MORGAN GILPATRICK
Creative Director
ABOUT
Creative Director
I'm a creative director specializing in art direction for web, print, social media, photography, and video.
MY EXPERIENCE
Background & Expertise
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE SERVICES, BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY
2013 – Present
Art director for Bowie State's growing creative services team of web, design, photography, and video professionals.
TEST TEAM PRODUCTION MANAGER, CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUSITICS
2013
Lead for a creative team of illustrators and animators developing assessment tests for non-English speaking children.
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS
2010 – 2012
Production editor of the Journal of the American Institute of Conservation. Webmaster. Social media manager.
CREATIVE SERVICES COORDINATOR, PRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE
2004 – 2010
Led three graphic design units and automated the publication of PGCC's course schedules.
GRAPHIC DESIGN SUPERVISOR
2001 – 2004
Art director for GW's team of Junior designers. Created the portrait of George Washington used in the university's logo mark (the branding has since been updated).
EDUCATION
What I’ve Learned
2010 – 2020
MFA INTEGRATED DESIGN, UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE
Studied print, video, and digital media design. My thesis explores animated storytelling for environmental awareness.
2001
THOMAS PIWOWAR & ASSOCIATES
Webmaster Certificate
1983 – 1984
BFA, FINE ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
Concentrated on monumental narrative painting and explored the question of what makes a work of art beautiful.
1981
ELLEN BATTELL STOECKEL FELLOWSHIP IN PAINTING, YALE UNIVERSITY
Spent an idyllic summer in the Connecticut mountains with painters and musicians from across the United States.
1978 – 1981
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
Learned the craft of painting from one of the only schools teaching figurative painting at the time.
EXPERIENCE
Building, leading, and inspiring creative teams
Establishing collaborative partnerships
Developing and executing successful marketing and communications campaigns
Leveraging online and offline platforms
Managing large institutional websites
MY SKILLS
What I Do
STORYTELLING
An historical exhibit in 8 panels. Bowie State University celebrated it's 150th anniversary in 2015. My challenge was to create an exhibit that could be set up in different configurations in different spaces while telling the compelling story of the university's 150 years since its founding.
Text written by Morgan Gilpatrick, Damita Chambers, and Cassandra Robinson. Design and layout by Morgan Gilpatrick. Exhibit construction by EPI Colorspace.
VIDEO
Brand Video: Bowie State University worked with EFK Group to focus the university's brand.
https://youtu.be/j3XfQ_YpzOM
Great Falls Studios: Promotional video for an artist's studio tour. A graduate video project for the University of Baltimore.
WEBSITES
The challenge was to update the website to meet three goals: change the structure and content to focus on recruitment, meet web accessibility standards, and change the platform from desktop to mobile-first. We partnered with the iFactory and OUCampus and the campus community on a two-year journey to re-imagine the university's site.
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
The Exterior Phase of the Bowie State University Wayfinding Masterplan culminated in the summer of 2019. My role was to ensure that the university's brand standards were represented in quality design and implementation.
