Employers
Kochstrasse -
Agentur für Marken
Senior Designer: 2022—Present
Key Clients:
AOK Niedersachsen
Continental AG
Deutsche Messe AG (Interschutz & Ligna)
Toyota Material Handling (TMHDE)
Volkswagen AG (Volkswagen Financial Services)
Robinson (Robinson Club GmbH)
Land Niedersachsen (Corona-Schutzimpfungskampagne)
Steinhoff (Steinhoff Einrichten + Wohnen GmbH)
VetZ (petsXL & VetOS)
Steuerberaterverband (Steuerberaterverband Niedersachsen Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.)
Agila Haustierversicherung AG
Rains | Birchard Marketing
Senior Designer: 2006—2012
Key Clients:
Daimler Truck Financial (Daimler Truck Financial Services USA LLC)
Hyundai Capital America (Hyundai Motor Finance & Kia Motors Finance)
ConMet (Consolidated Metco)
Hallco Industries, Inc.
VendScreen, Inc.
CenterPointe Community Bank
High-Purity Standards, LLC
Cascadia International
American Red Cross
Graphic Designer: 2003—2006
Key Projects:
Hurricane Katrina Relief Campaign
“Together We Prepare” Advertising Campaign
American Red Cross Oregon Trail Chapter Website
Annual Report (Board of Directors)
Trail News (Newsletter)
The Maiden Foundry
Junior Designer: 2001—2003
Key Projects:
The Maiden Foundry Website
Michael Maiden Website
Advertising & Sales Incentive Materials
Sequel Communications, Inc
Junior Designer: Spring & Summer, 2001
Key Clients:
EMC
Agfa Direct
nSight
Annual Reviews (AR)
Agency.com
Design Intern: Summer, 2000
Key Clients:
Nintendo Power
FoxSports
Lipton
WebMD
Countrywide Insurance
WolfPK
Design Intern: Summer, 1998 & 1999
Key Clients:
Regence Life & Health Insurance Company
Astoria Golf & Country Club
Resource Conservation Federal Credit Union
The Franciscan Montessori Earth School
Lacamas Community Credit Union
Freelance
Zach Netzer Design
Owner: 2012—Present
Key Clients:
Equinix
Freeborders
Pivotal
Beall Corporation (Beall Trailers)
Greenplum
Symbio
Ventyx
Media Matters Worldwide
Devine Color
Orchard View Inc.
Curtis Capital Group
The Local - Germany
Young Germany (Deutschland.de)
Glucolift
Rains | Birchard Marketing
Mangum Consulting
Coon Lam Design
RISD Writing Center (RISD Center for Arts & Language)
The Creative Center
Aactio GmbH
Modern-Day Nomads
Belfast Burger Co. (Jack's Prime Burgers & Shakes)
Haus of Reed
New Zealand Pump Company
Omeg Family Orchards
Mike's Midget Whites
Whiskey Gulch New Hamps
Had a Few Beers
Escalate
White Feather (GWN Consulting)
Ubervanity.com (Vanity LLC)
Hear’s the Answer
Highwaymen Rugby
EZ-Drain
Agsys Northwest
Eastside Axemen
Slipstream Research
Slam Dunk Sausage Co.
Sweet Leaf Agency
Left Hand Agency
Siler & King
NCRFURS Referee Society
Software
Adobe CC
InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
XD
Animate (Flash)
Dreamweaver
AfterEffects
Acrobat
Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Office)
PowerPoint
Word
Excel
Social Media
Feeds
Stories
Page Management
Ad Campaigns
Feeds
Reels
Stories
Feeds
Carousels
Articles
Native Videos
X (Twitter)
Feeds
Ad Campaigns
Education
The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Class of 2001: BFA Graphic Design
Highlights:
1997–2001: Graphic Design & Illustration Major
1999–2001: Writing Tutor, RISD Writing Center (RISD Center for Arts & Language)
2001: The Sale at Ebbing Ranch, Original Short Fiction, Featured at RISD LAS Symposium
Additional Skills & Experience
Blogging & Social Media
250,000 Followers
Successfully attracted over 250k followers combined across all major platforms by writing and designing original content for deadline-based articles and ongoing social media campaigns with special attention given to search engine optimization (SEO) and repeat visitors.
AI / KI
Advanced User: 2022—Present
ChatGPT
StarryAI
Suno
German Language
B2/C1 (Professional Fluency)
Language Schools:
VHS Hannover
Bildungsverein
ABC Multilingua
Lernzentrum Warnecke
Published Author
Sepsis, Short Fiction, published by Soundings Review
Transitional Branding Guidelines, Brand Book, published by Equinix, Inc.
Derailing the Train, Original Article, published by Young Germany (Deutschland.de)
The Expat Experience, Original Article, published by TheLocal.de
Other
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
Member: 2003—Present
Featured Guest: Portland Round Table
Young Musicians & Artists (YMA)
2007—2010: Member, Board of Directors
English Consultant
2016: Comenius Project (Erasmus+)
Konya, Turkey
YouTube Creator
2009—Present
Original Video Footage
Video Editing
Mac Software
2006—Present
Keynote: Slideshows & Presentations
GarageBand: Original Audio & Soundtracks
Content Management Systems (CMS)
2010—Present
WordPress & Squarespace: Site Design, Maintenance, Blogging & Advertising Revenue (WordAds)
Coding
1998—Present
HTML, CSS & SEO