Vincent Baer
Office Manager & Executive Assistant
From small town Indiana to DePaul University, Vincent Baer was always seeking out creative outlets and opportunities to impact the communities he cares about. As early as high school, he was diving headfirst into community service, donating his time to Key Club (a student-led organization committed to making the world a better place through service) and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. At DePaul, while tackling a double major (Public Relations/Advertising and Art Design), Baer cut his teeth on Chicago’s real estate scene working for Private Holding Group—a property management company with clients across Chicagoland—advocating for owners’ needs, upholding the association’s rules and regulations, and vetting vendors to address structural and internal demands.
In 2016, a freelance graphic design gig led Baer to an executive assistant post for a high-profile interior designer. “I was managing her privately owned luxury properties along with her business and personal needs,” says Baer. “It entailed biding out brokers for buying and selling properties in New York, California, Florida and Chicago, assisting in managing her house staff at the properties’ locations, and making sure her busy life remained as stress-free as possible.” But after four years, Baer was craving a more creative path, and threw his hat in the ring for the office manager position at Marshall Erb Design. And, ultimately, it was his big heart and management chops that prompted Erb to bring him on board in 2020. “I’m excited to be at a boutique firm, immersed in a creative environment where there’s the potential for me to take on more design responsibilities down the road,” says Baer, who is currently managing MED’s invoicing, financials, client proposals and team scheduling. Off the clock, Baer lives in Lakeview with his beloved rescue pup, Taz, and mentors families through Refugee One.
