Josh Thomassen

Hi, I’m Josh! With 15+ years of experience collaborating with visionary leaders of churches, small businesses, and organizations, my goal is to help you successfully navigate the world of creative projects. For 7 of those years, I served as the Art Director & Senior Designer for National Community Church in Washington, DC.

Whether it’s a sermon series graphic, logo, annual report, book cover, brand identity, campaign collateral, or anything your mind can dream up, it will be skillfully crafted through collaboration and excellence (and probably lots of coffee too).

I want to empower you to visually communicate the heart of your vision with your audience. Imagination, authenticity, conversation, gratitude, excellence. This is the foundation.

Let’s build something beautiful together.

View work samples at joshthomassen.dribbble.com & thomassenco.com

Design services I offer:

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• Sermon Series Design
• Campaign Design
• Social Graphics
• Logos
• Brand Identity
• Book Design and Layout
• Annual Report Design
• Missionary Design Services
• Church Planter Design Services
• Art and Creative Direction
• Creative Consulting

A deeper dive:

Josh is also a creative that knows and loves the Church. For 7+ years (2014-2021), he served as the Senior Designer / Art Director at National Community Church in Washington, DC under the leadership of Pastor Mark Batterson.

A few of the responsibilities Josh had in that role at National Community Church:

Successfully leading digital and print design projects from idea to completion for church-wide ministries/events; supervising and mentoring a full-time graphic designer; coordinating with freelance designers; making purchases, tracking receipts and reporting those items monthly in Concur; designing and art directing sermon series branding and collateral; sourcing product and apparel vendors; managing relationships with print vendors; developing visual concepts for multiple digital and print campaigns; designing and art directing large-scale print projects; designing and managing book/editorial layout projects; designing apparel and merch; developing creative briefs and project intake forms; nurturing unformed ideas/concepts into fully-formed projects; revamping the pre-existing creative project management system; transitioning project management system into Asana; coordinating creative work between filmmakers, social media managers, designers, and production crews; and so much more!

There’s so much more that goes into “design” than meets the eye. Which is why when working with Josh, you’ll not only get a skilled eye for design but also a strategic thinker and collaborator that has worked with many visionary leaders over the past 15 years.

Josh would love to serve as a guide for your creative journey.

Some kind words:

Josh always delivers a stellar product on time. Some of our projects are pretty well defined and he listens well, takes notes and executes our vision wonderfully. In other cases we look to him for concept and design and have always been pleased with the thoughtful and creative work that returns. Each time I’ve used Josh on a project I’ve walked away thinking “It should always be like this.”

Jason Inman, New Media and Production Coordinator, Convoy of Hope

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Josh not only provides great design work, but captures the message and heartbeat of the project. Incredible to work with, timely in delivery and would highly recommend to anyone looking for design help.

Darian, National Men’s Ministries

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Thomassen Collective has given my business the professional presence that I need to stand separate from my competition. All graphic work is completed with the highest level of quality! If you want to take your business to the next level, you need Thomassen on your team!

Krista Smith, Owner, The Music Studio, LLC

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Josh is diligent, creative, professional and a breeze to work with. I recommend him, without reservation. You’ll be glad you did.

Mike Ennis, President, Impact Resource and Development

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The Convoy of Hope Interns are thrilled to partner with Thomassen Collective in getting the word out regarding ways to show compassion around the world. Since the earliest days of the intern program, Thomassen has played a key communications role. We love our partnership with Thomassen Collective due in part to the fabulously creative graphics, timely work, customer service, obvious dedication, and heart for people.

Matt Wilkie, Convoy of Hope

You pick the option that works best for you:

Individual Project
This option is great if you just need a couple of things designed; “Hey Josh, I just need a logo!”

Monthly/Annual Retainer
Perfect for on-going consulting/design projects. We agree on a scope and you get regular access to me.

Custom Contract
Maybe your project involves a bit more. Let’s customize something that fits.

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