Jonathan Pite

Creative Director & Principal
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Over two decades ago I launched Pite Creative in Denver as a boutique corporate communications firm specializing in the creation of websites, annual reports and collateral materials for publicly-traded companies. We also produce investor presentations, social media marketing, conference booth displays, brochures, eNews, ads and branding for IPOs, non-profit organizations and emerging businesses. The firm consists of myself and a flex staff of nomad creative and on-site admin.

Graduating from the University of Colorado with a degree in art, I moved to New York City and became a corporate and travel photographer. Assignments for the New York Times, Forbes Magazine, Connoisseur Magazine and the Jamaican Tourist Board sent me around the world. While shooting a book project in Japan, A Day in the Life of Japan, I was given one of the inaugural Macs. It was about to replace my camera.

After completing several magazine assignments in the Far East, I returned to NYC and spent day and night on my new Mac. The agencies I was shooting for embraced the spec design I offered with my photography, subsequently producing brochures for General Motors, AT&T, Mannufacturers Hanover and the Depository Trust Company. As my focus shifted from photography to design, I was hired as the design director at Deutch Shea & Evans Advertising in NYC where I worked on campaigns for IBM, Motorola, Pfizer, Merck, Microsoft and Citibank.

Moving back to Boulder, Colorado, I became the creative director at Carl Thompson Associates, a public/investor relations agency. Since then I’ve created hundreds of annual reports, websites and collateral materials for public companies across the country – many winning national and international awards. I’ve been President of the Art Directors Club of Denver, on the board of Design Coalition/USA and a member of AIGA, recently becoming a Legacy Award winner by the One Club for Creativity – Denver Chapter. I’ve also been a lecturer, consultant and judge at universities, conferences and competitions. – Jonathan Pite

One Club for Creativity

The Art Directors Club of Denver

Jonathan Pite is the Creative Director & Principal of Pite Creative. He has been honored with The One Club Denver Chapter’s ‘Legacy Award‘ and ‘Top 50 Designers in the Nation‘ by Graphic Design/USA Magazine. He has won awards from the Potlatch Annual Report Show, Strathmore Annual Report Show, Financial World Annual Report Show, Nicholson Annual Report Show, Art Directors Club, American Graphic Design, Creativity, Public Relations Society of America, Business Marketing Association, International Association of Business Communicators, American Marketing Association, and Creativity In PR Assoc.

“Through the years, Jonathan’s commitment to design and the creative community has been invaluable,” said Jay Roth, Senior Copywriter (formerly of Karsh Hagan and Integer). “He has championed generation after generation of the young and young at heart to rewarding, fulfilling jobs and careers. Jonathan stands as a pillar of grace, professionalism, and a passionate creative who emboldens Colorado’s design community.”

Legacy Award Profile