I can think visually, too. While I wouldn’t dare call myself a graphic designer, I can create a visual universe for business messaging and am comfortable ideating and sketching an initial treatment for infographics and other data visualization elements. Working side-by-side with a designer from brainstorming to final execution tends to elevate my work.
Here is the final infographic designed based on my original pitch, copy, and sketch (illustrated infographic + original blackboard concept). On the whiteboard, an infographic I was developing based on a Gartner report about PTC.