- Jim oversees all creative for his team, provides mentoring and pushes them to think big
- Strives to develop exciting creative solutions that exceed client expectations
- Brings over 13 years of professional experience including graphic design work for several agencies as well as the Peoria Riverfront Museum and multiple local nonprofits including The Immigration Project, The Peoria Holocaust Memorial and Align Peoria
- Has produced a wide variety of creative solutions for everything from industrial product launches to financial institutions to a book design for a duck decoy exhibit
- Joined Simantel in August 2016 as a graphic designer, worked his way to senior art director and in 2024 became an associate creative director
- Graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in graphic design
