Chris Benitez
Founder and Creative Director

Chris launched Benitez Design in 1999. He brings to the firm more than 10 years' experience and expertise in developing meaningful and distinctive solutions to a broad range of design challenges, including corporate and brand identity, on- and off-line visual branding, packaging, print collateral, and environmental graphics.

For five years prior to founding Benitez Design, Chris was Design Director at Curtis Design, where he produced award-winning work for clients such as Ghirardelli, Fantastic Foods, Java City, Hewlett-Packard, KLA-Tencor, and 3Com. Earlier in his career he worked in Seville, Spain, on a variety of design projects — ranging from identity and print collateral to environmental and exhibit graphics — related to the World's Fair, Expo '92.

Chris received a Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic Design from the University of Cincinnati. As part of his educational program, Chris served internships with Landor Associates, a leading international branding and design company, as well as with a global financial services company in New York, and a Zurich-based graphic design company.