Jeff Mills is a graphic designer committed to creating beautiful, impactful work for clients and his internal teams. Through his time at Compass Real Estate he gained invaluable experience with motion, icon, and illustration design, as well as experience working on print and editorial layouts, and developing visual identities for clients. His time at Compass enabled him to develop strong working relationships both internally, among the Compass teams, and externally, with clients. He worked with hundreds of independent real estate agents to develop unique branding and marketing solutions in order to grow their businesses. In addition, he acted as mentor to junior designers internally, training and assisting them as the started their careers, and has driven numerous strategic initiatives across company offices. 

Above all he knows how to make genuine and visually enriching solutions for his clients, driven by intuition, expertise, and reason. He wants to continue learning and working with people who love the work, and for clients who love it just as much.



Professional Summary
Lead brand designer with nearly a decade of experience building thoughtful, strategically grounded identity systems, campaigns, and scalable visual systems for luxury real estate and consumer-adjacent brands. Combines refined visual taste with structured brand thinking, translating strategy into clear design systems across digital, print, social, editorial, and out-of-home applications. 

Experience

StudioGen New York, NY
Lead Brand Designer January 2026 – Present

• Lead brand design across identity systems, campaign concepts, digital experiences, social content, branded environments, experiential collateral, and client-facing creative presentations.
• Translate positioning, audience insights, and client goals into cohesive visual systems spanning typography, color, imagery, layout, motion, and graphic language.
• Guide concept development from strategic direction through polished presentation, helping clients understand how creative decisions support brand positioning and business goals.
• Use AI-assisted workflows, including Claude, ChatGPT, Kive.ai, and Variant AI, to accelerate visual exploration, copy direction, and production while maintaining strong creative judgment and brand craft.

Compass Real Estate New York, NY
Senior Designer March 2021 – November 2025

• Led creative direction across high-volume brand and campaign work, mentoring designers from concept through delivery.
• Built scalable visual systems for luxury real estate brands across identity, digital, social, print, editorial, and environmental applications.
• Developed market-specific creative that balanced Compass standards with distinctive positioning and audience needs.
• Presented creative rationale to clients and stakeholders, connecting design decisions to strategy, goals, and production needs.

Cooper & Cooper Real Estate New York, NY
Senior Designer and Motion Designer September 2020 – March 2021

• Created scalable campaign systems, motion assets, and visual templates for digital, social, and print marketing.
• Strengthened the company’s brand presence through polished presentation systems, animated content, and production-ready design.

Compass Real Estate Washington, D.C.
Designer July 2018 – March 2020

• Developed brand, marketing, editorial, social, print, and motion assets during a period of rapid market expansion.
• Contributed to an AIGA50-recognized design team for branding and identity.

Compass Real Estate Washington, D.C.
Associate Designer December 2016 – July 2018

• Designed brand collateral, advertising, signage, social, and print materials across a fast-moving in-house studio.


Skills and tools

Brand Identity Systems · Creative Direction · Typography · Layout Systems · Campaign Design · Editorial Design
Digital Marketing · Social Content · Out-of-Home Advertising · Motion Design · Illustration & Iconography
Presentation Design · Design Systems · Team Mentorship · Client Presentations · Figma · Adobe Creative Suite 
Claude · ChatGPT · Variant Ai · Kive Ai · ClickUp · Workfront

Education

Maryland Institute College of Art — BFA, Graphic Design

Jeffrey Mills

jeff@jeffmillsdesign.com
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Lead Brand Designer

Translating complex businesses into clear, distinctive brand systems across identity, campaign, editorial, digital, and motion.