“Maryellen has provided wonderful social media, advertisements, and marketing collateral designs for Bold Type Books since our founding. Her inventive and collaborative approach proved to be essential in a recent project where we made cheeky “swag bags” — filled with numerous items that she expertly designed — for the entire Hachette sales team. It is always a joy to work with Maryellen, particularly on projects that allow for genuine creativity and brainstorming. I can’t more highly recommend her work!”
JEFFREY KUSAMA-HINTE
Acquiring Editor, Bold Type Books
“Maryellen has all the qualities that make her a top tier design professional. She is creative, responsive to the occasionally eccentric requirements of authors, editors and publishers. And always a pleasure to work with.”
PETER OSNOS
Founder of PublicAffairs and Publisher of Platform Books
“I love working with Maryellen because of her good humor and unflappable nature. She is a great communicator and creative problem-solver. When I think of her marketing designs, you can tell she reveres the book she is promoting and makes decisions to make the book the star of the piece she is designing. Her elegant and beautiful designs enhance any project.”
JOANN HILL
Creative Director, Disney Hyperion
“Elegant. Creative. Thoughtful. Consistently excellent. These are a few words that come to mind when describing the work of Maryellen Tseng. For over twenty years, Maryellen has created and designed all of the collateral for my business, including a significant brand re-invention. Whatever my design needs, I rely on her to come up with the perfect sophisticated solution in a manner that is timely, cost-effective, and easy to understand. Her professionalism and experience makes the process clear and run smoothly; collaborating with her is always a pleasure. As a business owner, I know I can count on Maryellen to find the right visual presentation to represent my work with clarity and beauty.”
PETER M. KRASK
President, Peter M. Krask LTD.
“Working with Maryellen Tseng is always a pleasure both professionally and personally. Her designs are on point and compelling and her work throughout the design, composition, corrections, and prepress processes are on time, on budget, and completed with ease and good will. We can count on her to communicate as well as problem solve, while staying on schedule to satisfy our clients’ requirements.”
CHRISTINE MARRA
Proprieter
“Maryellen consistently delivered creative designs for all our marketing needs, from advertising, to social media graphics, to (occasionally very quirky) swag and merchandise. Working with her was always a breeze, and her flexibility was always greatly appreciated. She gave us beautiful designs on tight deadlines, while managing projects from multiple departments. Anyone looking for freelance marketing design help (which is pretty much every marketer in book publishing) should hire her!”
LINDSAY FRADKOFF
Marketing Director, Hachette Book Group
“Maryellen’s level of expertise and creativity led the charge when she and I worked on a PTA project for our kids Elementary School. We partnered in designing and executing the 5th grade year book. Because of Maryellen’s organizational skills and dynamic sense for design, our labor together was fun and imaginative and the yearbook was a hit!”
JANET PEDERSEN
Artist and Educator in Brooklyn, NY