TJ Miller
Founder | Creative Director | Brand Specialist
TJ founded Graphic Jam in 1996, shortly after moving to the tropical paradise of Sarasota, Florida, when his daughter Haven was just 5 months old. He left a great job designing stores for Tree of Life to get off the road and help his wife Florey establish their new family. For the past few years he’d been honing his graphic skills -- enough to win a logo design competition, beating out large agencies, and have a neon wall graphic featured on the cover of Natural Foods Merchandiser.
Designing almost his whole life, TJ studied architecture at the University of Illinois, and before age 21 he was merchandising entire new supermarkets. His brother got him to Florida to become retailers of an independent supermarket in Leesburg. Then, after 9 years of designing and merchandising over 300 natural products stores, he decided to start his own graphic design business. He didn't have any clients, but he’d made a lot of friends and contacts from all sectors of the natural products industry – manufacturing, distribution and retail.
TJ brings this wealth of experience with consumer packaged goods and retail merchandising, his design school training, and a lifelong fascination for the great brands, designers and illustrators of the 19th & 20th centuries to his role as creative director. His vision combines his deep understanding of what makes products sell with creative talents rewarded by over two dozen local, regional & national awards.
With his dedication to natural & organic products, health & wellness and sustainability, TJ is uniquely qualified to design for the natural products industry.
From the very beginning at Graphic Jam, TJ began shaping unique & compelling designs, giving new and established products & services the strength to stand out in their competitive marketplace. Soon, he amassed an extensive portfolio of masterfully crafted logo designs, packaging, advertising, and display designs – many which have won recognition at the highest level.
TJ is passionate about helping your company tell your story. And, he wants your customers to be so thrilled with your brand that will buy it and tell their friends.
Dawn Klee
Contributing Designer | Owner Creative Design Group
Dawn has been essential to several of the projects at Graphic Jam since 2004. She was the principal designer of the award winning PSG logo and Mountain States Rosen line of Natural Lamb products.
Founder of the Creative Design Group, Dawn has been creating innovative advertising and design for more than fifteen years. Originally from Long Island, NY, she received her degree in Advertising & Graphic Design from Cazenovia College. Winner of several ADDY® Awards from the AAF, she was President of the Suncoast Advertising Federation from 2004-2006 and works with several non-profit organizations in her community.
David Grace
Web Design & Development Partner | Owner | Abacus Web Services
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