Gretchen Fleener

Currently my clients are utilizing my unique blend of graphic and industrial design skills for retail fixture/display design, instruction booklets for fixture installation, illustration, product design, printed materials, product photography, photo manipulation, and more.

Founder of Junk Mail Gems (www.JunkMailGems.com), online web retailer and creator of gift items hand made out of recycled junk mail. Currently my products are also available in multiple retailers across the US, Canada, the UK, and the Caribbean. Has been seen featured in magazines, books, dozens of blogs, newspapers and Fox news.

Paintertainment offers professional face painting at company picnics, birthday parties, carnivals and fairs, done by myself and the ever growing number of independent artists whom I hire out to represent my company. I also offer private sessions for prenatal belly painting, Halloween costumes, and theater makeup.

Paintertainment's online retail store carries hundreds of professional quality face painting supplies and ships to customers around the globe.

I have personally created and managed every aspect of the business from the ground up, including the company identity, website design and maintenance, product photography, inventory management, monthly e-newsletters, and 3 self published books.

Principal & Co-founder of Objects & Environments Design Group, LLC. Minneapolis based design firm specializing in both product and environmental design. Projects have included product design, retail and exhibit design, graphic design, and new product development for a wide range of clients, large and small. Responsible for financial aspects of the company, also involved in all other aspects including design work, project management, marketing, and general business housekeeping.

Store fixture designer...work with internal clients to generate concepts, design and develop 3D models and drawings for production, choose vendors to produce prototypes, travel & overnight store visits for installation.

Intern with Baby Care team, did concept design work (sketching, foam models, presentation) for Pampers, Kandoo, Crest Spinbrush.

Intern at design consulting firm in Columbus, Ohio. Worked on concept generation, modeling and sketching for clients including Whirlpool, Moen, and others.

Intern on the beauty care team at Cincinnatti headquarters summer 2002. Worked on package designs for brands including Crest, Olay, Cascade, & Secret.

Designed many elements for an upcoming new product launch (EdgeGuard seed spreader), including illustrations for instruction books, corrogated shipper displays for retail, product sell sheets for catalog, catalog photo shoots, and instructional graphics and logos applied to the product. Also re-designed a bottle for Miracle Gro liquid plant food, shipper/display for handheld spreaders, mailers, etc.