A true humanitarian for his community and passionate about merging his talents with the greater good, graphic designer Chris Jones is currently helping local visionaries and mission-driven organizations bring their ideas to life in a crowded marketplace with his new business, SeeJones Creative.
 

He also works with a local non-profit by-day that helps to build families through adoption options. It’s a no-brainer that Chris strives to be a true community activist in everything he does within his life.
 

When we caught up with him to talk about his experience in our program, we were thrilled to see that Tech Talent South was a big inspiration point for Chris starting his own business. Not to mention, getting to hear how he has applied learning to code with helping his clients’ visions come to life with his knowledge and knack for illustration. If there is one thing we have learned from Chris it’s that passion, ever-evolving knowledge, and helping people through your career path is something that will continue to inspire other artists, entrepreneurs, and new thinkers, alike.
 

Check out our interview with Chris and learn how coding is helping his business’ goals and mission, plus hear more about his thoughts on being a part of the TTS community!
 
 

Here Chris is leading a group of students from the Atlanta University Center in painting a mural at a local high school; Martin Luther King Day of Service 2014. (Photo courtesy of Tech Talent South)

1. Tell us a bit about: your background, your exciting new business, and how Atlanta ended up being your home, sweet, home?

I grew up in a small town in west Tennessee. There wasn’t a whole lot to do there, so I kept myself occupied by doing things like drawing, writing, and teaching myself basic HTML. I had an art teacher that took notice of my drawing abilities and started entering me into competitions (and I won a few!) Later, I learned about graphic design and decided to pursue it as a career. I earned a BFA from the University of Tennessee and worked in corporate communications for several years before coming to Atlanta about a year and a half ago for a job opportunity. By day, I work for a national non-profit that helps build families. By night, I work on my business and try to take in the city. I love that there’s so much opportunity here and enjoy taking advantage of all that Atlanta has to offer.
 

It’s been my dream to own and operate my own graphic design firm for a long time. I just didn’t know when the time was right. I went back to school and got an MBA in Marketing, and then finally got to a point where I told myself to ‘just start.’ This past Christmas I gave myself the gift of business ownership and registered SeeJones Creative, LLC with the state and got my business license. SeeJones Creative’s goals are to design, inspire, and empower impactful visual communications for visionaries. I’m passionate about helping people seeking to make a positive impact in the world realize those dreams and reach their target audiences on paper and online. We create marketing materials for mission-driven organizations and visionary leaders.
 
 

I wanted to update my skills. One sure thing about technology is that it’s constantly changing. My career after college revolved more around illustration and print design, so while I had learned basic HTML and some CSS years ago, web design has changed so much since I was in undergrad. The word “app” wasn’t a household term the way that it is now. I knew how to make a cool looking interface, but it’s helpful to be able to actually know what’s going on in the backend, and to be able to make the app work…
 
 
 

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