Greg Arvanitakis
Senior Level Web Designer
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My name is Greg, welcome to my temporary portfolio site. A fully redesigned site is coming soon. In the meantime, below are a list of projects that I have worked on, with descriptions of what the project was about, what my role was, and links to either the live project or comps of the pages. PLEASE NOTE: Work will be opened in a new window - please disable any pop up blockers you may have active.

A little bit about me: I am a Senior Website Designer for a major Interactive Agency in Chicago. Some of the work shown here was done while I have been employed there. I love design - websites, furniture, cars, electronics, clothing, etc. Other things I enjoy or do for fun/inspiration are (in no particular order): listen to/play music (guitar), draw, watch movies, study martial arts, cook, read, spend time with my girlfriend, play volleyball, and hang with my friends.

I am always interested in new opportunities that can pose a challenge for me and make me work harder to rise to the occasion and expand my skills.

If you like my work and would like to contact me, you can do so here: greg@540media.com

You can download my resume here (42KB).

Lastly, thank you for taking the time to view my work. I hope you enjoy it.
 
Web Site Design - Comps
Albertsons Site Refresh

  • My Role - Lead Designer
  • Scope of Project - Provide an updated look to numerous brands under the Supervalu flag, starting with Albertsons
  • This site design will be rolling out in select markets in August, then will be implemented across numerous brands within the next 6 months. A major goal of the refresh was to make food the focus and create a premium look and feel for the brand

    view albertsons home page comp

    • Albertsons Site Refresh - Fresh Ideas

  • My Role - Lead Designer
  • Scope of Project - Create engaging flash pieces to promote various theme ideas, recipes, and health/diet information to the user
  • The idea behind Fresh Ideas is to give the user engaging food related content on the homepage of the relaunched sites that can drive them to recipes, provide food related information, and be updated frequently to keep giving the homepage a fresh look.

    view albertsons fresh ideas comps

    • Albertsons Email Program

  • My Role - Art Direction
  • Scope of Project - Provide guidance and direction to the designer on the project, present concepts to client on a monthly basis
  • Our email program with Supervalu covers 3 of their brands (Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, and Acme Markets). Concepts are done for 1 brand (Albertsons) and verisoned out for the others (logo and copy changes, content is almost always consistent). These emails have a main focus on unique and engagnig recipes and photography while driving the user to a few unique proomotions as well.

    view albertsons email comps

    • Ducklings Blog Design

  • My Role - Lead Designer
  • Scope of Project - Create an online home for a quarterly magazine for parents
  • We were tasked with finding a way to get existing magazine content online, but keep the site fresh and frequently updated with a a limited supply of back content and no new content being produced. A blog solution was explored to allow us to mine the back content and release it in very small, frequent bits to the audience

    view ducklings home page comp | view ducklings internal page comp

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    Kryptonite Lock

  • My Role - Design
  • Scope of Project - To create a new online presence for Kryptonite Lock.
  • This design was to focus on products, but still play up the lifestyle aspect associated with each target audience. This example shows the textures and elements associated with mountain bikers.


    • view kryptonite home page comp | view kryptonite product page comp

    Massachusetts General Hospital for Children

  • My Role - Partial Strategy and Architecture, Design
  • Scope of Project - Complete rethinking of the children's hospital website.
  • These designs were first round concepts to help recreate the website as a highly functional user experience that conveys the expertise, emotion, and personal care that sets MassGeneral apart from other childrens' hospitals.


    • view mghfc comp 1 | view mghfc comp 2 | view mghfc comp 3 | view live site

    Gerber Graduates

  • My Role - Partial Strategy, Full Design
  • Scope of Project - Create an online presence for a pitch meeting.
  • These designs were done on a short timeline (3 days) to give examples of what a Gerber Graduates microsite homepage could look like, as well as to give an example of rich media advertising for the campaign.


    • view graduates site comp | view banner comp

    Seadoo Sportboats

  • My Role - Partial Strategy, Full Design
  • Scope of Project - Create an online presence for a pitch meeting.
  • These designs were done to create an online catalog site to support the traditional creative in the pitch. The goal was to concept an interactive site with a wealth of features and products.


    • view seadoo homepage comp | view seadoo detail page

    Seadoo Lifestyle Site

  • My Role - Partial Strategy, Full Design
  • Scope of Project - Create a lifestyle themed site for a pitch meeting.
  • These designs were done as an extension to the Seadoo Sportsboat site concept. We wanted to create a lifestlye "destination" site for Seadoo owners and potential owners to help build a grassroots buzz about the brand and build excitement within the boating community.


    • view lifestlye homepage comp | view lifestyle detail page

    Softsheen Carson

  • My Role - Design
  • Scope of Project - Create an online presence for a pitch meeting.
  • These designs were done to support the traditional concepts for a product focused campaign.


    • view softsheen homepage comp | view newsletter comp

    USG Sweepstakes Page

  • My Role - Design
  • Scope of Project - Create a sweepstakes registration page for an online contest promotion.
  • This design needed to fit into the existing look and feel of the USG site.


    • view usg sweeps comp

     
    Web Site Design - Live Sites
    Schlage Lock - Residential and Commercial sites temporary redesign

  • My Role - Design
  • Scope of Project - Create new "skins" for existing sites using new corporate ID and branding.
  • These designs were done as a "band-aid" fix to update the sites with new branding standards until a full site redeisgn can be done.


    • view schlage.com

    Gerber Canada

  • My Role - Design
  • Scope of Project - Full redesign of the Canadian site to family with the look of the US site.
  • Site traffic went up in record numbers after the site was launched.


    • view gerbercanada.com

    Organzational Strategy, Inc.

  • My Role - Design
  • Scope of Project - Redesign the site for a business consulting firm
  • I worked on this site for a friend's company. At the time, their site had not been touched for about 8 years from a design standpoint, so the goal was to modernize the look and give them more credibility with a professional feel to it.


    • view org-strat.com

     
    Flash Animation - Live Sites and Banners
    Core Design Group
  • My Role - Strategy and Full Design, Flash Animation/Programming
  • Scope of Project - Create a small buisness web site (freelance project).
  • This site was designed to showcase Core Design Group's expertise in the field of exhibit design.


    • view coredesigngroup.net

    Ad Shapers Sales Tool
  • My Role - Storyboards, UI Design, Flash Animation/Programming, Audio Editing
  • Scope of Project - Create an online sales tool for a search engine marketing firm.
  • I was given a script, voice over and stock photos. From there I was free to design and produce the piece (client review was part of the process). I animated and built everything in the piece.

    view the Ad Shapers Sales Tool

    • American Airlines "The Powerlunch" Banner Suite
  • My Role - Design, Flash Animation/Production
  • Scope of Project - Create a banner ad suite to support an online contest and drive traffic to the contest microsite.
  • These banners were intended to build excitement about winning a trip to Miami

    view 160x600 Skyscraper | view 728x90 Leaderboard | view 300x250 Big Box

    • Herculiner Rich Media Banners
  • My Role - Storyboards, Design, Flash Animation/Programming, Eyeblaster setup
  • Scope of Project - Create rich media banners to drive contest registrations and microsite visits
  • Both of these examples are demos that were put together to show the client prior to final approval - they may function slightly differently from the way the actual live files did.

    view Herculiner creative 1 | view Herculiner creative 2