Eric Shumate

• Associate chair, graphic design, 2024–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• Professor of graphic design, 2019–2024, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

• Marketing director/co-founder, 2006–present, Paws & Effect, Black Mountain, NC
  Paws & Effect has an expanded therapy and service dog presence in both Iowa and Western North Carolina, harnessing the power of the human-animal bond.

• Street artist, Jan. 2011–present, theupsideup, Savannah, GA
  Art installations using origami, theupsideup.com, and Instagram @theupsideup. Commissions include Laika Films, HOW Conference, Asian Art Museum, Bedford Gallery, lululemon, Iowa Natural History Museum, Des Moines Social Club, Brand Appeal, Michelin, Mohawk Paper, and Field Paper Show. Installation locations include Kansas; Iowa; San Francisco; Washington D.C.; Virginia; Maryland; New York City; Botswana, Africa; Cartagena, Colombia; North Carolina; Paris, France; and Lacoste, France.

• Director of design, 2007–17, Des Moines, IA
  Led a team of designers to support the creative department and the agency by building exceptional designs based on the strategic input of the creative leads and oversaw the legal compliance team.

• Studio manager, 2001–07, Denver, CO
  Managed a group of 42 artists, illustrators, and designers. Our management team restructured the department and took the group from $1 million in billing to over $7 million in less than four years. The structure allowed the group to become the resource of choice over that of outsourced agencies.

• Studio designer, 1997–99, The Integer Group, Denver, CO

• Art director, 1999–2001, Cabela’s, Sidney, NE
  Led a team of production artists responsible for assembling and designing printed catalog pages. Performed creative and art direction for retail marketing, retail store POP/POS, event promotion, and internal facing and external facing collateral material. Built a relationship with Human Resources to create recruitment and retention materials. Oversaw the development of the online retail site. Created their first national advertising campaign and opened four retail stores in three years, and was a member of the team that launched cabelas.com. Established and assembled a photo library of Cabela's specific images. Developed themed entertainment by being on the team that designed the indoor dioramas for the new stores and gaming galleries.

Client list

• Absolut, Airwalk, Allied, Allsteel, Aspen Edge, BFGoodrich, Benjamin Moore Paints, Blue Moon, Boston Market, Carpet One, Chicago Tribune, Coors, Coors Light, Coors Rodeo, Columbia Flooring, DalTile, Dremel, Dynacraft, Electrolux, Electrolux Floor Care, Ethanol, Frigidaire, Giant Bicycles, Hammermill International, Hennessy, Hills Science Diet, HON, Iomega , Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Department of Tourism, Iowa Lottery, Jagermeister, JennAir, John Deere, Killian's, Keystone, Keystone Light, Kohler, LG Electronics, McDonald's, Maytag, Michelin, Miracle Grow, Moen, Mohawk Flooring, NAPA, Nationwide, New York Times, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ortho, Penzoil, Polaris, Procter & Gamble, Quaker State, Quick·Step, Roundup, Scotts, Scwhinn Bikes, Select Comfort, Shell Oil, TASER International, Transamerica, WD-40, Washington Post, Uniroyal, US NEWS & World Report,  and Victory Motorcycles