Art Director. Father of Quadrapeds. City to Hillbilly.
Hey y’all. My name is Michael Grgas and I’m an award-winning digital art director bringing big and small brands to life. My primary focus is website design + UI/UX but will occasionally dabble in print + branding.
About
I’m an OG New Yorker, spent quite a few years living in Los Angeles, then hightailed it out of the urban jungle to the backwoods of Tennessee. I can rock out on a geetar purty good. Once upon a time, I played arenas opening for Ozzy Osbourne and lived to tell about it (barely). I have two pups, Ellie Mae and J.D., and three cats, Tig, Iggy and Maxwell Smart (never a dull moment). And no, there is no vowel missing in my last name. You’ll also need to roll the “r”. Kinda like “rrrrrrrrrr”. You’ll get it eventually. I'm also a damn good designer so let’s make some cool shit together.
Resume
Freelance
Digital Art Director / Web Design + UI/UX
Oct 2016 - Present
Duck River, TN
Zealot Networks
Design Director
July 2015 - Sept 2016
Venice, CA
Threshold Interactive
ACD / Design Director
Sept 2004 - July 2015
Culver City, CA
Tools
Figma : Sketch : Adobe CC : Keynote : Powerpoint : Google Slides
WHO I’VE
WORKED WITH
Brands
Amazon Prime Video : Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival : Brown-Forman : CMT : Constellation Brands : Fandango : Fox Television Studios : HBOMax : Intel : Lionsgate : LiveNation : Mars Petcare : Monster Energy : Nestlé : Nissin Foods : Opry Entertainment Group : Optimo Cigarillos : Outside Lands Music Festival : Philips : Red Bull : SPIN Magazine : Starz : Universal Music Group Nashville : Moet & Chandon : Nestlé Butterfinger : Muscle Milk : Hot Pockets : Rachael Ray : Disney Interactive Studios : Poland Spring : Nestlé Sweetarts. : Logisteed : Dell : Meyenberg Goat Milk : Nestlé Pure Life : Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum : San Diego Tourism : Black Box Wines : Arrowhead Spring Water : Microsoft : Great Clips : Harper Collins : Nashville Public Library Foundation : Wonderful Pistachios : Haworth : Dean’s Dips : Marie’s : Everybody’s Nuts Pistachios : Harrah’s : Dekra : Foresite Capital : Hornitos Tequila : Kinnate Biopharma : Genascence : Stanford IMA : Sodastream : SESAC : Sierra Nevada : Oakland Coffee : NXT : Sugar Foods Corporation : Solidigm : Mary’s Gone Crackers : DFNDR Armor : Charles Smith Wines : Enzymedica Group : 1924 Wines : SportAid : Bisbee Coffee Company : Nestea
Non-Profits
ArcTN : Education Success Foundation : Gospel Music Association (GMA) : Hopetown United : Musicians On Call : Repreve : Second Harvest of TN : Timbuktu Renaissance : United4Good : Upper Room
Agencies
Goodlab : High Wide & Handsome : Southern Made : Damage : R&R Partners : Storious : CIE : Muletown Digital : Wildebeest