BRANDON TUCKER
Digital Design & UX Coordinator | Photographer
Fort Worth, TX | 817-919-3363 | brandondeetucker@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/brandondeetucker | [Portfolio]
SUMMARY
Digital designer, art director, and photographer with 22 years at Tarrant County College District and experience across higher education, nonprofit, corporate, and beverage clients. Strong in branding, web and UX/UI, magazine and billboard layout, social media, creative strategy, and photography, with a focus on accessible design. 70+ regional and national awards, including Platinum and Gold medals. Also opened and ran a coffee and art shop and co-founded a 300+ member artisan nonprofit.
EXPERIENCE
District Web Design Coordinator Jan 2013 – Present
Tarrant County College District (TCCD), Fort Worth, TX
Strategize and implement digital design concepts as art director and lead designer for the district, from websites, apps, and touchscreen interfaces to magazine, billboard, email, and social media work.
Take projects from wireframe to build, testing prototypes across devices and iterating on stakeholder and user feedback; write HTML, CSS, and JavaScript where needed and design for visual and web accessibility.
Produce animation and video and content for large displays, digital boards, and 3D map applications. Serve as conceptual photographer for REACH Magazine and maintain the district photo library.
Collaborate with marketing, advertising, programmers, and developers; manage projects, schedule and delegate work; catalog digital assets and research subdomain infrastructure for tccd.edu.
Owner; Creative Director, Love Local | Coffee & Art Shop Feb 2020 – Jun 2025
Opened a coffee and art shop featuring 50+ local artists. Named Best New Coffee Shop (2021, 2022), Best Gift Shop (2021–2024), and Best Coffee Shop (2025) by Fort Worth Magazine.
Led events, marketing, advertising, and creative, including digital strategy, content, and email. Designed the logo, tote bags, maps, and graphics for the annual CAT (Coffee and Tea) Crawl, selling 200+ tickets each year.
Official partner of Near Southside Inc. (2022–2025), curating and hosting art markets at events drawing 50,000–60,000 people a day and supporting their creative services and graphics.
Co-Founder; Creative Director, Fort Worth Makers (501c3) May 2016 – Jan 2020
Co-founded and led creative for a 300+ member artisan community; organized large annual markets with partners including Fort Worth Food & Wine Festival, Camp Bowie District, Frost Bank, and WestBend; managed an eight-member board.
Co-Owner, Tucker Ink. Feb 2016 – May 2021
Design and photography studio producing custom print and digital advertising, campaigns, and social media for corporate and individual clients.
Graphics Specialist, Tarrant County College District Feb 2004 – Jan 2013
Developed original artwork for instructional materials, brochures, posters, signage, and computer graphics.
Musician (Trumpet), United States Army May 1999 – Oct 2001
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
70+ awards for TCC work, 2012–2017: Platinum and Gold medals from Hermes Creative Awards and MarCom Awards; Gold, Silver, and Bronze from CASE District IV, EDUDigital Marketing Awards (including Gold for an interactive touchscreen display and a faculty portal redesign), Educational Advertising Awards, and Collegiate Advertising Awards; PRSA Worthy Awards; four TCC Chancellor's Excellence Awards.
Also: national Achieving the Dream photography winner (2012); original sugar-skull artwork featured in the film The Book of Life (2014); 1st place, Main Street Arts Festival sculpture contest (2012); photography finalist, Fort Worth Art Expo (2013).
Community: volunteer photographer, The WARM Place (2014–present) and Make-A-Wish North Texas (2016–present). Member, AIGA and CASE (2015–present).
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Arlington 2004 – Present
Bachelor's degrees completed in Philosophy (2007), Sociology (2011), and Psychology (2015). B.A. in Art, Visual Communication Design concentration, in progress; passed both concentration portfolio reviews.
Tarrant County College: Graphic Design studies (2002 – 2004); completed state core curriculum.
SKILLS
Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Animate, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Sketch, Invision, Figma; UX/UI, wireframing, prototyping; branding; typography; illustration; creative strategy
Web, Photo & Other: HTML, CSS, JavaScript; accessibility; usability testing; photography and video; social media marketing; writing and editing; project and event management; music composition; building and making