I'm Meritt, a creative professional aimed towards providing an unrivaled experience of innovative design solutions and client satisfaction. I believe that design should aim to manifest unworldly perspectives and awareness through means of essentialism.
The Art Institute of California—Sacramento
March 2013
Sierra College
GPA 3.43 on a 4.00 scale
Graduating in June 2015
In Progress
Promote Me, Inc.
A promotional print house that provides personalized merchandise for corporations, companies, teams, and individuals. Services provided are banners, embroidery, screen printing, promotional products, and trophies/awards.
September 2012–March 2013
ValSpake
Public Relations and Strategy
A public relations marketing group that provides media services, grassroots outreach strategies, and litigation support for corporations, public and political entities, organizations, and associations.
April 2011–Current
National Eagle Scout Association—Troop 121, Granite Bay, CA
The Eagle Scout award is the highest advancement rank in Boy Scouting that represents many years of dedicated effort, as well as a solid sense of leadership, citizenship, and responsibility.
January 2010
Lifetime Member
Kovar's Satori Academy of Martial Arts
As a practitioner of the Martial Arts, Meritt Eliot Thomas has achieved the highest level of knowledge and physical ability required for the promotion to the rank of Shodan in Kenpo Karate.
April 2007
The Art Institute of California—Sacramento
Winter 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Enterprise-level design to define identity, confirm credibility, motivate consumers and concrete their loyalty.
Illustration, typography, logos, infographics and vectoring raster files.
I have 6 years of image manipulation, photo enhancement and photo restoration experience.
I am a self-taught coder with 3 years of HTML/CSS site development experience.
Basic animations, web banners, videos and advertisements.
I have the capability to edit and produce basic video and multimedia projects. My skills include color correction, sound editing, transitional edits, and video composition.
A minimalist brand identity concept that frees the product from cluttered design techniques and allows for an entirely unique shelf appearance to stand out amongst competitive brands.
Inspired by world-famous architect, Zaha Hadid. Just as her dynamic approach to architecture captures the very nature of fluidity, so to does this publication embody her style of design.
Corporate and web identity revamp for The Frog Ranch—largest captive amphibian research, conservation and propagation facility in the world.
This concept design embodies both direct and indirect notions of fluidity, clarity, dimension and minimalism. Such aspects remain crucial to the development of an effective identity system for Crest 3D White products.
To level with Hadid’s reputation, a sophisticated fusion of aesthetics and interactive functionality was required. Emphasis was left to imagery, as her work speaks for itself.
The Color Morphs page highlights the color and pattern variations of specific frog species. The site has been coded with a responsive, fluid grid layout to remain compatible across all device platforms and screen sizes.
Getting my company of 23 years re-branded has been a real wake-up call to the power of great design!
Kim Thomas
The Frog Ranch, Client
