I’m a Brooklyn-based graphic designer with over thirty years of professional experience. I create design solutions for my clients that are elegant, honest, meaningful, and aligned with their mission. Nothing is more satisfying to me than bringing order and clarity to areas of visual confusion through thoughtful design. I am passionate about the power of books to enrich lives, and, consequently much of my career has focused on the publishing industry and its many complex needs. I am also passionate about using my creativity ways that are of service to the many communities to which I belong.
I am proud of the work I have done in my career, in staff positions and in my freelance work. Some of my clients include Disney Hyperion, PublicAffairs, HarperCollins Publishers, Prestel Publishing, Clarion Books, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Great Oaks Legacy Charter School.
I knew I’d be an artist by the age of eleven. While my older sister was perfecting her summer wardrobe at the sewing machine, and my younger sister was staging her own talk show with a tape recorder and microphone, I was content to be sitting on my bed with a box of colored pencils and a sketchbook drawing new logos for my favorite TV shows, and illustrating the names of my celebrity crushes. My love for organizing type with pictures took me to studying studio art at the University of Maryland, then to Syracuse University, where I earned a degree in advertising design.
My career began as a designer for William Morrow Publishing, followed by my role as a senior designer, and then eventually an art director in the advertising and promotions department for Viking Penguin. I went on to become art director of marketing for Golden Books. From there, I went into business for myself as a freelance designer while taking on a resident design role at PublicAffairs. From designing and handling production of marketing campaigns for authors Stephen King, Terry McMillan, and TC Boyle, to posters for Penguin Classics, or reading group guides for books by Mary Karr and Carol Shields, I met every design challenge I was offered. I’ve managed an in-house advertising agency, organized convention booths, and art directed freelance designers.
As a proponent of childhood literacy, I’ve used my publishing experience and design skills as a community volunteer. From taming the chaos of an elementary school yearbook, or a book of writing and artwork by students, it feels good to know I have helped to elevate modest projects that were also of genuine importance to the students, parents, and teachers who were involved with them. I loved my time as an art room assistant and as a reading helper to second graders. I’ve also brought my design skills as part of the volunteer signage committee for the Park Slope Food Coop. I’m proud to see that every store sign, label, pamphlet, sticker, tee shirt, reusable bag that I designed come to life and use in my community. This kind of real world UX design is great fun and quite rewarding. Most recently I’ve helped to design and print postcards for Broadway for Ataxia, inviting those affected by Ataxia to a special movement class.
Whether helping to promote quality books and organizations, or charitable work, I am eager to bring my energy and aesthetic to new clients and projects of all kinds. Creating clear messages, through the highest quality design, in collaboration with others, is the foundation of my design career.