The cover for the 2018 Best of Seattle issue of Seattle Weekly. This was always the issue we put the most creative work into since it was the most popular issue for advertising. I had a lot of fun working with another graphic designer on the style guide for this.
An example of 2 newspaper wraps for Seattle Weekly. The art is provided by the client and my job was to reformat it onto a wrap template. I would work directly with the client and their graphic designer to ensure we were all happy with the final product.
An example of an advertising flyer for Seattle Weekly. These were made for monthly advertising deals, so a new flyer for every month. I would work directly with the editor to make sure the flyer properly displayed what the section would be. Then I would work with the sales rep to make sure all the pricing and sizes were correct (and any other design critiques they had).
An example of a cover from Homer News, this publication has consistently won WNPA awards for writing, photography, and design.
An example of an Arts page for Homer News. This section is really popular for advertising, so that adds some fun layout challenges.
An example of a cover of a weekly publication I oversaw. This community is very into sports and I was honored with the opportunity to have the most creative freedom when it came to its layout.
I was asked to take all the distribution data and make it into a map. I had a lot of fun working directly with the Eastside publisher on this project.
An example of a health magazine we would publish annually. It's a health magazine geared towards seniors, we also would be responsible for finding "filler" articles for these publications if the reporter content couldn't fill everything.
An example of a spread from the Bellingham Business Journal's annual Book of Lists. This is a very data heavy magazine, I got to make charts and infographics for this magazine.
An example of a MyCity magazine spread. All the publications followed the same template for uniformity so a lot of my job was making sure we were working within the style guides.
Another example of a MyCity spread, advertising gets first placement so a lot of the challenge was making sure the lists were formatted to fit, but not too tight or loose.
An annual magazine produced by the Bellingham Chamber of Commerce. I followed their style guide for this, and worked directly with the head of the chamber. They provided all the photos and copy and my job was to take it all and plug it onto the pages, keeping it similar to previous years but with new colors. I also worked directly with the chamber for the months long proofing process.
An example of a spread from the annual Kirkland Business Directory. The green highlighted listings are clients that paid extra, so making sure none of those were missed was a huge part of layout. Ads also have to be on the same page as their listing, so that was an extra layout challenge.
An example of the annual Kirkland Events Guide. I would work directly with the publications editor to make sure all the events made it into the magazine. I would also occasionally be asked to write the descriptions for some of these events.
I was tasked with doing a brand identity for a local landscaping company. The owner requested we keep the water theme and that the brand have an overall fun and goofy (but still professional) feel.
Deigned packaging for a fictitious cigarette company. The brand is going to be used in local independant film. The client wanted a cigarette with a noir, 1960s feel. And felt that the ads should reflect that attitude.
My friend has his own production company (same as Caribou Cigarette). He asked me to design him a simple logo for his production company. He specifically wanted a film feel, because he likes classic film. Afterwards, he asked me to do some mockups for some posters for his work in profess scripts. I used photography so I could also use it for my photo final. I will most likely come back to these when the scripts are finished and do a more illustrative minimalist design, which is what he usually wants for his posters.
While interning at Fingers Duke, I was given this assignment from one of their clients. This was the only project I did at my internship that I had complete creative control over. The project was to design a shirt advertising a new burger.
I was part of the FoodCircles team for the first AIGA Design for good. My role was print designer, so I designed all the promotional material and prepared files for print.
This was my favorite poster design. I was given the images from the client, and the copy as well. I matched the print pieces with the rebranding design, as well as the website.
This one was more creatively driven by the client. I also matched themes with the overall brand design.
For previous projects the client used table tents for their advertising in restaurants. In our team meeting we decided that coasters would be a better option. More cost effective, and easier to execute for the restaurant.
This was a postcard design for FoodCirlces to give out to restaurants they would like to work with. It is supposed to be quick, informative, and attention grabbing.
This would also be given out like the postcard. Again, it needed to be quick, informative, and attention grabbing.
This is to be added to the packet that they send out to restaurants they would like to work with. This piece inserts in the folder, and is for the restaurant to write questions or use as notes. Like a piece of stationary.
I briefly worked with the Adult Literacy Council designing pieces for their annual fundraiser. I also did a couple event photography jobs for them as well.
I was tasked with designing a poster for the Adult Literacy Council annual book sale. They didn't have anything in mind design wise, so I had free reign creatively. The only thing they really wanted was to have the color scheme match their brand (red, yellow, and blue), and to keep the logo in its box.
Along with a poster, they also wanted me to design a postcard that they could hand out. Also matching the poster design of course.
This is a friends company I've done work for in the past. (Formally Mission Lake Productions) This is their new finalized logo for their 'rebranding'.
The concept behind the project was to design travel advertisements, but with a little creative twist. Instead of traveling to a location as a destination, one would travel to a specific point in time. This was my first time doing something this illustration heavy. I also designed the logo and warning label for the fictitious company.
Was assinged to design a Greek themed food truck. I designed a logo for the truck, the actual look of the truck, the menu, sandwich board, and mobile site.
