About
From the Bayou to your neck of the woods, remotely.
I’m Jacob, an empathic human who designs. I’m a research-driven design thinker and leader with a work history in financial services, edtech, enterprise marketing, e-commerce, nonprofit, agency, and extensive freelance, including marketing design, user experience, brand identity, and all manner of digital and print.
Multidisciplinary, holistic design professional with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, concentration in Graphic Design—with a healthy gumbo of inclinations. Organizer, volunteer, and neighbor. I believe in solidarity over charity, and action over words.
I live with my wife Brittany and our two cats Mabelline and Jimi Paige, and I spend free time hanging out with them, learning, listening to and playing music, and working in the garden.
My interests and background experience meet at service to people, design that aims to solve wicked problems, and turning data and metrics into action to materially benefit real humans.
In addition to my B.F.A. in Graphic Design and over a dozen years of design professional work experience, I'm always researching, learning, and iterating. From Bayou Lafourche to my home in Lafayette, LA, I do good work with great people locally and around the world through design and service.
Et bien, c’est tout!
Learn more about some organizations I’ve been involved in and care about below.
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TownFolk.org — Nurturing the Vision of a Safe, Vibrant, and Diverse Urban Community
TownFolk is a non-profit resident organization dedicated to improving quality of life for residents and businesses in the LaPlace neighborhood of Lafayette, Louisiana.
By creating a strong network of positive, forward-thinking citizens, and partnering with like-minded local businesses and organizations, we hope to restore pride to our historic neighborhood. TownFolk promotes hand ups, not handouts. We believe in sweat equity, lending a helping hand and the true value that comes with investing in your community.
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“Down the Bayou” Mutual Aid Instagram
Direct fund relief for people affected by hurricanes in the South Lafourche area.
“The bayou has always done mutual aid—we’ve just never called it that.It’s neighbors helping neighbors. It’s getting what needs to get done, done. It’s your cousin, your cousin’s cousin, and their cousin making it happen.
That’s the bayou, y’all. That’s just us.”
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Gallery 333 was a concept passion project located within the Studios at LWG artists' lofts by @jacob_danos and @breakfast_at_briffanys. 2014-2020.
Inclusive arts and events concept based out of artists lofts in Downtown Lafayette, LA. We were able to host shows that wouldn’t be seen anywhere else, and amplify voices of our community in a fun and engaging way.
This was a labor of love for two broke college kids in low-income housing. It was tough and I’m so happy to have done it. Check out some of the shows and events we put on Gallery 333.
