about imagewerks
history & bio

Imagewerks Design was founded by Bonnie F. Ontko in 2007 and is growing steadily. Bonnie brings 11 years of advertising and marketing communications experience to the company covering a wide area of personal expertise. Complex project management experience, professional ethics, creative talent and an entrepreneurial spirit creates the winning combination and sets the foundation for Imagewerks Design.

Bonnie gained experience first as a designer and held leadership roles in several companies over the past decade. Early in her career, she jumped right into the position of Corporate Creative Director for Howard Hanna, formerly Smythe, Cramer Co. There, she made a significant impact by leading the company into digital presentations, a more contemporary website, high-profile corporate newsletters and upscale direct marketing campaigns. Bonnie was also responsible for the production of several issues of Fine Ohio Homes Magazine. All of her work at Smythe, Cramer received awards and recognition prior to their purchase by Howard Hanna.

Several years later, she held the position of Director of Marketing & Creative Services for Life Settlement Insights, a young life settlement brokerage company. There, she reissued their corporate identity, redesigned their corporate site, developed a company intranet, designed trade show materials and all their marketing communications. Then, she did the same thing for their spin-off company, LifeX, an online exchange for unwanted life insurance policies. Again, most of the work for these two companies received awards.

Prior to pursuing her creative career, Bonnie spent ten years in the technology industry as a programmer, systems engineer, trainer and sales support. Industries included general business, engineering, factory automation and telecommunications.

High-end corporate design is what initially attracted Bonnie to the field of commercial art. This intention shines through in all of her work and has become her trademark style over the years.

Bonnie holds a B. A. from Mount Union College and earned an M. A. in Communication Theory from Cleveland State University. She received her design and artistic education from Cuyahoga Community College and the Cleveland Institute of Art.