1import{S as e}from"./index-DkImPNed.js";const t={id:"jeremy-a",title:"Strategic Creative Entrepreneur",author:"Jeremy Abbett",description:"Building and leading from Principal to Founder / Creative Partner.",personaType:"Entrepreneurial Hybrid",isTemplate:!0,steps:[{id:"step-2",title:"Graphic Design - University of Wisconsin-Stout",year:"1994",category:e.EDUCATION,description:"Graphic Design",tags:["University of Wisconsin-Stout","Graphic Design"]},{id:"step-1",title:"Communication Design - Fachhochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen",year:"1995",category:e.EDUCATION,description:"Communication Design",tags:["Fachhochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen","Communication Design"]},{id:"step-11",title:"Founder / Creative Partner at Fork Unstable Media",year:"1996",category:e.JOB,description:"Grew the design practice from a three person collective to a design studio with over twenty employees in three locations that would become internationally known.",tags:["Fork Unstable Media","design","creative","founder"]},{id:"step-10",title:"Founder / Managing Partner at Truth Dare Double Dare",year:"2001",category:e.JOB,description:"Lead creative work and business development for a multidisciplinary studio focused on building bespoke artifacts at the intersection of art, technology and culture...",tags:["Truth Dare Double Dare","development","creative","founder"]},{id:"step-0",title:"Interaction Design - Interaction Design Institute Ivrea",year:"2002",category:e.EDUCATION,description:"Interaction Design",tags:["Interaction Design Institute Ivrea","Interaction Design"]},{id:"step-9",title:"Executive Creative Director at Leo Burnett",year:"2004",category:e.JOB,description:"Managed and built the creative team that spearheaded interactive projects for main client Philip Morris International and Marlboro Racing. 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