HEY!
My name is Michael Grgas and I’m a creative, detail-oriented Visual Designer and UI/UX Designer.
I’m originally from New York, spent quite a few years living in Los Angeles, then hightailed it out of the urban jungle to the backwoods of Tennessee. I’m not half bad on a guitar and once upon a time, I played arenas opening for Ozzy Osbourne and lived to tell about it (barely).
I’m a big animal lover with two pups, Ellie Mae and J.D., and three cats, Tig, Iggy and Maxwell Smart (never a dull moment). I also love to get out on horseback for a trail ride with friends. And no, there is no vowel missing in my last name. You’ll also need to roll the “r”. Kinda like “rrrrrrrrrr”.
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Freelance
Visual Designer + UI/UX Designer
Oct 2016 - Present
Duck River, TNZealot Networks
Design Director
July 2015 - Sept 2016
Venice, CAThreshold Interactive
Design Director / ACD / Senior AD
Sept 2004 - July 2015
Culver City, CA -
Visual Design
UI/UX
Prototyping
Wireframing
User Experience Design
Web Design
Mobile App Design
Design Supervision
Presentation Design
Art Direction
Strategy & Concepting
Client Presentations
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Figma
Adobe Creative Suite
Google Sketch
Keynote
MS Office
Google Slides
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Google Certificate: Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Google Certificate: Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
Google Certificate: UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate
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AdAge
W3
Webby Awards
IAC
WOMMA
Promo Pro
IAB MIXX
OMMA
PR News Social Media Icon
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BRANDS
Amazon Prime Video
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Brown-Forman
CMT
Constellation Brands
Fandango
Fox Television Studios
HBOMax
Intel
Lionsgate
LiveNation
Mars Petcare
Monster Energy
Nestlé
Nissin Foods
Opry Entertainment Group
Optimo Cigarillos
NBCSports
NFL
Outside Lands Music Festival
Philips
Red Bull
SPIN Magazine
Starz
Universal Music Group Nashville
Moet & Chandon
Nestlé Butterfinger
Muscle Milk
Hot Pockets
Progressive
Rachael Ray
Disney Interactive Studios
Poland Spring
Nestlé Sweetarts
Logisteed
Dell
Meyenberg Goat Milk
Nestlé Pure Life
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum
San Diego Tourism
Black Box Wines
Arrowhead Spring Water
Microsoft
Great Clips
Harper Collins
Nashville Public Library Foundation
Wonderful Pistachios
Haworth
Dean’s Dips
Marie’s
Everybody’s Nuts Pistachios
Harrah’s
Dekra
Foresite Capital
Hornitos Tequila
Kinnate Biopharma
Genascence
Stanford IMA
Sodastream
SESAC
Sierra Nevada
Oakland Coffee
NXT
Sugar Foods Corporation
Solidigm
Mary’s Gone Crackers
DFNDR Armor
Charles Smith Wines
Enzymedica Group
1924 Wines
SportAid
Bisbee Coffee Company
Nestea
NON-PROFITS
ArcTN
Education Success Foundation
Gospel Music Association (GMA)
Hopetown United
Musicians On Call
Repreve
Second Harvest of TN
Timbuktu Renaissance
United4Good
Upper Room
AGENCIES
Goodlab
High Wide & Handsome
Southern Made
Damage
R&R Partners
Storious
CIE
Muletown Digital
Wildebeest
Birdsong Creative