Mark D Taylor

mark@markdtaylor.com | 608-477-9364 | Pardeeville Wisconsin USA

Professional History

Designer at Apex Worx | FTE | 12/2025 – 08/2026

• Developed and established company’s overall brand identity
• Designed product catalogs to effectively showcase cabinet and fixture offerings
• Create detailed 3D models and visual renderings of cabinets and fixtures for product development, presentations, and customer visualization
• Managed design projects from concept through completion while maintaining consistency with the brand and product standards

Convenience Store Specialist at Performance Display and Millwork | FTE | 08/2021 – 11/2025

• Create solid and trusting partnerships between major key customers including conceptualizing new and inventive solutions
• Strategic planning to improve client results
• Anticipating needs and utilize existing knowledge to produce solutions for all company business sectors including architectural, display, and appliance channels
• Design and marketing materials including catalogs, brochures, videos, and leave-behinds

Design / Drafter III at Hussmann Corporation | FTE | 02/2003 – 08/2021

• Assisted sales leads to develop partnerships with strategic customers, quickly and effectively resolve customer issues and concerns to ensure satisfaction and retention.
• Keep alert for opportunities to grow business, design development and market trends, and sharing information with internal team members.
• Provide and create interesting and unique interior retail environments for a wide variety of clients including but not limited to layout, signage, menus, decorative lighting, structures, and paint schedules, project management, estimating and ordering.

Art Director at Hypercosm | FTE | 07/1999 – 05/2021

Graphic Designer at Alliant Energy | Hourly | 06/1998 – 04/1999

Professional Awards

These awards were designed and given to the former Design Services Group inside the Small Format group within Hussmann. This comprised of Brian Anderson, Jim Pankow, and Mark D Taylor.

2016 – ‘Best Interior Design’ winner / Convenience Store News for Rainbo Oil’s Kwik Stop in Peosta, IA

2014 – ‘Best Interior Design’ winner / Convenience Store News for PDQ Food Stores location on Milwaukee Street in Madison, WI

2014 – ‘Best Mid-Budget Remodel’ honorable mention / Convenience Store News for Loeder Oil’s American Center BP in Madison, WI

Freelance History

Designer for Building Crafters Inc. | Contract | 03/2024 – Current

Design / develop interior retail environments for external customers including 3D model interiors and cabinetry for review, on-site measurements and floor plan conceptual drawings.

Visual Communications Specialist at Grace Bible Church | Contract | 03/2025 – 07/2026

Assist with audio / visual issues including running worship live stream broadcasts, creating social media content, electronic and print designs needed by ministry team leaders and staff. This includes file and content management, and website creation and maintenance.

Designer for Pardeeville Watermelon Festival | Volunteer | 06/2009 – 11/2024

Design all promotions (print and digital) for festival including helping with vendors, organizing, and running events day-of, as well as photography during the entire day.

Current / Past customers include: Custom Care and Wellness • Rio Kids Club • Cajun Belle • Bethel Baptist Church • ‘Sconsin Roads Coffee • Plumer Karate America

Freelance Awards

This award was given to the committee for the Pardeeville Watermelon Festival. 2014’s committee chairs comprised of Dick Depies, Todd Hepler, and Mark D Taylor.

2014 – ‘Best Local Festival’ awarded by the Columbia County Tourism for Pardeeville Watermelon Festival

Education

1996 – Visual Communications associates degree from Madison Area Technical College

1998 – Commercial / Applied Arts associates degree from Madison Area Technical College

Skills and Knowledge

Graphic Design, Photography, Illustration, Website, Interior Design, Retail Fixture Design, Conceptual Sketch, Project Schedules, Construction Concepts, Rough-In, Retail Environments, Store Design, Ideation, Brainstorming, SCAMPER, Design Thinking, Mind Mapping, I DO ART, Strategic Design, Digital Art, 3D Modeling, Fixture Design, Cabinet Design, Specification, Logo Design, Brand Design, Brochure Design, Newspaper Design, Event Photography, Event Videography, Sign Design, T-Shirt Design, Press Ready Artwork, Sign Assembly, Exterior Sign Design, Menu Boards, Book Design, Photo Retouch, Sketching, Drawing, Multi Dimensional Signs, Product Photography

Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Trimble SketchUp, HTML, WordPress, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Sway, Microsoft Teams, Inkscape, ClipChamp, OBS, Dropbox, Hightail, Box, Microsoft OneDrive, AutoQuotes, CRM, Toggl, Trello, LibreOffice, Google Picasa

References

Chelsea Kurtz – current freelance customer, Custom Care and Wellness
ckurtz@customcareandwellness.com • 920-904-6970

Tod Enger – current freelance customer, Building Crafters Inc
tenger@buildingcrafters.com • 608-333-7813

Brian Anderson – former direct supervisor at Hussmann
brian.anderson@hussmann.com • 608-469-2599

Dave Grotzke – supervisor at Grace Bible Church
mcdag@hotmail.com • 608-215-3039

Summary

I am interested in obtaining a career instead of a position, wanting to establish myself in a design occupation with room for advancement, interesting obstacles, and creative challenges.

Links

https://dot.cards/markdtaylor76 – full contact information including socials and messengers

https://markdtaylor.com/portfolio – online boards for review

https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdtaylor76 – LinkedIn profile

I would welcome the opportunity to discuss how my experience, portfolio, and creative approach can contribute to your business. I do have Microsoft Teams or Google Meet or Discord, but would be happy to do this old fashioned way – over the phone, or even in person.