About Charles Stevenson

Charles Stevenson has over 13 years of experience in web site design and interactive branding projects for companies like Motorola, General Electric, National PTA, ASAP Software, United Airlines, University of Chicago, Mark Shale stores nationwide and Hyatt Worldwide.

Charles Stevenson oversees creative concepting and brand integration for many of Billups Design's clients as well as heading up the Rich Media department for our ecommerce clients. His balanced skill set includes interface design, interactive brand strategy and copywriting. His copywriting and visual concepts have appeared in United Air Lines online promotional banners, Command Transportation high-level messaging including tag line, and Mark Shale email campaigns. His multimedia product demo films have been broadcast to thousands of ASAP Software customers worldwide, driving improved sales. Mr. Stevenson has won the prestigious American Marketing Association Outstanding Achievement Award in 2004, the co-recipient of the 2006 Horizon Interactive Awards Bronze Medal in e-Commerce, and most recently, the W3 Awards Silver Medal for Online Fashion Retailing.

Charles Stevenson started his collegiate education at The Art Institute of Chicago where he specialized in photography and painting. Two years later, he trained in and pursued an academic career in the Social Sciences. He holds an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago and upon graduation accepted a teaching position at a prestigious university in the Philippines where he lived for five years. After leaving the University of Chicago, he helped found Web Design Group, Inc., an early web site development company in Chicago, which reached annual billings of $3 million with over 60 employees. That concern was sold in 2001-2002.