Basic Info
| First Name | David |
| Last Name | Miessler-Kubanek |
| Username | davidmk |
Additional Contact Information
| Pronouns | he/him/his |
Progressive Profile
| Current Employer | Self-Employed |
| Current Occupation | Strategic Communications, Creative & Program Leadership |
| Tagline | I help people with bold ideas solve problems through creative work. |
| Bio | Social Justice and belief that we can build and share a regenerative world. Also, I’m a strategic communications professional with 20+ years of experience leading creative, program, and organizational initiatives, helping teams clarify needs, shape practical solutions, and move complex work forward. Combines sound judgment, communications and marketing strategy, stakeholder advising, project coordination, and strong visual and digital execution. Brings unusual depth in information design, web, accessibility, and audience-centered communication to mission-driven initiatives that require both leadership and follow-through. |
| Impact | Acting locally through volunteering in community. Working online and offline to solve problems for clients in communications, marketing, design, UX, and strategy. I’m the lead of a communications committee for a local Indivisible chapter. I also have experience with AI governance for safety (I facilitated a governance for business owners workshop with an AI group), water-testing and reporting, clothing drives for homeless, permaculture gardening, co-creating in community, community journalism on data centers and awareness about maker/repair spaces and groups for the circular economy. |
| Mission | Get connected and experience to help campaigns succeed, build momentum for real change, and be compensated appropriately. |
Work History
| Employer | DMK Creative, LLC |
| Occupation | Owner, Lead Creative |
| Employer | Iowa JPEC and Tippie College of Business, Iowa City, IA |
| Occupation | Adjunct Professor and Mentor, Business |
| Employer | Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA |
| Occupation | Adjunct Professor, Design (Graphic, Web, UX) |
| Employer | Small Business Development Center, Iowa City – Cedar Rapids, IA |
| Occupation | Business Counselor |
| Employer | Startups |
| Occupation | Founder, Co-founder |
| Employer | The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA |
| Occupation | Editorial Graphic Artist |
Volunteer History
| Organization | Communications Committee, Indivisible Linn County Metro |
| Role | Member |
| Organization | Visual Communications Advisory Committee, Kirkwood Community College, IA |
| Role | Committee Member |
| Organization | Board Member, American Advertising Federation, Cedar Rapids – Iowa City, IA |
| Role | Education, Events Chair |
Education
| School | The University of Iowa |
| Degree | BFA Art (Graphic Design) |
| Honors and Achievements | Graduated with Honors Global I.D. Card Contest Finalist Recognition, I.D. Magazine/I.D. Online |
| School | The University of Iowa |
| Degree | BA English |