Jordan Blumer is a Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and overall design enthusiast based in Portland Oregon. She has a playful and simplistic design aesthetic and hopes to use her skills in visual storytelling as a force for positive change in the world. She is eager to find visual solutions to any puzzle!

The creativity that helps her excel at design also led to a love of woodworking and the Japanese art of Kumiko, which is how she spends much of her time away from work. She also loves to landscape, DIY home renovation projects, and spend time with her chickens.

Experience & Work History

Versatile Graphic Designer with diverse print, video, and digital media experience spanning advertising, marketing, and corporate branding. Leverages a passion for art and originality to inspire creativity and meet challenges with enthusiasm. 

Notable Skills & Qualifications

  • Produces unique artwork for web banners, landing pages, carousel images, graphics, and other web assets, as well as sales support materials such as on-brand booklets, flyers, brochures, business and greeting cards, and posters

  • Creates both brand- and customer-centric illustrations for widely varying book covers, eBooks, and book interiors

  • Designs email marketing, digital advertisements, logo animations, social media graphics, videos, fliers, banners, package design, clothing design, swag, digital illustrations and graphics, icons, stickers, and other marketing materials

  • Develops and modernizes brand identities, logos, and guidelines, as well as communication and presentation templates

  • Contributes limited experience in motion graphic animation and video editing

  • Balances multiple deadline-driven projects/priorities while maintaining a sense of urgency and a strong focus on quality

  • Tools & Applications: Adobe Creative Cloud • Canva • Google Workspace • Microsoft Word, PowerPoint 


Areas of Expertise

Social Media • Corporate Branding • Digital & Fine Art Illustration • Branding  • Logo Design • Image Editing • Marketing Materials • Digital Advertising • Business Development • Process Improvement • PowerPoint Presentations • Timeline Development & Management •  Print Communications • Print & Publication Design • Client Relations • Cross-Functional Collaboration

Professional Work History

Graphic Designer | Saffire  – Remote 2022 – Present

Market-leading integrated platform for ticketing and websites targeting fairs, festivals, events, and tourism nationwide.  

  • Delivers website and identity designs to a wide variety of clients

  • Creates marketing assets such as; social media graphics, digital advertisements, flyers, landing pages, and swag, for the Saffire brand.

  • Helps to maintain and develop brand guidelines as the company grows and evolves.

Graphic Designer & Illustrator | Independent Contractor – Portland, OR 2016 – Present

Independent consultancy specializing in 100% referral-based, short-term design projects for small businesses and individuals. 

  • Delivers customized graphic design and illustration services to a wide variety of clients; key projects include:

  • Multiple book covers (Bouquet of Stars, Becoming the Full Moon, Susceptible to Light, and Let Us Dance by Chelan Harkin; Divine New Being by Mary Reed; Strong Medicine by Janice Blumer; Survivors Guide to Shopping, Buying, and Altering Your Wedding Dress by Val Fierce, and Laela and The Moonline by Lisa Perskie)

  • A series of animated children's educational videos for Banyan Global Learning

  • Complete brand identities; includes logos, brand colors, typography, patterns, photographic use guidelines, and more

  • Posters and flyers for events, social media graphics, and video editing/animation

Graphic Designer | LeadVenture/Dealer Spike – Wilsonville, OR 2017 – 2022

Market-leading SaaS provider offering digital marketing, e-commerce/digital retail, dealer management, and e-catalog solutions across 10 industry verticals, including powersports, marine, recreational vehicle, pre-owned auto, agriculture, and more. Company was created in 2020 following Dealer Spike’s merger with ARI Network Services, a parent company with 8-10 subsidiaries. 

  • Created marketing assets such as digital advertisements, emails, social media graphics, motion graphics and animations, video edits, flyers, white papers, eBooks, posters, business cards, PowerPoints, swag, and trade show booth mockups

  • Designed multiple animated product promotion videos, as well as logo animation for ARI’s corporate logo, LeadVenture’s corporate logo, and LeadVenture’s general brand identity

  • Developed a series of large scale print ads used in local malls to promote vacant positions within the company

  • Educated current and prospective customers on digital solutions and services as part of internal marketing team

Volunteer Experience

Graphic Designer | Clackamas Country Baha’i Local Spiritual Assembly 2014 – Present

Local governing body for the Baha’i community of Clackamas County, with nine elected officials overseeing administrative matters. 

  • Designed social media advertising graphics, as well as print materials such as event posters, banners, and print invitations

Graphic Designer | Camp Carmel – Eugene, OR 2014 – Present

Annual 10-day summer camp serving ~200 youth and junior youth from the Oregon, Washington, and Idaho Baha’i community. 

  • Creates digital advertisements to promote the camp and designs t-shirts for camp counselors

  • Instructed a fine arts class to educate youth on designing personalized, hand-lettered/illustrated typographic posters

Education & Professional Development

Associate of Arts in Graphic Design | Art Institute of Portland – Portland, OR 2018

Montessori Assistant Certification | Montessori Northwest – Portland, OR2014