As one of CiesaDesign’s three senior creative directors, Michael brings more than a dozen years of design experience to the firm’s collaborative creative process. Michael crafts strong, strategic, unique, effective and practical design solutions.
Michael takes a partnership approach with clients, helping them anticipate and move to the next level. He thoughtfully integrates national, professional looking and award winning visual solutions with their marketing and business goals. Careful attention to branding results in forward-looking design that is then applied to the client’s growing needs and applications, including the web. Such clients have included the Great Lakes Folk Festival, Partnership for Learning, and On Target Living.
A 1993 BFA graduate of Michigan State University, Michael remains active in the arts community as a member of the East Lansing Public Art Selection Panel and the Lansing Advertising Club. He also participates in portfolio critiques for MSU Department of Art & Art History’s design graduates. Michael chaired the East Lansing Arts Commission for 4 of his 5 years on that body, and served on the East Lansing Art Festival board.
