Jeff Kern of 723 Design is a digital + traditional designer with 25 years experience creating award-winning visual communication for a vast array of clients and categories across a myriad of formats and media. Jeff studied graphic design at Missouri State and Indiana University in both undergraduate and graduate programs, earning BFA and Terminal MFA degrees, respectively, He has worked in small, mid and large-scale advertising agencies as well as full-service graphic design firms, interactive boutiques, and dedicated in-house companies. He spent a year-and-a-half as an assistant professor of graphic design at MSU and continues to engage in freelance design. Jeff actively studies and researches emerging technologies as well as traditional marketing and branding disciplines in order to maintain the relevance of graphic design to contemporary business needs. An active participant in the international poster scene, he also crafts design from social, political and cultural perspectives. Jeff lives and works in Springfield, Missouri with his wife and daughter.