My name is Jesse Parks, and I’m a multidisciplinary designer and creative director with over a decade of experience spanning brand identity, packaging, print, merchandising, photography, and UX/UI design. As the founder of JPDC – Jesse Parks Design Co., I specialize in building immersive, thoughtful brand experiences that blend strategic clarity with visual storytelling. With a background working both in-house and leading creative for regional and national brands, I bring a refined eye for detail, a love for process, and a player-first mindset to every project I touch. Outside of design you’ll find me sippin coffee, listening to some tunes and just L-I-V-I-N.

-Jesse Parks

The Craftsman

BY MARCUS B. CHRISTIAN

I ply with all the cunning of my art This little thing, and with consummate care

I fashion it—so that when I depart,

Those who come after me shall find it fair

And beautiful. It must be free of flaws—

Pointing no laborings of weary hands;

And there must be no flouting of the laws

Of beauty—as the artist understands.

 

Through passion, yearnings infinite—yet dumb—

I lift you from the depths of my own mind

And gild you with my soul’s white heat to plumb

The souls of future men. I leave behind

This thing that in return this solace gives:

“He who creates true beauty ever lives.”