Say Hello to Wingard Creative

I started my own studio in 2008 after working and learning from some of the most talented advertising professionals in town. I want to help clients find creative ways to communicate their message.

I have more than 10 years of experience in marketing and advertising and have worked with clients of all sizes. At Wingard Creative I am Creative Director, Art Director, Print Producer, Copy Writer, and Entertainment Director. In fact all of us here do a little bit of everything, creativity is a collaborative effort.

In my free time I enjoy watching cartoons with my kids, riding bicycles, and trying to dream up the next big invention worthy of its own infomercial.

I’m a networker, deal maker, entrepreneur, publicity hound and event maestro. I’m interested in helping brands tell their story, coordinating meaningful events and inspiring win win collaborations. I started ArtWalk Downtown, helped make Burrito Gallery a household name and was the first director for the Riverside Arts Market, the largest free arts and entertainment event in Florida.

Now I’m focused on showcasing local innovations, helping small business grow into medium businesses and extolling the often underestimated, incredible quality of life right here in the river city.

I’m a blogger, podcaster and community advocate focused on both online and offline community. I’m passionate about communicating, interacting and informing people about Jacksonville and its urban neighborhoods.

In building Urban Jacksonville into one of the most well known and respected local media resources in Jacksonville, I picked up a few skills along the way. Event planning and promotion, dealing with the print and television media, speaking at conferences, managing different online and offline communication channels are just a few.

My goals are to continue to improve the City of Jacksonville through blogging, organizing community events, reaching out to city leaders and being more involved in local and neighborhood politics.

I’m a baker, crafter, illustrator and lover of all things cute & cuddly. I’m also the one that makes your business cards beautiful. :) I just graduated from Flagler back in 2008, but what I may lack in experience, I make up for with creativity and cupcakes. :) I also TOTALLY overuse emoticons. :)

I’ve recently gotten into blogging and I LOVE it. I follow a ton of design blogs and am inspired by them daily. I also like random fun ones like: bakerella.com, postsecret.blogspot.com & streetstyl.es. I also have a couple of my own that I update somewhat regularly: yeahimadethat.blogspot.com & caitlinisprettyawesome.com.

Check them out when you get a sec and say hi!

I’m a hybrid. My nerdy side loves standards-based HTML and CSS, web comics, and reading at the dinner table. My creative side loves beautiful typefaces, vintage signs, and brainstorming in my sketchpad. Mixing good design with organized information helps me create user-focused, accessible websites that look swell to boot. Beyond the web, I love to bring my right and left brain together in every project I tackle.

Growing up just outside Detroit, my dad taught me that there’s always a way to find solutions. Whether it’s researching on the web, polling friends on Twitter and Facebook, or just asking the right questions, I love getting to the bottom of a problem. I even found a solution to the cold Michigan winters – I moved to Florida!

To keep my friends (and anyone else) up to date on what’s what in my life, I blog over at http://www.meetmissjones.com. It’s a mix, just like me, featuring everything from delicious recipes to tasty designs. Even with all the technology in my life, I’m still a very natural person. I make my own goat cheese and bread and shop at farmers’ markets for really fresh produce.

I joined Wingard to help grow the business from a boutique creative and web development studio to a fully capable marketing machine. We haven’t lost the cool of the design studio, we just do more of it. I am a small business owner and an entrepreneur; I love small business and the way it works. As a partner in Wingard Creative, I manage the business of the business–-keeping the financials in order so David doesn’t have to.