A creative director and designer with over 10 years of experience elevating brands with strategic visuals.


Hi, I’m Jivan.

I’m passionate about design that enriches a brand’s presence and message in the world. I collaborate with advertising and brand teams to take their visual communication to a level that feels both effortless and meaningful. While leading and empowering others fills me up, I’m always looking for opportunities to obsessively craft the details myself.

I live in Greenville, SC with my copywriter wife and three charming boys. I’m a sucker for stylish sports, boozy Italian aperitifs, bad puns, and keeping the dying art of hosting alive. My wife is charming too.

Currently at EP+Co.


I’ve worked with some great brands

People-first process.

Communicating is at the heart of creating—whether that’s building client relationships or coaching team members to grow their skills. I measure my own success by the growth and output of the people I work with.


Identity Design


Art Direction


Campaign Creative

Brand Guidelines
& Tools

Design Systems

Branded Spaces
& Exteriors

Wayfinding
& Signage

Brand Architecture


What I believe drives how I work

Translation, not invention.

Design is like journalism. Brand stories already exist, they just need to be told in a more attractive way to mean something to people. I don’t settle until those stories are expressed in ways that feel both effortless and inevitable.

Well-crafted concepts.

I approach ideation and big sky thinking with a knowledge and expertise in fine-tuned execution. I guide every stage of an idea with an obsessive amount of attention to the output quality and the details that matter.

Areas of expertise







If you’d like to discuss a project or find out more about me, send a note to jivan.dave@gmail.com.