Patrick O’Meara

I’m a senior Art director in the Chicagoland area.

Being creative, and using my creativity has always been a lifelong pursuit. ever since I was a kid building forts by the Chattahoochee River, or later, making awesome decorative cakes and detailed spaceship drawings, I just loved to create.

So, when I realized that being an astronaut was probably a long shot, I poured all that creativity into graphic design. (Though I do still miss my old space-themed bedroom!)

Even now, beyond my career in graphic design, you'll still find me baking cakes and building custom wood furniture in my free time.

E X P E R I E N C E

MERGE / Senior Art Director (Oct 2024 - Present) / Art Director (May 2022 - Oct 2024)

FCB CHICAGO / Art Director (July 2021 - May 2022)

SCHAFER CONDON CARTER / Junior Art Director (Mar 2020 - July 2021) / Art Director Intern (Dec 2019 - Mar 2020)

DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS MARKETING OFFICE / Graphic Designer (Sept 2014 - Aug 2018)

B R A N D S

Federalist Wines / Rice Krispies Treats Dunk’d / Marco’s Pizza / Crocs Sandals / IDEAL Industries / IDEAL Electrical / Chamberlain Garage Door Openers / LiftMaster Garage Door Openers / INDYCAR / Indianapolis Motor Speedway / First Midwest Bank / Weber Grills / Trek Travel / Broken Shed Vodka / VUITY™ / BlueCross BlueShield Association / Indiana University Health / BurgerFi / Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza / Broward Health

E D U C A T I O N

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
2014-2018
Bachelor of Arts in advertising, Minor in Public Relations

CHICAGO PORTFOLIO SCHOOL
2018-2019
Art Direction

S K I L L S

DESIGN / Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / Adobe Creative Cloud / AdobeXD / Figma / SketchUp

MULTIMEDIA / Adobe Premiere / Adobe After Effects / Final Cut / iMovie

AUDIO / Adobe Audition / Garageband

OFFICE / Microsoft Office / Pages / Keynote

WEB / HTML / Squarespace

MISC / Skateboarding / Snowboarding / Wakeboarding / Sub 2 min Rubix cube solver / Photography / Woodworking / Baking / Chefing / Singing in (occasionally out of) the shower