The official logo for InVisM, Inc.

This past six weeks has brought a lot of big changes around here. In addition to some big projects such as the ClearPivot logo and accompanying website design and some other projects we haven’t yet talked about, the biggest recent news is that I (Chris Strom) have accepted a full-time position as Senior Graphic Artist at a company called InVisM.  InVisM (formerly called Intelligence Gaming) is a Denver-based startup company that makes simulation and training products.  Our clientele up to now has been primarily in the government and military, and now we’re beginning to branch out into the commercial sector. The company has very aggressive growth plans, and—despite the state of the economy right now—is actually well on the way to achieving those goals.

So what does my job as Senior Graphic artist consist of? Maybe a better question is: what doesn’t it consist of? Since I’ve started, I’ve covered the gamut of graphic arts and production: web design, print design, logo and identity design, video and animation design, branding, DVD production, Flash, HTML, XML, jQuery, licensing and copyright issues, you name it.  Heck, I even chose the colors for the wall paint (we are a startup, after all).

I’m still doing some side work that I’ll feature on www.cstrom.com; in fact, I’ll be launching two new websites over the next 4–8 weeks.  And I’ll still update this blog when I can—though, of course, the frequency of updates will slower than before.  In the meantime, come visit our newly launched InVisM website, designed by myself, of course.  I’ll have to write about the design and implementation process for the site—there’s a bit of story behind that.  Maybe in the next one or two blog postings…

www.invism.com

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A close-up view of the search results for "motion graphics Centennial Colorado"

Some great news for my portfolio site today: after its most recent reindexing in Google, my site is now listed as the number one entry in the search query “motion graphics Centennial Colorado.”  I’ve been working to increase my site’s visibility on the Web over the past few months, and this is certainly a nice indicator that my work is increasingly paying off.

A full-page view of the same search results page

In addition, my site is also ranked first in the organic search results for the same query on Ask.com as well:

Ask.com's search results for the query "motion graphics Centennial Colorado"

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