In addition to my freelance work, I have been employed part-time at Washington DC’s destination marketing organization (washington.org) since January of 2020. I have designed bus and taxi cab wraps, tradeshow booths, publications, ads, powerpoint presentations, maps, web graphics and pages, html emails, event themes, and done other things like photo editing as part of an in-house team.

1 Taxi Cab Wraps installed in Spring of 2024, London. 4 different cab designs.

2 2023–2021 Annual Reports for the American Experience Foundation, DDC’s 501(c)3 that provides scholarships and internships for low-income DC students and travel experiences for middle schoolers across the country. One spread of the 2023 Report is shown at left, but the entire 2021 report can be viewed here.

2 In 2021 I learned online software for email marketing (we use Act-on). I updated several of our email templates and regularly build issues of our monthly and bi-monthly newsletters.

3 Also in 2021 I began learning our CMS (Drupal) to update and build additional DDC webpages. I wireframed (and built, together with our content manager) an in-depth piece about DC theater and designed two infographics for the page. That page can be viewed here. I have since updated and created other pages for our massive website.

4 Large ad panels installed at Dulles International Airport in 2022. DDC collaborated with the agency January 3 to create a recovery campaign for the city, and our in-house team has run with the executions.

1 J. Lowell Photography — Jayme Lowell is a local photographer setting up shop in Boerne, TX, in 2024. He loves wildlife photography but plans to include human clients too.

2 Chey C Quilts — a computerized longarm quilting shop in Richland, Washington, 2022.

3 The Soul Spot — a purpose coaching and mindfulness resources practice in Northern California, 2021.

I began working with Singing Water Vineyards in 2023, after moving back to Texas. I created some fun event branding for their first "Murder at the Mansion" whodunit, including mapping out the entire layout of the mansion after walking it one afternoon.

Currently in 2024 we are working on updating their wine labels and streamlining their printing process.

1 Collection of over 50 social media posts for Capital Strategies, 2021.

2 Powerpoint template for Instrumental Wealth, a financial planning firm out of Tampa, Florida, 2021.

3 20+ page digital publication celebrating the 2021 Chinese New Year for Sun Bird Seasonings, 2020.

4 Infographic of quick stats on Vantage Bank Texas; double-sided card printed as internal promo piece. Although I usually work under the Toolbox art director when doing client work for this San Antonio agency, for this project I interfaced directly with Vantage Bank account execs without additional art direction, as it had a quick turnaround. 2019.

Message is a community of English-speaking expat parents from all over the world, based in the Paris, France metropolitan area. While living there I designed and produced several issues of their printed quarterly magazine in 2017 and 2018, beginning with collecting content as word docs and photos to sending prepped files to the local printer.

The project also necessitated photography (I took the cover photos), photo editing of provided photos, and creating minimal content such as internal ads.

In the spring of 2022 I will be redesigning the magazine’s template, from top to bottom.

I have designed four issues of The Insider for The Heritage Foundation, mostly working directly with the magazine editor, but also receiving creative direction from their in-house design department.

Winter 2015
Spring 2016
Summer 2016
Winter 2017

I lay out the cover and spreads in InDesign using provided copy. I create illustrations and composite images in Illustrator or Photoshop, as well as source stock photography. Examples of my illustrations are the covers of Spring 2016 and Winter 2017, plus several inside spreads—see spread of Uncle Sam’s check below featuring my handwriting.

I’ve been working with The Heritage Foundation on a freelance basis since 2011. In 2020 I designed four annual reports for separate Institutes within the broader think tank. In addition to The Insider magazine, I’ve created newsletters and various other publications. I designed the template for the Intern Report in 2012, and have also produced the Spring 2012, Spring 2013, and Fall 2016 issues. 

I’ve also designed multiple one-subject publications and reports over the years for Heritage, including Protect America (a defense primer), Nuclear Weapons, the Future of National Security, both from 2013, and Environmental Conservation, from 2012.

(Formerly Cedarbrook Camp in Pennsylvania) Every year I create a theme logo for this children’s sleep away summer camp tucked away in the hills of Denver, Pennsylvania. From time to time I also create flyers, brochures, and I have also acted as camp photographer. 

1 (top left) pen sketch of language-learning woes, spring 2016.

2 (trio at top right) handmade hardcover book with ribbon binding, January 2009.

3 colored pencils sketch (green bow), 2009.

4 (middle right) 10-year anniversary infographic gift poster, October 2014.

5 (middle left) personal instagram image for Easter holiday.

6 personal facebook banner image for month of February 2017.

7 hand-stamped cards produced from a drawing I made of the church in the French town where we lived. I stamped multiple editions of folding cards and gave them as Christmas gifts to friends and my kids’ teachers in 2017.

In late 2011, a series of 10 sunday-morning sermons at a Christian church involved real-time art creation onstage. More than the mere illustration of a concept, the live artistic process gave life and passion to ancient events that still affect us today, and became an integral part of the sermon itself.

In 2012 I worked with the church and the artist to document the creation process, the art pieces, and their correspondence to Biblical passages and teachings. An exhibition catalog of sorts, Covenant reveals a unique collaboration between a pastor, an artist, and an audience—and broadens our definition of worship.

Top: flattened dust jacket
Middle: open book
Bottom: two interior spreads

1 (Top) Journey Church’s Annual Tea posters 2008 & 2009. For both posters, I single-handedly conceptualized a provided event theme, set up and shot the photos, and laid out the final designs. Having this kind of creative freedom is wonderful, and these are still two of my favorite pieces I’ve ever done.

2 (Bottom left) Calvary Chapel Christian School annual fundraiser poster: again, the theme was provided by the school—I branded the event and created the art for posters, tickets, and programs from scratch, working with the event coordinator to achieve the look they were going for.

3 (Bottom right) Spring Fling poster—also created from scratch, and I had previously designed the logo for the sponsoring organization, BirthNetwork of Idaho Falls. 

Noteworthy projects created while I was employed by The Design Channel, a full-service, award-winning agency in Chevy Chase, MD:

1 N.E.W. trade show booth panels and brochure for the 2006 CES designed as part of a team, under art direction. 

2 Johns Hopkins “A Women’s Journey” conference invitation package was designed by me and art directed by TDC creative director.