ABOUT ME

Hello my name is Jennifer Greive, I am an Ohio Based Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Hand Lettering Artist specializing in t-shirt design, stationery, stickers and enamel pins. My personal brand Fueled By Letters was born from my love for Typography and Hand Lettering. If you follow me on instagram, a lot of my work revolves around mental health awareness and positivity, inspiring other artists to reach their dreams. 

During the day, I work full-time at American Greetings in the retail experience department creating signage and packaging design for our multiple store accounts.

If you're looking to collaborate on a project or looking for branding work, etc for stickers, t-shirt designs or social media advertising don’t hesitate to e-mail me at jen@fueledbyletters.com. For a look at my education and work history you can take a look at my resume here.

My Hobbies include: spending time with my Husband and Daughter, watching anime, playing video games, movies, reading, crafting, going for walks around the neighborhood, playing with my two cats [Wheatley and Starlight] and just enjoying being creative.

Technical Skills: Layout Design, Logo Design, Branding, Hand Lettering, Illustration, Photography, Packaging Design, T-shirt Design, Photo Retouching, Basic Video-Editing, Basic HTML/CSS, Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Indesign CC, Adobe Premiere CC, Adobe After Effects CC, Microsoft Office, Google Sheets, Google Docs, Procreate, Mac/PC.

Professional Skills: Strong Work Ethic, Attention to Detail, Team Oriented, Communication and Time Management.

Why i started my side business

It all started when I got laid off from Giant Eagle Market District where I worked on hand lettering and illustration on chalkboards to promote products. I had a hard time finding another job for 3 months. During that time I found other artists on Instagram achieving their dreams of becoming full-time freelancers who also helped coach other artists to do just that. I fell in love with hand lettering when I had the job at Market District, so I asked myself why not me? I know this is something I could do! I started practicing more with my hand lettering and posted my work on instagram to get noticed.

At the end of October 2016 I finally landed a new job. A couple of months in I started feeling unfulfilled with my work and I knew I had more potential to do more. Around 2017 I began doing hand lettering challenges on the side of my day job and the more I practiced the better I got. At this point I started working on a new website and logo for my brand. Which as you see now!

In 2018 I was diagnosed with an eye disease in both of my eyes called Myopic Degeneration. As an artist I am completely terrified having this disease because I have no idea what that means for my vision in the future. But so far they have been continuing to be stable for about 5 years now. This has become one of my biggest reasons to finally have career fulfillment and to be happy doing what I love. As a public service announcement go to the eye doctor when you start noticing bizarre spots and flashing in your eyes. Vision is so important!

2020 I became a first time Mom. Being a Mom during the pandemic has been the hardest thing I have ever had to do. My Daughter and Family are the biggest reasons to trying to find something out there meant for me.

For my last PSA don’t ever give up on your dreams even when it can get discouraging. The harder you work the sooner you will get there!