INTRODUCTION

Matthew Jager is an accomplished multidisciplinary designer and marketer with over 10 years of professional working experience showcasing an extremely diverse and robust track record of successes across multiple of the most demanding industries. Thriving in the chaos of tight deadlines and fast moving work environments, he’s established himself as a reliable team-player that delivers without fail. This dependability has resulted in constant rapid ascension through the ranks at each position, quickly becoming a trusted voice and leader for each company worked at. 

Having been responsible for breaking records in sales, event attendance, content reach, and other key marketing metrics at each position, Matthew continues to prove his value year after year, with work often being highlighted as a standout to internal teams and stakeholders. With such a diverse work experience, he has achieved top levels of success in multiple professional categories. From managing international multi-million dollar brands and leading them to new heights of cultural relevance, to establishing new event series in live music in the direct wake of the Covid pandemic, to beating multiple all time fundraising records for premier event galas and digital campaigns, Matthew has repeatedly proven the impact having him on your team makes.

EDUCATION

 

BA in Visual Communications

Seattle Pacific University (2015)

JOB EXPERIENCE

 

Housing Hope (2024-Current)

Design, Marketing, Communications, Social Media, Event Production

Originally hired to provide marketing and communications support for Housing Hope’s social enterprises, work responsibilities quickly turned into much deeper trust to handle key design and marketing tasks for the wider nonprofit agency. Key accomplishments include contributing to breaking multiple fundraising records, producing the largest and most successful flagship fundraiser gala event, achieving the highest results ever for the annual year-end digital campaign. Was instrumental in leading key brand refreshes for Housing Hope, HopeWorks, Kindred Kitchen, and Renew Home & Decor. Oversaw a relaunch of the social media efforts for Housing Hope, with performance metrics seeing universal increases, with certain metrics showing an over 1100% increase in results for a 6 month window, and all metrics being up over a 12 month time period. Constantly received praise from leadership, external donors, 

government officials, and other key players in the affordable housing world. Led the design, formatting, and distribution of vital internal initiatives with the goal of addressing key areas of weakness within the agency.

Lantern Press (2022-2023)

Production Designer

Produced hundreds of print ready files for a wide range of products with an eye for detail and adhering to strict print guidelines. Expertly managed a dynamic workflow, including being able to jump between dozens of projects and styles daily. This position was high volume, tight deadlines, and required high accuracy at all times.

White Rabbit Group (2019-2022)

Design, Marketing, Event Production, Social Media Manager

Helped lead the expansion from CA to WA and established multiple new event series, including over 25 Seattle club events and a music festival in Tacoma. Produced merchandise, brand materials, and marketing content.Event manager with duties covering artist hospitality, transportation, ticket sales, security, health & safety, community management, and general operations. 

Additionally, WRG partnered with Excision and The Gorge in WA to produce and manage a third stage for the Bass Canyon Festival in 2021. Tasks involved booking over 85 artists, managing the stage, and running the silent disco nightly. WRG also acted as a marketing partner for the event and supported all campaigns through social media and print materials.


AMF/Friendship Festival (2019-2020)

Design, Marketing Support, Production Design

Responsible for producing all key event print & digital materials for Friendship 2020. Designed all social media materials for the lead up and during the festival. Supported additional AMF show marketing needs for Seattle debut throughout 2019 and 2020. Created the key artwork poster and support graphics for the 2021 edition of the festival, before cancellation due to the Covid pandemic.

USC Events (2017-2019)

Lead Designer, Marketing Coordinator, Social Media Manager, Community Manager, Vendor Coordination, Event Production

Originally hired as the social media coordinator, multiple promotions lead to being the key led on brand direction for all major festivals and all smaller events. Key responsibilities included visual direction lead, social media director, community manager, customer service lead, vendor coordinator, and general dynamic force for any event production needs from the organization. Handled marketing and promotion annually for four major music festivals, dozens of artist tour stops, and hundreds of club nightlife events.

Additionally, led community management and customer service for a very polarizing industry. Led major improvements to the company’s image and community engagement activations across social media and in-person events. Established and hired a team of 6 to help manage customer service 24 hours a day. Trained and managed an additional social media coordinator to help with marketing volume.


Additional Professional Work Experience

Uplift Marketing | Graphic Design, contract position (2023-2024)

Marque Of Brands | Graphic Design, Marketing Coordinator, contract position (2016)

Epic Team Adventures | Lead Designer, Social Media Coordinator (2015-2017)

See Seven | Graphic Designer (2015-2016)

Blue Highway Games | Graphic Designer (2012-2015)



PROFICIENCIES & SKILLS

 

Art Direction

Brand Management

Project Management

  • Asana, Monday, Trello

  • Teams, Slack

Marketing and Communications

Fundraising

Event Production

Social Media Management

  • Facebook, Instagram, X, BlueSky

  • Discord and Reddit moderation

  • Youtube, Twitch

Paid Ads

  • Meta

  • Google

  • LinkedIn

Community Management

Customer Service

Copywriting

Website Design

SEO

Data & Analytics

Video Editing

Adobe CC

Mailchimp

AI

  • Gemini, Copilot, Chat GPT, generative

Microsoft Office

Cloud Storage File Management

  • OneDrive, Google Drive, DropBox