Art Director • Web & System Developer • Work From Anywhere

Art Director who builds the systems behind the brand.

Twenty-six years in identity, print and web. Now I also build the systems and automated workflows that keep a brand consistent after handoff. I design the work. Then I build what runs it.

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Kevin Vain

Proof, measured.

Four numbers from real work. Each comes straight from my résumé.

26years in the work

I've spent twenty-six years in brand, print and web, and I still use every skill I added along the way.

Recent achievements

Results from brand systems I designed and built, measured on the job.

Half the production timeHooray Health enrollment kits

I created standard templates and one workflow for every enrollment kit, and design production time dropped 50%.

Sites launch 25% fasterHooray Health enrollment websites

I designed a component library and a WordPress Multisite that runs every co-branded enrollment site.

8/10Pitches wonColab Creative Group and J Paris Media

Client pitches I won across both studios.

Three brand systems, from strategy to shipped.

Hooray Health enrollment kit: welcome guide, benefit guide, flyer and member guide
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2020 to 2026

Hooray Health

Senior Graphic Designer

For six years I ran the brand behind Hooray Health, a benefit plan sold through employers and carrier partners. Every partner needed its own enrollment materials, so I turned the brand into a system: rules, templates, a co-branded web platform and tools that build the routine pieces. Design production effort dropped 50%.

Leadible logo on a glass office wall at night
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2026

Leadible

Founder

Leadible turns a business card into a qualified lead. Point a phone at the card and it captures the contact, researches the company and scores the fit from 1 to 10. I built it end to end: the strategy, the identity, the product and the “Stop Losing Leads” launch campaign.

Lead With Hospitality logo as a lobby wall sign
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2026

Lead With Hospitality

Brand identity, website and back office

Lead With Hospitality had outgrown its mark, its website and the three subscription tools it ran marketing on. I realigned the logo, wrote the brand rules and rebuilt the site in Next.js. Then I built a back office that runs email, short links and site reviews from one login.

From press checks to AI pipelines.

  • Art direction and brand identity
  • Design systems and component libraries
  • Campaign, print and editorial design
  • Web design and front-end builds
  • AI-assisted creative workflows
  • Creative operations for growing teams
  1. 2025 to now

    Founder, Creative Director · J Paris Media

    Identity, web and creative strategy for clients from health insurance to homeschool education. I reopened WEIN under this name in 2025, after my father, James Paris Vain.

    • Built the 13-step Brand Builder System
    • Built a back office for Lead With Hospitality that replaced three subscription tools
  2. 2020 to 2026

    Senior Graphic Designer · Hooray Health

    The brand system behind a benefit plan, its partners and its members.

    • A component library and Multisite that launch sites 25% faster
    • Enrollment toolkits that halved design production effort
    • Trained distribution partners on brand standards
  3. 2024

    AI joins the toolkit

    The second turning point. I started building AI into production: content pipelines, research agents and interfaces that adapt to the person using them.

    • A content platform that turns one webinar topic into 16 on-brand assets, with review gates
    • Whisper, Claude and image APIs wired into one approval workflow
  4. 2018 to 2019, 2021

    Art Director · Dallas Weekly

    Art direction for a local weekly magazine, in print and online.

    • Refreshed the brand and magazine layouts. Production got 50% faster
    • A freelancer handoff process that cut revisions 25%

Software and tools I work in daily

Each ring is one area, scored out of 100. Click a ring to filter the tools. Each block is one tool, sized by how deep I go with it.

Design and brand
Adobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignFigmaFramerBynder
Web and front end
WordPressHTML and CSSNext.js and ReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSThree.js
Back end and data
SupabaseGitHubVercelRailwaySmartsheet
AI
ClaudeChatGPT and OpenAIHiggsfieldElevenLabsGensparkWhisper
Video
Adobe Premiere ProAdobe After EffectsHyperFramesRemotion
Automation
Make.comZapierAirtableSoftrPlaywright
Marketing and CRM
HubSpotGoHighLevelMailchimpResendGoogle AnalyticsMetricoolNotionMicrosoft 365