Senior Graphic Designer

StoryCorps

As lead graphic designer of StoryCorps since 2016, I oversee all parts of the organization related to its visual representation. My responsibilities include:

Maintain knowledge of branding and ensure its consistency across channels and products.

Maintain brand guidelines, toolkits, and audits for brand maintenance and develop new guidelines as needed.

Maintain knowledge of print and digital design and innovative audience engagement and brand strategies for all channels.

Design support for the Director of Marketing & Digital Engagement and Chief Marketing Officer in developing and executing projects to achieve organizational goals.

Supervise, direct, lead, and take ownership of design concept development and idea execution, pursue idea extensions, and lead working collaborations as part of the creative team; also develop working partnerships across the org


specific case studies available upon request

Graphic Design | Layout

propublica.org

ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism. The publication covers a range of topics including government and politics, business, criminal justice, the environment, education, health care, immigration, and technology.

Working closely with both the Design Director and the Director of Marketing in ProPublica, I redesigned their quarterly Impact Report. My effort was to create a dynamic and compelling document which could elevate their fundraising campaigns while also soliciting new stakeholders.

Complete PDF available upon request

Art Direction

Storycorps.org/podcast

StoryCorps produces a biannual podcast dedicated to stories of the human heart.

For 8 seasons I have collaborated with the editors and producers of the StoryCorps podcast programming to create the visual representation of these productions. My role is to identify and support a new artist for each season to illustrate each seasonal theme.

Branding Consultant

YR Media

YR Media is a Bay Area based non-profit media company and network of young journalists and artists.

In 2019 I was asked to collaborate as a consultant to expand their newly redesigned brand. I worked with their marketing department to build out their social media identity, printed matter and digital marketing materials.

Over several years and for various campaigns Megan Jett and I collaborated on illustration and branding projects.

In this creative partnership I would meet with clients and develop the design concepts based upon their their needs to support new programming. Megan’s role was to draft and illustrate my ideas. We worked together on campaigns such as The Great Thanksgiving Listen, American Pathways, StoryCorps Legacy, One Small Step, and several digital initiatives.

Graphic Design | Consulting

BRIC is an organization that presents contemporary art, performing arts and community media programs reflecting Brooklyn’s creativity and diversity. As a presenter of cultural programming, BRIC also provides resources to launch and showcase both artists and media makers.

I teamed up with the organization’s marketing department to create printed materials including seasonal catalogs, ad campaigns, and bus shelter posters.

Art Direction | Consulting

ymcanyc.org

In an extensive redesign , I developed and created microsites based upon the YMCA’s brand focused on new seasonal campaigns. I also worked closely with the Marketing department to create catalogs and seasonal printed material promoting the organization’s community outreach and goals.

Art Director

StoryCorps/MobileTour

The StoryCorps Mobile Tour visits cities and towns across the country to record stories of the people who live there. To celebrate the tour each year I work with an artist to illustrate a commemorative poster of the journey.

Graphic Design

One Small Step is an effort to remind the country of the humanity in all of us—even those with whom we disagree. This program brings strangers together for a conversation about their lives–not to debate politics. Each conversation is archived at the Library of Congress and a small number of interviews are edited into short audio and animated stories that showcase the impact of One Small Step.

For this project I worked closely with the Bay Area based design studio IDW to expand and implement their newly established identity for OSS. While they developed and produced the foundational design elements, I used their materials to build out a large suite of promotional materials.

Graphic Design | Illustration | Consulting

spaceworksnyc.org

Spaceworks is a not-for-profit cultural community development organization dedicated to expanding the supply of long-term, affordable rehearsal and studio space for artists in New York City.

Project 1
Created in partnership with Brooklyn Public Library, I developed site-specific signage and installed it throughout their artist residence space.  These designs included a 17 x 12 foot wall illustration of a map of New York City welcoming visitors into the studios.

Project 2
Working alongside the development team at Governor's Island, I designed banners for the new artist studios being constructed on the grounds.

Art Direction for various email campaigns.

I have consulted on several email campaigns to improve the visibility of organizations. I work within the guidelines of a organizations brand along with artists and graphic designers to create a library of visually rich artwork for large scale email banners.

Design support for poster program for the Residents’ God and Three Persons performance at the MOMA.

Layout by Homer Flynn of the Residents. Artwork by Stephane Blanquet

Art Director | Web Designer

courageousparentsnetwork.org

Courageous Parents Network is a growing platform for families with children with life limiting illnesses to connect and support each other. I have had the honor to work with the founder, Blyth Lord, to design the organization’s website as its resources grow.

The website for CPN began in 2012. As the network has expanded over the years in both materials and reach there has been a ongoing need to organize its growing library. Over the past 5 years I worked with the staff web developers to help to restructure and design multiple components of the site as it moved from a classic website to fully functional web platform.