Steve Hartman is founder and principal designer of Creativille, Inc., a corporate communications design firm in Edwardsville, Illinois near St. Louis, Missouri. Hartman has spent his 13-year career designing brand and print solutions for a national list of Fortune 1000 companies, institutions and non-profit organizations.
Hartman’s work has been recognized by many award competitions and publications, including Communication Arts, Graphis, Dynamic Graphics, HOW Magazine, Graphic Design USA, Print Magazine, a number of published books, and his mother's refrigerator.
Steve has taught design at Maryville University, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Washington University and Webster University in St. Louis. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois; and he survived the first AIGA/Harvard Business School Executive Training program: Business Perspectives for Designers.
Steve Hartman sits on the National Board of Directors of AIGA, The Professional Association for Design. AIGA has been large focus for Hartman. He most recently served as Development Director for AIGA St. Louis, and has served as Vice-President and President.