C. Jean Grover was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and came to the Rochester area in 1971. She later attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, majoring in Graphic Design/Communications, minoring in Creative Writing, and graduating “With Highest Honors” distinction in 1984.

Jean has worked as a graphic designer, creative director, art director, marketing professional, copywriter and illustrator in Rochester, NY, since 1983. She began her career as Art Director for a small marketing consulting agency with big clients, such as Bausch and Lomb, the American Society of Association Executives, and Eastman Kodak Company. After five years there, she launched her own company, with a specialty in creative work for the small to medium-sized organization. She has freelanced for many local businesses; a complete client list can be viewed here.  Over the years, she has also worked in full time positions for several clients, and currently works as the Manager of Marketing and Community Relations at Villa of Hope. She has still maintained her freelance business, celebrating its 31st year.

Web design and development was added to the services offered, in 2006.  Jean’s proficiencies are in the Adobe Creative Suite programs, and customizing WordPress. In 2013, she added video direction, production, and editing.

Jean has won several awards in the Rochester Area Printing Week Competition, and most recently, an RCTV “Creative Use of Media” award, and an invitation to speak about her youth marketing work in 2015 at the annual conference of the National Council on Independent Living. In 2017, she won a Pinnacle Award from the American Marketing Association, for her work for Villa of Hope.

Jean is enthusiastically involved in her community, along with her husband and 4 children. A Thalidomide survivor, she has recently embraced this identity, and is on the Board of Directors of US Thalidomide Survivors. She is currently helping to organize the group’s second annual conference, and is working on a documentary on this important untold story.

ABOUT GROVER WEB AND DESIGN

July, 2018 marked the 30th anniversary for Grover Web and Design, which was originally begun in a downtown Rochester apartment in 1988 with the DBA: C. Jean Powell Design. Over the years, the name was changed to C. Jean Penner Design, and then, in 2006, to Grover Web and Design.  It is a sole proprietorship that features the work of C. Jean Grover.

We hope you stay awhile and browse our portfolios — Logo, Print, Web Design, Video, and Illustration.

You may also want to check out this site’s blog. While it will occasionally contain insight into a recent marketing challenge, it may also touch upon civil rights and disability issues, and deeply personal analyses of identity. Enjoy!