Chad Cheek

Chad Cheek has over 35 years of brand marketing, strategic business development and nonprofit, community-related arts management experience. He has worked with companies to successfully launch new brands, remake existing ones, provide brand strategy direction and facilitate short and long-term planning.

Strategic thinking in the arts is more critical now than it has ever been. The healthy tension between uncontrollable external forces and the internal pressures to always elevate various specific artistic expressions — regardless of discipline — requires a sharp, deft approach to managing The Next Move. And The One after that…

Chad Cheek

Credentials

• Owner and Chief Creative Officer of Elephant in The Room, a design and brand consultancy in Winston-Salem that specializes in graphic design and brand development and creation, in addition to various brand marketing and communication solutions. 
• Founder and Chief Curator of Artarie.

Career Highlights

• Worked collaboratively with other members of the community to design and construct the largest piece of public art in the history of Winston-Salem. 
• Featured on Greater Winston-Salem's podcast, "Greater Conversations."
• Has designed content for high-profile clients such as AIGA Triad NC, Champion, The Denver Film Society, Wake Forest College, RiverRun International Film Festival and more with his company Elephant in The Room. 

Organizations

• The North Carolina Arts Council (Board of Directors)
• The North Carolina Arts Foundation (Board of Directors)
• ABC of NC (Board of Directors)
• The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County (Board of Trustees)
• Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership (Board of Directors)