Sam Benson
Junior Graphic Designer
E: SAMJBENSON.WORK@GMAIL.COM
P: 319.550.3430Experience
Freelance Graphic Designer
Amana Colonies Festivals, Inc. (2026)
Corresponds with the events coordinator of the Amana Colonies Convention & Amana Colonies Festivals, Inc. to design both digital and print promotional deliverables for the Amana Colonies’ upcoming events and festivals. Ensured all deliverables remained consistent with the established Amana Colonies visual identity.
Seasonal Graphic Designer
Cottingham & Butler (2025)
Assisted Cottingham and Butler’s design and marketing team by designing physical and digital deliverables for their individually branded designations and events. Projects included designing and producing animated and static social media, emails, brochures, one-pagers, posters, physical mailers, landing pages, and event signage. Assisted in visual identity ideation for Cottingham and Butler’s CEO Summit. Delivered high-quality projects on time, maintaining creative workflow expectations through communication, consistently meeting brand standards.
Graphic Design Intern
AMPERAGE Marketing and Fundraising (2024)
Aided in the production of AMPERAGE’s internal brand refresh—this included motion graphic vignettes, logo animtaions, and animated social media graphics. Produced marketing collateral materials for AMPERAGE and their clients, such as business cards, digital ads, direct mailers, infographics, and booklets.
Video Production Intern
Farmer’s Creamery (2023)
Recorded footage and edited production training videos for Farmer’s Creamery in Kalona, Iowa using Adobe After Effects. Created design assets and assembled audio to produce informative and visually compelling video deliverables for the company to use to train new hires.
Education
The University of Northern Iowa (Dec 2024)
BA, Graphic Design
Skills
Photoshop, Illustrator, inDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Adobe Express, Pardot