Portfolio for Step · Lead Visual Designer

Make money feelmade for now.

I'm Ian Bright, a multidisciplinary visual designer who turns complex products into clear, compelling brand experiences—across campaigns, content, digital journeys, and every detail in between.

Brand systems
Data stories
Product clarity
Amerigo Resources report coverCopper intensity data visualization from the Amerigo report
19+years shaping visual stories
35K+monthly publication readers
Top 3%Top Rated Plus graphic designer on Upwork
Brand × Product × Campaigns × Motion

Why this work fits Step

Financial independence needs a visual language people want to be part of.

Step combines an urgent mission with a fast-moving, culture-first audience. My work lives at that same intersection: credible enough for high-stakes information, energetic enough to earn attention, and systematic enough to scale.

01

Brand that moves

Campaign ideas built to travel from a first impression to the full customer journey.

02

Complexity, clarified

Financial, technical, and product stories made immediate without losing substance.

03

Systems over one-offs

Flexible visual languages that stay recognizable across channels, formats, and teams.

04

Craft at speed

A hands-on production mindset spanning concept, design, motion, and final delivery.

Case 01 / Financial storytelling

Make the numbers
mean something.

Amerigo Resources · Grizzle Investment Management

Dense copper-market research became a 29-page visual narrative for investors—built around decisive hierarchy, original data visualization, and an editorial system that made expertise easier to absorb.

  • Editorial design
  • Information architecture
  • Data visualization
  • Print + digital

“Ian did an incredible job helping us bring the visuals to life on a large report about the copper industry. His visual style for print publications is impeccable.”

Scott Willis Financial Analyst, Grizzle Investment Management

Case 02 / Brand meets product

Keep every moment
in the same world.

eSOPH · Workforce training software

A complex software brand needed one cohesive customer experience—from digital ads and educational content to product-integration storytelling and the trade-show floor. I extended the identity into a flexible system that stayed recognizable at every scale.

  • Brand extension
  • Campaign design
  • Product storytelling
  • Physical experience
One system. Every touchpoint.

From first impression to “I get it.”

The same visual logic guided campaign ads, brochures, email, booth graphics, branded environments, and a step-by-step explanation of how the software connects with an existing workflow.

DiscoverUnderstandTrustAct
eSOPH product integration journey and campaign systemeSOPH brand presence across trade show and digital campaign assets

Case 03 / Performance creative

Stop the scroll.
Keep the trust.

For AAG's customer-facing social channel, I translated an established financial-services identity into campaign-ready creative—balancing attention, clarity, audience empathy, and brand consistency.

Social creativeCampaign systemsFinancial services
Three branded AAG financial services social media campaign designs

Creative range

Different audiences.
Same standard of craft.

Consumer campaigns, digital offers, physical systems, and production detail—all approached as connected brand experiences.

Excelta catalog cover redesign processExcelta motion and product video case study

End-to-end ownership

Concept is only half the job.

I stay with the work through the practical details: image selection, technical accuracy, motion, vendor requirements, responsive formats, and final production. That ownership is how a promising direction becomes a reliable brand experience.

“Wow, what an improvement!”
Sean Brantl · VP Sales & Marketing, Excelta

Ian is a talented designer. He jumped right into a project we had to launch our nonprofit, understood our design sensibilities, and consistently met our tight timeline and quality needs.

Dawn Piper · Co-founder & Chief Impact Officer, Urban Vision Alliance