Hello! I’m Holtermonster.
I'm make posters, brand events, businesses and musicians, build websites, create characters, and design lots of different things. I like hunting for old signs, going to metal shows, watching movies, and collecting vintage chairs. I love monsters!
I take on a limited number of commissions on a per project basis.
To start a conversation, please drop me a line at holtermonster@gmail.com.
EMPLOYMENT:
Sr. Staff UX Designer
NetSec UX Team
Palo Alto Networks
2018—present
Senior Designer
Product Design Team
Evident.io
2014—2018 acquisition
Asst. Organizer
Creative Works Conference
2013—2015
Print & Web Designer
Memphis Flyer
2013—2014
Asst. Art Director
Bluff City Sports
2012—2013
Illustrator & Designer
Combustion, LLC
2011—2012
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design Arts
Concentration in Illustration
Minor in Art History
Memphis College of Art, 2011
PROJECTS:
Monster Market | Creator & Proprietor, 2017—present
Seasonal pop-up retail experience I build and host in Memphis each year!— I curate the shop with exclusive work made by makers, artists and small brands, then create a limited-time pop-up to showcase it to our loyal audience of weirdos. I also create the branding and marketing (now award-winning!)
Time Warp Drive-In | Art Director & Sponsor, 2013—present
I’ve been creating original art and fun branding for this themed movie night series at the historic Summer Malco Drive-In in Memphis since it began.
AAF Memphis | Board Member, July 2023-present / Events Lead, July 2024—present
I currently serve on the board for the local chapter of the American Advertising Federation, and I lead the Events Team. My responsbilities include organizing monthly events to engage the professional design and marketing communities of Memphis.
Enfectious Erf Design
Poster + music-centric design collective with prolific Memphis designers/my dear friends Ronnie Lewis & Josh Breeden, 2009-2019
In-House Poster Artists for:
• Hi-Tone Cafe, 2012-2016
• Minglewood Hall, 2014-2017
• 1884 Lounge, 2014-2017
Sponsors/Designers for Rock for Love (annual fundraiser for Church Health Center) years 6-9, 2012—2014
Art of Science Exhibition | Co-Creator & Co-Organizer, 2011 / Art Director, 2011—2019
Annual art exhibition I helped conceptualize with some fellow artists + Dr. Heather Smallwood, pairing artists and scientists from St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital and LeBonheur to reinterpret a scientific image from their area of research. This project spanned 8 years and 6 incredible exhibitions, all of which I crafted branding for.
Project Sketchbook | Co-Creator & Organizer, 2009—2012
An annual sketchbook exhibition where we handmade dozens of small sketchbooks for artists to fill for a month or so, collected them, and put them on display.
Rozelle Artists Guild | Co-Founder, Co-Organizer, 2006—2010
Artist collective I started with my art school cohorts, where we organized collaborative art events and exhibitions around Memphis
• Beautiful Losers at the Brooks Museum— where we painted murals live on panels outside the museum and organized a paintpen tagging art activity in the lobby during a screening of the street art documentary Beautiful Losers
SATISFIED CLIENTS:
AAF Memphis • Archer Malmo Integrated Ad Agency • Black Lodge Video • Beale Street Brewing Co. • Blue Pants Brewery • The Bikesmith Bike Shop • The Break-Up Show (variety show) • Broad Avenue Arts District (Memphis, TN) • Craig Brewer, Filmmaker • Church Health Center (wellness clinic) • Cleveland Street Flea Market • Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market • Corduroy Wednesday Film Company • Cotton Bureau T-Shirts • Crosstown Arts • Delta Sol Farm (Proctor, AR) • Falling Into Place Candles • Germantown Performing Arts Center • Hi-Tone Cafe • Hieroglyph • Latino Memphis • Levitt Shell (music venue) • Live From Memphis (film and media company) • Louise Page • Memphis Comedy Festival • Memphis Women In Film • Memphis Music Hall of Fame • Memphis Punk Fest • Minglewood Hall • Monster Market • Music Exports Memphis • Mushroom Vintage • OAM Audio (podcast company) • Opera Memphis • Overton Park Conservancy • Ray Rico Freelance • Rubberneck Zine • Seasick Records (Birmingham, AL) • Stax Museum of American Soul Music • The Electric Brain Podcast • Urban Art Commission • WEVL 89.9 FM Volunteer Radio
BANDS I’VE WORKED WITH:
Agent Cooper • Black Tusk • Crowlord • Dead Soldiers • Dirty Streets • Holy Gallows • Holy Grail • Hosoi Bros • John Paul Keith • Lord T & Eloise • Louise Page • Marcella and Her Lovers • Pezz • Pressed • Side Street Steppers • Spaceface • The Crown Vox • Vincas
AWARDS, HONORS, + PRESS:
2024
• Gold Addy + Best of Outstanding Graphic Design for Monster Market 2023 Brand Campaign | AAF Memphis Awards 2024
• Silver Addy for Time Warp Drive-In 2023 Illustration Series | AAF Memphis Awards 2024
2023
• Gold Addy + Best of Print 2023 for the Time Warp Drive-In 2022 Campaign | AAF Memphis Awards 2023
• TV Segment: Bluff City Life with Gina Neely | WMC Channel 5
• Interview: Meet Lauren Rae Holtermann | Shoutout Colorado, January 2023
2022
• Main Stage Speaker at Creative Works Conference 2022
Talk: Finding My Inner Monster, October 2022