About Me

Hi, I'm Rich Milham! As a creative I formed Milham Creative Services, Inc. and within the Chicago-land area I’ve had the privilege of providing my professional services to marketing firms, product manufacturers, direct-mail catalogers and to the print industry. Creative deliverables include: • Print-ready packaging for consumer goods • Sales support materials • Catalogs: direct mail, business to business, wholesale • Web landing ads and banners • Print-ready Forms Generation

Creative History
Des Plaines, IL, USA June 2012 – to Present
Milham Creative Services    Creative Graphic Design Contractor    Client list
COTG Print Services for Advocate Aurora Health Care    Since 2018
Advocate Logistics, Mt. Prospect, IL    Since 2014
Story Marketing, Story, WY
BN Creative, Des Plaines, IL 
Masters Company, Inc., Wood Dale, IL
Central Garden and Pet, Inc., Schaumburg, IL 
Premier Printing, Chicago, IL
Chicago Order of Foresters, Naperville, IL
Eastman Outdoors Inc., Chicago, IL 
Wilson, Chicago, IL
Dorn Marketing, Geneva, IL
Blu-Sky Creative Inc., Fox River Grove, IL
Haugaard Creative, Chicago, IL
Stop Cancer, CA
Testors/Rustoleum, Vernon Hills, IL
Elk Grove Village, IL  USA May 2010 – June       2012
Central Garden & Pet/Pets International, LTD  
Graphic Design Manager
Developed a startup art department, hired, managed, and mentored a creative staff and established a cohesive, creative team environment within one month of my hire.
Managed, directed and completed brand concept conversions for over 600 products,
and another 600 collateral marketing pieces, over an 18-month  timetable.
Implemented a work flow process, and increased efficiencies in creative print asset delivery
to domestic and global vendors.
Recommended and collaborated with print, photography, and freelance sources.
Contributed, maintained, and organized new and existing digital assets for over 6,000 product images.
Re-purposed digital assets in support for retail customers’ web  channels.
Designed, directed, and provided print-ready deliverables for trade show signage, and journal ads.
Implemented tabletop photography (a mini-studio) saving 75% in outsourced photography costs.

Wheeling, IL USA June 1988 – May 2009
Block and Company, Inc/ MMF Industries
Art Director

Created progressive design concepts to drive Block corporate’s very successful
direct mail catalog, packaging, and email campaigns.
Managed a creative staff to produce all brand packaging, labels, poly-bags,
trade show banners, and all sales support literature.
Liaison to both domestic and global print vendors for mass production.

      SKILLS 
Adobe CC, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, MS Office, Mac or PC Literate
Expertise in Photo Image Manipulation, and Illustration 
      EDUCATION
River Grove, IL, USA Triton
BS in Communications Program Studies - 2 Years
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