ABOUT ME
Hi, I'm Denise
I went to the American Academy of Art in Chicago, IL, and received a degree in Graphic Design. Twenty-four years ago, I started as an intern artist to gain experience, and I worked my way up to a graphic designer position, making automotive ads for all the Chicago newspapers and teaching myself the Adobe Suites in the process. Soon after I was offered a designer position at McDonald’s Corporation and became their Senior Designer within a very short time. I’ve worked very hard throughout my career to become a Creative Director for a Fortune 500 company. I won’t stop there; the best is yet to come.
Hi, I'm Charlie
My mom is always giving me kisses and hugs, how could she not, look at me. I use my sweet looks to get treats, picked up and when I get into trouble, I give mom kisses and hugs back and she forgets all about that I tore up the toilet paper all over the bathroom floor. I sit on her lap when she watches TV, it’s one of my favorite things in life, besides sitting in the sun, chasing the cats and of course, the toilet paper. This is me hard at work. It’s a “ruff” job, but someone has got to do it.
My Inspiration
Yes, this is me crying in the Sistine Chapel. I have loved Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam” painting since I was a little girl and I was finally able to go to Rome for two weeks in April 2019. How did he do this? This should be one of the seven wonders of the world.
Client Recommendations
As senior director of McDonald’s Creative Services, I had the good fortune of having Denise Vlahos as one of our graphic designers. Denise is a talented designer who quickly grasped project requirements and consistently delivered outstanding work. Denise has a good sense of contemporary design and she is proficient at overseeing creative projects from start to finish.
I hired Denise as a subcontractor to design the Logo for our new product launch of Diesel exhaust fluid (DEF). The logo she created helped to establish BLUEDEF as the industry leading brand in the category. BLUEDEF is now the worlds most recognized brand of Diesel Exhaust Fluid in the world! Great work Denise!!
For the past several years, Denise has brought outstanding creative designs to my freelance clients. Her ability to take something I’m describing and bring it to life has earned incredible accolades from all of my clients. Anytime I have the chance to work with Denise, I look forward to it because I know she’s going exceed what I’m looking for and “Wow” my clients. I can’t recommend Denise enough, she’s an outstanding professional and great to work with.
I hired Denise to create the logo for my consulting company. I wanted to capture the spirit and philosophy of my company and explained that to her. She was able to take her design concepts and my concept and merge them. She did a fantastic job and I could not be happier. I made my decision to hire her based on the other work she had shown me, that was completely different style wise than my logo. Her other work was impressive and the reason I gave her a shot.
I have worked with Ms. Denise Vlahos for the last 20 years on several projects for our medical center and they have all stood the test of time. I have thought of a refresh a few times for our business but her ideas from concept, design and multiple layouts has provided a professional present that is still not dated. Denise is a pleasure to work with transitioning ideas on to multiple platforms from business cards, website, t shirts and videos. I am most impressed with her patients during the process and quick edit turn around during deadlines.