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Creative Director — Louisville, KY

Brand expert.
Designer.

Problem solver.

I’m Christopher — a Creative Director who refuses to be put in a box. Part strategist, part designer, part systems thinker. I work from concept all the way through implementation at scale, and I bring the kind of creative vision that drives results you can actually measure.

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🦄 Known as a “Unicorn”

“A rare blend of creative vision and systematic thinking — genuinely hard to find.”

Christopher Shadix

Christopher Shadix

Creative Director

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Brand Identity & Visual Systems

Building identity systems that scale — from logo to color to digital, designed to last.

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AI Adoption & Implementation

Building new AI-powered tools and workflows that drive creative efficiency and team output.

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Scaling Creative Systems

Designing the infrastructure behind great creative — processes, toolkits, and systems that let teams move faster.

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Award-Winning Creative Direction

Leading work that gets recognized — from internal campaigns to industry-level brand transformations.

Impact & Scale

Numbers that tell the story

Creative work isn’t just art — it’s a business driver. Here’s the kind of scale and impact I’ve operated at.

$200M+

Business Impact

Two flagship campaigns — Stars (151% YoY growth) and onboarding (4x target)

$millions

Cost Savings

Solutions that saved millions and countless hours for creative teams through smarter systems

13+

Years Experience

Leading brand, identity, and creative direction at enterprise scale

Problems Solved

From fast-paced campaigns to long-horizon brand evolution — always finding a way

Who I am

I don’t fit neatly into one category. That’s the point.

I’m a brand person, a designer, a creative problem solver, and a systems thinker — all at once. I work from the earliest spark of a concept through final implementation at scale, and I bring both the creative vision and the strategic rigor to make it stick.

I’ve been called an “innovative strategist” and a “unicorn” — and while I appreciate the compliments, what it really means is I can sit with executives in a strategy session in the morning and be in the weeds of a design system by afternoon. That range is rare, and it’s what I bring to every engagement.

Creative Director

Brand Strategist

Systems Thinker

AI Implementer

Visual Designer

Executive Partner

Team Builder

Currently

Humana Inc.

Brand ID

Creative Director, Brand Identity — evolving a 60-year-old iconic brand

Brand Systems

Leading in-house research, testing & creative direction across all brand dimensions

AI & Tools

Building new AI-powered products and workflows to drive creative efficiency at scale

Agile Pods

Standing up agile creative pods to drive work in market, backed by data and focused on the best possible customer experience

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