Miso Soup Design
Package Design / UX / Logo Design, Print & Branding / Web / Package Design Tips / Inspiration
Hello! Miso Soup Design is myself, Gregor Jamroski. From Seattle, WA, I am currently located in Japan. I am a multi-disciplinary, award winning, designer. I work with brands, agencies and small to medium sized business - internationally. With 25+ years experience I craft product, retail and online experiences based on a deep understanding of the intersection of client & customer needs.
I have held a variety of senior level titles for print and digital that includes Art Director, Creative Director, Senior Product Designer
and Principal UX Designer among others for Fortune 100 companies, Design/Ad Agencies as well as small/medium organizations. This strong combination of Art Direction and UX Design, backed by early training in the fine and applied arts, benefits my clients and also serve as a
base to mentor young designers. While UX design is generally relegated to the digital space, it is a complex practice applied across all brand
touchpoints. Ask me why.
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MY WORK
Over the course of my 25+ year career I have honed in on three areas: Structural Engineering and Design for retail packaging, Conceptual & Visual User Experience Design for desktop applications, and Marketing Design (web & print).
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Retail Packaging
Throughout my career I have packaged well over 350 SKUs including POP displays, package inserts and other collateral. My designs have included standard packaging formats (boxed, clamshell, etc.) as well as highly customized dielines that allow consumers to interact with your product without compromising the integrity of the product or package - meaning maximum interaction with no loss of revenue due to damaged packages or products.
Please note that in the feelance space I rarely recieve usable photos of product shots. Where possible I have added link to the dielines that are not under NDA. -
Food & Beverage
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Matcha Tea Package Design
Private Label for Kodengaeshi (gift given at a funeral wake)
Role: Package Designer
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Mikuniya Premium Nori for the US Market-Client Pitch
Role: Package Designer
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BrioFoods Salad Dressing Label
Role: Brand Designer/Package Designer
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Oorja Protein Bar
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Food That Love You Back Packaging
Role: Brand Designer/Package Designer
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Pure Joy Bake Shop Labels
Role: Package Designer
Pure Joy Bake Shop Tamper Seal
Role: Package Designer
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Jorniji Re-usable Miso Packaging
Role: Label Designer
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Happy Cat to Go Bento Box
Role: Label Designer
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Client Pitch: Kita-Kyushu Micro-Brew Lager Beer
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Doutor Iced Coffee Blend
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Cafe Cozy Soba Noodle Packaging
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Japanese Flank Steak Shipping Box
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Health & Supplements
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Game Changer Protein All-In-One
Role: Package & Brand Designer
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Game Changer Buffered Creatine
Role: Package &: Brand Designer
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Alsanus Supplement
Role: Label Designer
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Beauty
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浮世絵
Role: Package Designer
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Hand Crafted Ume Plum Bar Soap
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Brownskyn Body Cream
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Sakura Therapy Body Soap
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Obagi Limited Edition Luxury Collagen Restoration
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Personal Protective Equipment & Sanitizers
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Curamedic Plus Premium Face Masks
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Urgent RN Face Masks
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Ark Hand Sanitizer Label
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Tazza Disinfectant Wipes
Role: Package Designer
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Hygiene Hub for Grab of Singapore
Label Design for Hand Sanitizer Units
Role: Package Designer
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Housewares (Kitchenwares, Barware, Appliances)
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Wineaire Package Design
Role: Package Designer
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Furber Table Blender
Role: Package Designer
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Tovolo Package Design
Role: Art Director/Package Engineer
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Bamix of Switzerland Package Design
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Role: Package Designer
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General Consumer Goods
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Pink Sodium Sublimated Tumbler
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Pure Breath Shakuhachi Packaging
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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CalmBed Hngtag
Role: Package Designer
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Panda Drum
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Medicinal & Recreational Cannabis
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Dairyland Dankery
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
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Volta Cannabis Packaging
Role: Package Designer
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Volta Plantprofen Packaging
Role: Package Designer
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Print
When I began my career as a designer, print, television and radio were the mediums. Print was done with paste-up boards, pica rulers, half tones and type set. As a designer I have retooled myself accordingly: initially Quark, FreeHand & Photoshop up to now, with Adobe CC 2020 as the standard.
