Design · Content · Development

From Photoshop
to Python. From pixels
to pipelines.

Creative professional turned systems builder. I design brand identities, write technically accurate content, and build AI-powered applications that generate product descriptions at industrial scale.

JMS
by design

Every role built on the one before it

2009 — 2015
IT & Help Desk
Servers, hosting, troubleshooting. Built the technical foundation most creatives never get.
2015 — 2021
Design & Content
Photoshop, Illustrator, brand work, blog writing, catalog production. Transitioned on talent alone.
2022 — 2024
Marketing Manager
Campaign strategy, print ads, database normalization, ERP migration. Grew social 200%+ YOY.
2024 — NOW
Content Systems & AI
Building Flask applications that generate scientifically accurate content for 10,000+ products.

Three disciplines, one perspective

Design & Visual

Advanced Photoshop, Illustrator, print production, photo retouching, social media templates, in-store signage, full-page magazine ads. Twenty years deep in Adobe.

PhotoshopIllustratorInDesignPrintPhoto EditingBrand Identity

Content & Strategy

Product descriptions, blog articles, website copy, brand style guides, catalog content. Structuring content systems where scientific accuracy is the baseline, not a bonus.

SEOCopywritingStyle GuidesCatalogCMSSocial Media

Development & AI

Custom Flask applications, AI-assisted content generation, data enrichment pipelines, regex-powered validation, workflow automation. The newest discipline — and the one pulling everything together.

PythonFlaskHTML/CSSAI/LLMRegexJSON Architecture

The full range

Photo-Realistic Digital Portrait

Created entirely in Adobe Illustrator using gradient mesh and manual anchor point plotting. Drag the slider to reveal the vector wireframe construction underneath the finished illustration.

Finished illustration
Vector wireframe view
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Adobe Illustrator Gradient Mesh Vector Paths Anchor Points Editorial Layout
Artistic Foundation
Hand-drawn female warrior on horseback, 1993Illustration

Hand-Drawn Illustration

Traditional hand-drawn illustration of a female warrior on horseback. Drawn in 1993 with a 0.5mm mechanical pencil. The patience and precision haven't changed — only the tools have.

Traditional media · Hand-drawn · 1993
B2B social media graphics for Cincinnati Sub-Zero industrial productsB2B Social Media

Industrial Social Media

Social media content for a B2B industrial manufacturer of environmental test chambers. Wrote hook copy targeting quality engineers and developed all graphics for product awareness campaigns.

Social media · Photoshop · B2B manufacturing · 2016–2019
Tisch Scientific Brand Standards ManualBrand Strategy

Brand Style Guide

Created the company's first brand style guide from scratch. Presented to executive leadership and obtained approval. Now enforced at scale through Content Generator 3.0.

Built from zero · Executive approval
Creative Execution
Product category illustrations for University of Cincinnati bookstoreIllustration + Design

Product Category Illustrations

Designed category navigation illustrations in Adobe Illustrator for a campus bookstore landing page. Also handled product photography, Photoshop compositions, banner graphics, and end-to-end CMS publishing.

Illustrator · Photoshop · Web Graphics · CMS
Web banner and promotional designs for DuBois Book StoreDesign + Photo

Web Banners & Product Promotions

Designed web slide banners, product photography composites, and promotional graphics. Styled mannequins, shot products, edited in Photoshop, and composed layouts for web and social channels.

Photoshop · Photography · Web banners · Product composites
Social media campaigns for DuBois Book StoreMarketing

Campus Bookstore Campaigns

Social media marketing for a University of Cincinnati campus retailer. Game day graphics, seasonal promotions, event-driven campaigns, and mascot composites that drove 200%+ engagement growth.

200%+ social growth · Photoshop · Social media · 4K+ products normalized
Technical & Strategic
Technical product cutaway illustrations created in Adobe IllustratorTechnical Illustration

Product Cutaway Illustrations

Hand-drawn technical cutaway illustrations in Adobe Illustrator showing internal filter construction. Includes annotated infographics with component descriptions written for scientific audiences.

Illustrator · Technical drawing · Product education
Tisch Scientific Bioscience application page with original graphics and copywritingCopywriting + Design

Web Content — Graphics & Copy

Live application page on tischscientific.com combining original Photoshop banner compositions, stock photo compositing, and scientific copywriting for a B2B laboratory filtration audience.

Copywriting · Photoshop · Web content · Live production
Content Generator 3.0 application interface showing all four pipeline stationsDevelopment

Content Generator 3.0 — Application UI

The four-station Flask interface: Data Intake with category selection, Column Mapping with auto-suggested field matching, Quality Control preview with code view toggle, and Production Results with pass/fail filtering and CSV export.

Python/Flask · 6 product categories · 209 products in this batch

The story behind the systems

Jeff Stephenson

A designer who learned to think in systems.

I graduated in 2009 with a degree in Multimedia and Web Design — straight into the worst job market in a generation. I adapted. Took a help desk job, spent six years learning server configuration, hosting, and code from the inside out, and built a technical foundation most designers never get.

When I made the jump to marketing, I brought all of it: writing instincts, design sensibility, and enough technical depth to see how the pieces connect. Since then I've designed full-page magazine ads, coordinated multi-business marketing campaigns, normalized databases with 4,000+ records across two divisions, and migrated systems between ERP platforms.

Now I'm building AI-powered applications — custom Flask tools that transform messy vendor data into scientifically accurate, SEO-optimized product content. It's the most challenging work I've done, and it only works because of everything that came before it.

15+
Years across IT, design, content & marketing
200%
Social media growth delivered year-over-year
10K+
Products managed through content systems
20+
Years with Adobe Creative Suite

Where I've been

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2024 — PRESENT

Copywriter & Content Strategist

Tisch Scientific

Sole content contributor for a laboratory filtration distributor with 10,000+ products. Created the company's brand style guide from scratch and secured executive approval. Built Content Generator 3.0 — a four-stage Flask pipeline generating scientifically validated, SEO-optimized HTML descriptions. Also handle vendor product photography, color correction, and web optimization.

Python/FlaskAI/LLMSEOPhotoshopBrand StrategyContent Systems
2022 — 2024

Marketing Manager

Campus Bookstore · University of Cincinnati

Owned all marketing operations. Grew social media engagement 200%+ year-over-year. Normalized a 4,000+ product database across two company divisions and led ERP system migration. Designed and placed full-page print ads in local magazines — managing the entire process from concept through billing to delivery. Coordinated a co-marketing campaign with 12 local businesses. Created templated brand guidelines for social media and web.

Social MediaPrint DesignData NormalizationERP MigrationCampaign Strategy
2019 — 2021

Digital Content Producer

Recruited to this position

Created website content, blog articles, and contributed to a 1,000-page product catalogue. Responsible for digital copy across multiple channels.

CopywritingBlogCatalogWeb Content
2009 — 2018

Help Desk → Web Designer → Marketing

9 years — IT to creative transition

Started in IT support during the 2008–09 recession. Learned server configuration, hosting, and code reading. Transitioned to the marketing department after 6 years based on writing ability, design skill, and technical versatility. Spent the final 3 years in creative and web roles.

IT SupportWeb DesignAdobe SuiteServer Admin
2009

Associate's Degree — Multimedia & Web Design

Community college

Foundation in design, web development, and multimedia production. Adobe experience dates back to 2004 (Macromedia era). Graduated into a recession — which turned out to be the best thing for building resilience and range.

Let's build something

Design work, content strategy, AI-powered tooling, or something that needs all three — I'm always interested in problems where creative thinking and systematic execution meet.

jeff@jmsbydesign.com