Biography of Jon Camrud
Camrud Design is owned and operated as a hands-on designer project by Jon Camrud.
I have always been creative and when faced with earning a living, I decided on Architecture! After earning degrees in Business, Environmental Design, and a Bachelor of Architecture at North Dakota State University, I relocated to Colorado, to work with the Denver Technological Center Executive Offices (DTC), performing architectural reviews and working in the marketing department.
Using a newer computer called a MacIntosh, I quickly became fascinated with computer illustration, learning all the available graphics software in a short time (there wasn't much out at that time). I was picking up jobs on the side as early as 1993, and started Camrud Design Art & Graphics in 1995.
Desiring more creative work, I left DTC in 1996 to create graphics full-time with my own business. My first specialties were logos and hand painted architectural rendering. However, I came to really like working with Adobe Photoshop and started working with photography more and more in 2000. Eventually I bought a digital camera and began my landscape and nature photography career.
In 2007, I realized the importance of search engine marketing. I studied SEO (search engine optimization), read all about it, took seminars, experimented a lot, and in 2009 began offering it as a service as part of the business.
I love what I do and still enjoy experimenting with software capabilities.