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Logo Design
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Briofoods Logo
Role: Brand & Label Designer
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Brownskyn Logo
Role: Brand & Label Designer
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Colindale Tote Bags Heat Stamp Logo - Chinese Market
Role: Brand Designer
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Thinking Cap Logo
Role: Senior Designer
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Game Changer Logo
Role: Brand & Package Designer
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Sakura Therapy Logo
Role: Brand & Label Designer
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Moonlight Bay Logo
Role: Designer
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Vibe Functional Mushrooms Logo
Role: Brand & Label Designer
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Microsoft Visual Studio Extensibility Logo
Role: Senior Designer
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Eco Design Logo
Role: Creative Director
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Brand Collateral
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Paragon Computing Solutions
Role: Senior Designer
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Bare of Australia Direct Mail Pop-up Brochure
Role: Direct Mail Designer
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Bare of Australia
Role: Direct Mail Designer
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Mackris vs O'Reilly Poster
Role: Art Director/Designer
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Earth Economics Conference collateral
Role: Senior Designer
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Foods That Love You Back Direct Mail
Role: Art Director
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Foods That Love You Back Informational Poster
Role: Art Director
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Jamie Oliver/bamix of Switzerland
Role: Senior Designer
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Brand Books & Specifications
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Game Changer Brand Book
Role: Brand & Package Designer
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Foods That Love You Back Brand Book
Role: Brand & Package Designer
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Truecentive Visual & Interaction Specification
Role: Senior UX Designer
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Microsoft Visual Studio Specification
Role: Product Designer
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Earth Economics Ecosystem Valuation
Toolkit SpecificationRole: Senior UX Designer
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Catalogues, Books, Short Publications
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Earth Economics Ecosystem Evaluation
Role: Senior Designer
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Russian Far East
Role: Book Designer
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Artist Monograph: Jef Gunn
Role: Art Director
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Event Catalog: Global Partnerhips
Role: Art Director
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User Experience
Please note: a great deal of UX work I have done has been for internal products including desktop applications, browser-based applications, work assistants (Microsoft, Amazon & Starbucks specifically), corporate HIGs (Human Interface Guidelines), etc. I am only able to show these to you in consideration for a project you may have and with a strict NDA in place.
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MyMuseo
Role: Creative Director/Principal UX Designer
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Microsoft 8.1 + app
Role: Senior UX Designer
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ImageRanger
Role: UX Consultant
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Microsoft Technical Computing Workbench
Role: Product Designer
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 UI
Role: Product Designer
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Microsoft MFX - Internal Web Application
Role: Art Director
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Microsoft Partner Program Kiosk
Role: Art Director
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Microsoft Certifications - Web Application
Role: Senior UX Designer
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Microsoft Partner Program Kiosk
Role: Art Director
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Earth Economics Ecosystem Valuation Toolkit
Role: Senior UX Designer
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Alere Wellbeing Coach Application
Role: Senior Product Designer, User Experience
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Truecentive Visual Web Application
Role: Senior UX Designer
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Web Design
The web has evolved dramatically over a short period of time. From a critical perspective the web has become flat and unfortunately boring. User Experience has become a buzzword that is out of context from organizations that invest in UX research, UX concept design and UX visual design. Generally, Bootstrap and Parallax templates, platforms such as Wordpress, Shopify, and others have reduced the web to formulaic patterns that do not lead to an emotional and desirability response from users. Certainly I have designed such sites based on client request as it is a cheap alternative to designing a unique site from the ground up. However, even in the context of template driven sites I always do my best to modify the templates to emotionally engage users - encouraging customer loyalty and brand trust.
I have held senior postions designing countless websites. These include Vail Resort, Eddie Bauer's e-commerce site and internal sites and browser based intranet applications for companies such as Microsoft, HP, Starbucks, Amazon and others. Over the years these may or may not have changed. Please contact me for more information.
