{"id":9725,"date":"2025-06-04T10:37:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/?page_id=9725"},"modified":"2025-06-04T11:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:08:49","slug":"kevin-oates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/kevin-oates\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Oates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"kevin-oates\">Kevin Oates<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Graphic Designer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ghostkit-grid ghostkit-grid-gap-md\"><div class=\"ghostkit-grid-inner\">\n<div class=\"ghostkit-col ghostkit-col-md-12 ghostkit-col-6\"><div class=\"ghostkit-col-content is-layout-flow wp-block-grid-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1024\" width=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2025\/06\/HOP06293.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2025\/06\/HOP06293.jpg 5166w, https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2025\/06\/HOP06293.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2025\/06\/HOP06293.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2025\/06\/HOP06293.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2025\/06\/HOP06293.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2025\/06\/HOP06293.jpg?resize=1638,2048 1638w, https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2025\/06\/HOP06293.jpg?resize=72,90 72w, https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2025\/06\/HOP06293.jpg?resize=1440,1800 1440w, https:\/\/sportsengine-staging.go-vip.net\/heartsofpine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2025\/06\/HOP06293.jpg?resize=720,900 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ghostkit-col ghostkit-col-md-12 ghostkit-col-6\"><div class=\"ghostkit-col-content is-layout-flow wp-block-grid-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Hey there bub. I\u2019m Kevin (\u2018Oatesy\u2019 around the office), the Graphic Designer for Hearts of Pine, and newest member to join this team of loveable misfits. From merchandise to signage and social media, if it\u2019s got graphics on it, I\u2019m your guy. Though I joined the team in May 2025, I\u2019ve been a \u201cMainer\u201d since 2012. Growing up in proper upstate NY, I would spend my Winter and Summer breaks in Ogunquit visiting my grandparents who have been living in Maine since the 1950\u2019s. I fell in love with Maine, and decided to pursue my undergraduate degree at USM for Music Education in 2004. If you\u2019re asking how a Music Education guy became the graphic designer for Maine\u2019s first professional soccer club, I\u2019ll quickly sum it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">From teaching GK-12 orchestra to founding &amp; leading Maine Youth Rock Orchestra (some of you may have met me that way), orchestra has always been passion <em>numero uno<\/em>. Though when it came to needing a graphic designer and not being able to afford one while starting MYRO, I took it upon myself to learn what it takes to be a great graphic designer by studying and practice, and fell head over heels for design (definitely fell a lot first though). In 2020 I launched my own business, Pinky Swear Design Co., providing quality branding and design services for small businesses &amp; nonprofits in Maine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">And now here we are, bringing visual life to The Soccer Club of Maine. Though I\u2019m from away, Maine is my home (minus a 4-year expedition to NYC teaching), and I couldn\u2019t be more excited to be a part of the story that the Hearts are telling, on and off the pitch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Fun Facts to Know:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:20px\">Cellist of 35 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:20px\">Grew up on a sheep farm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:20px\">I\u2019m a Manchester United fan&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:20px\">Performed with Disturbed, Guster, Yellowcard, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Vanna, Ghost of Paul Revere and more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:20px\">Played soccer for 5 years and never scored a goal. 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