Snapshot
Birkdesign Inc. is a creative interactive agency that specializes in digital publishing and visual storytelling. Our services include a wide range of creative solutions: content creation, client networking and promotion, infographics, event marketing, collateral branding and design, videos, animation, brochures, logos, song and jingle writing, web design, print, books and publications, gift bags, street and billboard ads, creative strategy, animation and original art and photography, interactive multi-touch eBooks and ePublications.

As President and Creative Director of Birkdesign Inc., JinJa Birkenbeuel partners with clients across many industries to creatively champion their ideas and causes, and also develop strategic interactive, marketing, design and branding initiatives for their businesses. JinJa is a trusted business advisor who fosters a lively creative process within a collaborative client relationship. Since 1997, her solutions have delivered measurable results for her clients' programs. JinJa has provided interactive and personal branding for civic leaders and entrepreneurs, created digital, marketing and advertising campaigns for organizations and institutions, and worked with private and Fortune 500 companies to design corporate communications and financial reporting.

In May 2012, JinJa launched The Publishing Department, a digital publishing company, whose purpose is to help businesses and people reach a global and diverse market through branding, designing and converting their books, documents and publications for mobile devices. The first book released was "Explore Chicago with Chicago Neighborhood Tours" for The Department of Cultural Affairs. It is available on Apple's iBookstore. In November 2012, the company published the art eBook Lee Godie: Finding Beauty. The City of Chicago Cultural Plan will also be designed and published as an multi-touch interactive eBook in English and Spanish by Birkdesign Inc. in January 2013.

JinJa leverages her social capital and business network to raise money for impassioned people and organizations that ignite her interest. She was a member of the gala committees for 2012 Primo Center for Women and Children, and organization dedicated to reducing homelessness one family at a time, and Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art's 2012 Visionary Ball. In 2011, representing the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, JinJa was an expert panelist on women in branding for the Chicago screening of the critically acclaimed film "Miss Representation."

Additionally, JinJa has extensive experience developing creative strategies and gathering requirements for business processes, which include researching the client environment and their customers, analyzing competitor brands and their branding and interactive solutions and then delivering a creative design solution that fits the needs of those processes. In addition, JinJa keeps apprised of current creative technologies and solutions which enables her to provide value-added insight and knowledge to a client’s deepest challenge. JinJa’s competitive advantages are audience and end user-focused development approach for the best creative solutions, attentive client relationships, detail oriented, high integrity, networking and sourcing for clients and methodical project management skills.

A visual communications graduate of Northern Illinois University, JinJa is also a songwriter and publisher for Utah Carol (http://www.myspace.com/utahcarol), a musical group that composes songs for film, advertising and business. The mother of three sons, she donates her expertise to projects at their school, Near North Montessori School and serves on the Women's Board of the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art.