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To see my full resume, please click here: GregorJamroski.pdf
Plant Based Japan
Role: Art Director/Package Designer
Tengzing Momo Valerian Extract
Role: Label Designer
Testimonials
"Very professional, great communication, highly responsive, and creative!"
Thank you.
-- Krishna Rathi
CEO, Oorja Bars
Gregor was a complete professional from start to finish and has been a pleasure to work with. He is incredibly knowledgeable and delivered incredible packaging for our project.
Thank you.
-- Komnieve Singh
Upekha Ventures
"One of the best packaging designers I know and I've tried many"
-- Volta Biotech
Food That Love You Back
I love these Gregor - they are fantastic. I appreciate your expertise. I do...I do!
Thank you.
-- Elle Astrup
Food That Love You Back
Gregor was a joy to work with. He was prompt in communication, considerate, and very clear about what he needed from me to get the job done. He did very good work with the difficult materials I provided him. He's a true professional and I hope to work with him again.
Thank you.
--Peter Marsh
Author
"Gregor was an ideal designer, with a warm and open communication style. Balancing professionalism and familiarity, Gregor was very communicative from the beginning and made me feel that my project was prioritized and important."
--Virginia Landi
Precious Creative
#Thank you Gregor!
You've maintained your Top Rated status for another full year!
We created the Top Rated program to support the best talent on Upwork. Less than 10% of our community has earned this distinction, and even fewer maintain the high quality and standards for as long as you have.
I want to personally thank you for all the great work you do to help make Upwork a vibrant community. Wishing you continued success."
-- Hayden Brown
CEO, Upwork
"Gregor is singular in his passion for the best possible UX in terms of functional effectiveness and pleasure of the experience, while honoring the constraints of the project at hand. He works well with diverse teams and stakeholders, but will also warn you with candor when you're heading down a design road that will end in tears.
In practical terms, he's a master of many techniques and tools, and unlike some UX experts, he can deliver the design in formats that application developers can consume directly, thereby eliminating that awkward gap that can otherwise lead to unplanned design compromises and wasted time.
I've worked directly with Gregor at Aere Wellbeing, seen his excellent results with other teams, and have recommended him to colleagues that were relying on me for the right referral. He continues to be my go-to for UX.#
-- Trevor Rotzien
General Manager, Traction On Demand
"Gregor is true to his craft, will give his best and deliver beyond. A creative thinker combined with an active listener I enjoyed working side by side with him navigating simple and mostly complicated strategic communication challenges.
Should I ever need a person with his skill set I am glad to know that I have to look no further."
-- Azur Moulaert
Director of Business Operations and Strategic Partnerships, Earth Economics
"I had the opportunity to work with Gregor at Alere Wellbeing on a project to create a new internal coaching application for a client with custom needs. We collaborated together on user research, demographic analysis, and persona development.
As a business analyst, he made my job easy - his experience and abilities as interaction designer provided more than just wireframes; he provided a full interaction model which was modularized to anticipate future needs and growth, interaction guidelines, and ux specifications, including accessibility considerations. Further, we had tight timelines and delivered a simple, rational, and elegant application in record time. I look forward to the next time I get an opportunity to work with him!"
-- Monica McCool
Project Manager - Big Data, TWM Systems
"I had the opportunity to work with Gregor when he was a designer at Eddie Bauer. He is talented, creative and able to both think outside the box and implement usable solutions. While Gregor is passionate about innovation, he never loses sight of the business goals at hand. He has a great personality and always works hard to find the best solution to any problem."
-- John Palacios
Senior UX Designer, Indeed.com
"Gregor was one of my go-to designers at Big Fish (creative staffing.)
Our clients liked him and requested his services again and again. Gregor works well on a team and is also an effective communicator.
His combination of print and web skills gives him a solid foundation as a designer. Book him now before your competition does :)".
-- Jamie Gutierrez
Director of Talent Acquisition, Adidas Latin America
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