Kevin Mellen

Kevin has more than 20 years of award-winning advertising and design experience. His project background includes national and regional advertising campaigns, direct mail, brochures, catalogs, alumni magazines, branding, identity, environmental graphics, apparel, web design, and TV. Previously, Kevin was a senior art director for an advertising agency and the director of creative services and designer at a higher education marketing firm serving more than 100 public and private institutions across the country. In 2012, Kevin started providing design services under the brand Creative Mellen, which embraces his creative “melon” to help companies and institutions grow their brands. He’s a dog lover and a self-proclaimed handyman who enjoys a good meal and traveling with his wife.

A New Website with Endless Pawsibilities

PAWS & More, also known as Washington County Humane Society, is a private, adoption-guarantee shelter located in Washington, Iowa. The organization needed a redesigned website with a strategy-based architecture…

Kevin Mellen

1/2/24

An AI-Authored Blog Written About Blogging with AI

The blog below was written with Writer AI as an experiment on what makes this technology so compelling. While it’s well written, the downside to AI-generated content is the…

Kevin Mellen

8/2/23

The Sweet Sounds of an Award-Winning Magazine

Educational Advertising Awards from HMR Publications recognized Creative Mellen with a 38th Anniversary Sliver Design Award for its work with the Iowa School of Music and their redesigned Alumni…

Kevin Mellen

3/2/23