhibit graphics for museums, healthcare spaces, NFL stadiums and NCAA athletic programs. Used archival research to shape accurate visual narratives. Prepared scaled Adobe Illustrator and InDesign files for fabrication and installation. Designed multilingual kiosk interfaces and wayfinding, and created photorealistic mockups for stakeholder approvals.
Supported agency teams across brand, campaign, editorial and presentation work. Designed a lead-generation campaign for a national restaurant brand. Laid out annual reports in Adobe InDesign, created financial graphics in Illustrator and edited photography. Illustrated and retouched food imagery in Photoshop, and developed logos and brand standards for two political action committees.
Produced game-day promotions, sponsor materials, print collateral and merchandise for professional baseball. Shot game-day photography, recorded and edited video, and designed scoreboard graphics. Updated WordPress, supported email marketing and created social content. Helped coordinate vendors, orders and production for promotional nights, giveaways and stadium activations.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
HubSpot Academy
Inbound Marketing
Feb 2026 · Expires Mar 2028
HubSpot Academy
HubSpot Implementation for Partners
Feb 2026 · Expires Mar 2027
HubSpot Academy
HubSpot Marketing Hub Software
Jan 2026 · Expires Feb 2027
HubSpot Academy
HubSpot Solutions Partner
Feb 2026 · Expires Mar 2028
University of Michigan
Understanding User Needs
Jul 2024
University of Michigan
Introduction to User Experience Principles and Processes
May 2023
IE Business School
From Brand to Image: Creating High Impact Campaigns That Tell Brand Stories
Jul 2022
Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
Apr 2022
The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design
2010 - 2013
Focus: Studied visual communication, typography, brand identity, layout, digital design, production, and presentation. Applied each discipline through studio projects built around clear creative briefs.
Achievement: Graduated at the top of my class in December 2013 after completing studio coursework. Earned Dean’s List or Honor Roll recognition during every semester of the complete design program
Montello Junior/Senior High School
High School Diploma, General Studies
2006 - 2010
Focus: Built a broad academic foundation emphasizing visual art and creative problem-solving. Developed a creative portfolio through classroom assignments and independent creative work.
Achievement: Graduated in May 2010 with multiple Congressional Art Competition honors. Earned scholarships from Scholastic and The Art Institutes while competing in several school athletic programs.
Meta
Facebook Blueprint (2018)
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Google Tag Manager
Salesforce
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Lucidchart
Google Docs
Shopify
Mailchimp
Google Drive
Google Fonts
Adobe Fonts
Typography
Google Analytics
Figma
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Slack
Microsoft Teams
JavaScript
HTML5
HubSpot
Google Workspace
Microsoft Office 365
WordPress
Umbraco
SEMrush
Google Sheets
Microsoft Excel
monday.com
OBS Studio
Zoom
Zapier
Squarespace
Google Lighthouse
Adobe Illustrator
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
1Password
Blender
Hotjar
Google Ads
SurveyMonkey
Screaming Frog
Hootsuite
Sprout Social
Jotform
Anthropic Claude API
Claude Code
Meta Business Suite
ChatGPT
OpenClaw
Constant Contact
FigJam
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Google Slides
Availability
Location
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