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Jon Merchant
Jon Merchant
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Barrie, Canada

Summary

Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Game Designer in the Tabletop Gaming Industry with a background in Fine Arts. Partner in the Quick Strike Game Series. Focused on player experience, approachability, accessibility, and a passion for creating beautiful and functional components.

Lead graphic designer on over a dozen published games including Flock Together, Trailblazer: the John Muir Trail and Arizona Trail, Tiny Epic Cthulhu, Adventure Tactics: Adventures in Alchemy, Night Market, First Class Letters, and Ovation.

Over 50 board game credits and collaborations for graphic design and illustration, including co-published Squire for Hire card game, mobile app, and expansion. Designed graphics and page layouts for over 30 crowdfunding campaign pages.

Skills and Experience:
Creative Direction
Product and Packaging Design
Logos and Branding
Iconography
Card Frames and Icons
Rulebook Layout
Crowdfunding Page Design
3D Component Renders
Ads, Printed Promotional Materials
Digital Illustration
Print Prepress

Skills

Concept ArtDigital PaintingIllustrationPaintingDrawingGraphic DesignLogo DesignTraditional Art

Software proficiency

Illustrator
Illustrator
Photoshop
Photoshop
InDesign
InDesign
Procreate
Procreate
Affinity Designer
Affinity Designer
Affinity Photo
Affinity Photo
Dimension
Dimension
affinity publisher
affinity publisher

Productions

    • Board & Card Games
      Flock Together: Birds of a Feather "Eggspansion"
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      Lead Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Seacow Games
    • Board & Card Games
      Reef & Ruins
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      Lead Graphic Design, Illustrator
    • Company
      Weird Giraffe Games
    • Board & Card Games
      VINYL Anthology (Classic, Masters of Metal, British Invasion, Big Band, Awesome 80s, Jukebox)
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Graphic Designer, Layout for Print
    • Company
      Talon Strikes Studios
    • Board & Card Games
      Ovation
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Lead Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Looking Glass Workshop
    • Board & Card Games
      Trailblazer: The Arizona Trail
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Lead Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Mariposa Games
    • Board & Card Games
      Flock Together
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Lead Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Sea Cow Games
    • Board & Card Games
      Tiny Epic Cthulhu
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Lead Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Gamelyn Games
    • Board & Card Games
      Slackjack
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Jellybean Games / Bean Games
    • Board & Card Games
      Realm of Shadows Collection: Hand of Destiny, Forgotten Road and Last Stronghold
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Lead Graphic Designer, Illustrator
    • Company
      Barrett Publishing
    • Board & Card Games
      Way Too Many Cats
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Weird Giraffe Games
    • Board & Card Games
      Hunted - Wode Ridge
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Graphic Designer and Illustrator
    • Company
      Barrett Publishing
    • Board & Card Games
      Trailblazer: The John Muir Trail
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Lead Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Mariposa Games
    • Board & Card Games
      Adventure Tactics 2e and Adventures in Alchemy
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Letiman Games
    • Board & Card Games
      Gift of Tulips
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Weird Giraffe Games
    • Board & Card Games
      Wicked & Wise Deluxe Edition
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      Lead Graphic Designer, Component and Product Design
    • Company
      Weird Giraffe Games
    • Board & Card Games
      Wicked & Wise
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Weird Giraffe Games
    • Book
      Questlings: So you want to be a Palandin
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Letiman Games LLC
    • Board & Card Games
      Questlings: RPG
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Graphic Designer, Illustrator
    • Company
      Letiman Games, Game and a Curry
    • Board & Card Games
      Studies in Sorcery
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Weird Giraffe Games LLC
    • Board & Card Games
      Pirate Pursuit: The Spanish Treasure Fleet
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Graphic Designer, Illustrator
    • Company
      PlayGames2Learn
    • Board & Card Games
      Squire for Hire: Mystic Runes
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Game Designer
    • Company
      Letiman Games
    • Board & Card Games
      With a Smile and a Gun
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Subsurface Games
    • Board & Card Games
      Roar and Write!
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Graphic Designer
    • Company
      Galactic Raptor Games LLC
    • Board & Card Games
      Squire for Hire
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Game Designer
    • Company
      Letiman Games, LLC