About
We help brands make noise to increase awareness and increase sales.
Every brand needs an extra boost to help it stand out from its competitors. Kern Creative Design produces thoughtful, quality design, illustration and web service to enhance your brand, improve your image and help increase your sales.
Logo Design • Collateral • Brand Creation
They say you don't get a second chance to make a first impression. We'll make sure you get off on the right foot with a look and image that makes people sit up and take notice when they see (and hear) you coming. Tradeshows, merchandising, logo design, promotions, app design...you name it! We’ve got your back with top-shelf, on-target creative.
Your brand is a promise to not only your customers, but your employees as well. It's the consistent message and look that helps you stand out in your market and focus your employees. Naming, logo design, positioning
Website Design • CMS Development • Custom Coding
Visually appealing and informative wins the race. The vast majority of people view a company's website before visiting or even calling, so it's important you look great and get your best content up front. With over 350,000,000 active websites online today, yours really needs to rumble. We do it with great design, planning and ExpressionEngine CMS.
Product Visualization • Commercial Illustration
When words aren't enough to tell your story, let us design and produce compelling visuals and animations to complete your dialogue. Commercial illustration, social media and web videos, technical illustration...the list goes on. If a picture is worth a thousand words, let us write you an encyclopedia.
Video and Motion Graphics
When words aren't enough to tell your story, let us design and produce compelling visuals and animations to complete your dialogue. Commercial illustration, social media and web videos, technical illustration...the list goes on. If a picture is worth a thousand words, let us write you an encyclopedia.
Russ Kern - Owner/Creative Director
Russ Kern has over 32 years of experience in marketing and advertising. He owns his own business, teaches at both the University of Akron and Malone University, and is an equity partner with 2 small startups.
After receiving a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Akron in 1991, Russ began working for small graphic design shops. In 1992 he accepted a Graphic Designer position at Brubaker Design Group/Brubaker & Associates. In 1994 he moved to ST&P Marketing Communications in Fairlawn and remained there for 27 years—acting as Creative Director for his last 12.
Russ made his career by being versatile, always welcoming opportunities to learn new things, and never being afraid to dive into the unknown. He lives by the motto “the best way to get anything done is just to dig in and do it.” And, with that mindset, was able to establish and run his own graphic design studio—Kern Creative Design Associates—providing graphic design, illustration, animation (2D/3D), and web design and development for local businesses and agencies.
What others have to say
Russ is one of the most talented, imaginative, intelligent, hard-working creatives I have ever had the pleasure of working with.
Maria Drutel - Maria Drutel Creative, LLC
Although he is not, it feels like Russ is a member of the KELTEC team with his knowledge of our processes & staff... I believe we were lucky to be able to work with such a talented & patient designer
Ed Kaiser - KELTEC Technolab
We keep some pretty good company.
You won't hear the rumble unless you turn the key.
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