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2024 • Kleidon & Associates • Three For Three Podcast
Role: Graphic Designer
Category: Logo Re-Brand
Technique: Adobe Illustrator
Three for Three is a monthly podcast targeting business owners and organization leaders. Each episode features discussions on business improvement with a guest, concluding with a three-question quiz. Seeking a brand refresh to broaden its audience, the podcast required a new logo. My design solution emphasizes a text bubble to visually represent the marketing conversations central to the podcast’s content. The wordmark is integrated with a stylized “4” to create a cohesive and memorable visual identity.
2024 • Blaze Football Club • Logo Design
Role: Graphic Designer
Category: Logo Design
Technique: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
Blaze FC, a local soccer travel club, sought a refreshed and professional visual
identity for their team uniforms. While retaining their original name, they desired
a logo that conveyed a more sophisticated and athletic aesthetic. In response,
I designed a phoenix emblem, embracing the thematic concept of the team rising
from adversity to triumph over their opponents.
2024 • Humane Society of Summit County • Social Media
Role: Graphic Designer
Category: Social Media Campaign
Technique: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
To address the Humane Society of Summit County’s goal of an educational yet attention-grabbing social media campaign on the health benefits of pets, I developed the “Dear Doctors, We’re Sorry” concept. This campaign employed a creative execution featuring animals in medical coats, accompanied by bold and simple text. The messaging, framed as an apology from pets to doctors, effectively highlighted the positive impact of pet ownership on human health, resulting in a successful and memorable campaign.
2024 • The University of Akron • College Of Business
Role: Student Designer
Category: Senior Event Poster
Technique: Adobe Illustrator and InDesign
This visually striking design was created for “Senior Send Off,” an annual graduation celebration organized by The University of Akron’s College of Business. The bold aesthetic is intended to embody the energy of the event, while the inclusion of a flying paper airplane subtly evokes a sense of nostalgia and transition.
2024 • The University of Akron • College Of Business
Role: Student Designer
Category: University Give Away Design
Technique: Adobe Illustrator
This sticker sheet was created as part of a welcome packet into The University of Akron’s College of Business (CoB). The objective was to create fun, yet inspiring stickers that featured both the university and the CoB.
2023 • Myers School of Art • Packaging
AAF Winner • District 5 Silver & Akron Gold 2024
Role: Student Designer
Category: Packaging Design
Technique: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe, Photoshop
This packaging design was inspired by the classic movie and book The Last Unicorn. This is the story I chose to highlight for a maximalist project. As a result, this packaging reveal the story as you start in the lavender forest with the last unicorn, meet the friends that would help her, face the dreaded bull, and free all the unicorns from the sea.
Fun Fact: This project consists of 40 pieces of lazer cut paper.
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A lot of thought and effort into the process, and it’s not just a sprinkle of pixie dust. If you’re curious about the journey from idea to reality, click the button below! You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the steps and the magic that went into making this work happen.
2024 • Myers School of Art • UA Senior SHow Exhibition
AAF Winner • District 5 GOLD & Akron SILVER 2024
Role: Art Director
Category: Environmental Design, Typography, Point of Sale, Event Design
Technique: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe, Photoshop
Every year, seniors in the graphic design program at the Myers School of Art are
required to create, produce, and host an senior show exhibition. For this year, the winning show design is Taking Shape. These are some of the works I contributed and had
the honor of art directing.
2023 • Myers School of Art • Corporate Identity
AAF Akron Addy Award 2024
Role: Student Designer
Category: Branding, Logo Design
Technique: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe, Photoshop
Corporate Identity is important for any brand as it makes companies recognizable, familiar, and impactful. This is why students are instructed to reimagine a brand, so we can learn the importance of brand identity. In this case, I chose to rebrand Anthony Thomas Chocolate located in Columbus, Ohio.
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A lot of thought and effort into the process, and it’s not just a sprinkle of pixie dust. If you’re curious about the journey from idea to reality, click the button below! You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the steps and the magic that went into making this work happen.
2023 • Kleidon & Associates
AAF Addy Award WInner 2024
Role: Junior Designer
Category: Packaging Design, Typography
Technique: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
Every year Kleidon & Associates sends appreciation gifts to various clients
for the holiday season. This year’s appreciation gift set featured “The Land of And”
with a custom ampersand.
2023 • Myers School of Art • Typography IV
AAF Akron Addy Award 2024
Role: Student Designer
Category: Point of Sale, Typography
Technique: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe, Photoshop
For Typography III, students were given the task to make a menu based on randomly assigned design elements. For my project, I had to pick a brewery, use CMYK, utilize the Maker’s Space, and incorporate a unique element. As a result, I chose the Waikiki Brewery
in Waikiki, Hawaii that features a laser-cut wood base and nautical rope accents.
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A lot of thought and effort into the process, and it’s not just a sprinkle of pixie dust. If you’re curious about the journey from idea to reality, click the button below! You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the steps and the magic that went into making this work happen.
2023 • Myers School of Art • Typography IV
Role: Student Designer
Category: Magazine Concept, Typography
Technique: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop
Drag has been growing in popularity over the years both as as performance art and in the entertainment industry. However, the art is not truly represented in printed media like magazines. As a result, this is a Drag inspired magazine that focus on experimental layouts, bright and bold color, and of course the tea sis.
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A lot of thought and effort into the process, and it’s not just a sprinkle of pixie dust. If you’re curious about the journey from idea to reality, click the button below! You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the steps and the magic that went into making this work happen.
2022 • Myers school of art • The University of Akron
Category: Campaign
Technique: Adobe Indesign, ProCreate
Students were prompted to pick a subject that they were passionate about and then create a campaign to make a difference in the world. As a result, this campaign is sponsored by Food Corp to help encourage healthy food in schools. The goal is to bring lunches that affect children’s health. Thus, this collection of materials focuses on illustration supported by typography to bring awareness to unhealthy school lunches.
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A lot of thought and effort into the process, and it’s not just a sprinkle of pixie dust. If you’re curious about the journey from idea to reality, click the button below! You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the steps and the magic that went into making this work happen.
2023 • Myers School of Art • Packaging
Role: Student Designer
Category: Packaging Design
Technique: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop
For the last project in packaging, student had to make a eco-friendly minimalist design. Thus, I created a design centered around a compostable beauty blender. The packaging reflects a avocado as the beauty blender is the pit of the fruit. All of which is meant to minimize the amount of plastic and packaging.
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A lot of thought and effort into the process, and it’s not just a sprinkle of pixie dust. If you’re curious about the journey from idea to reality, click the button below! You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the steps and the magic that went into making this work happen.
2022 • Myers school of art • Typography II
Role: Student Designer
Category: Print Design, Booklet
Technique: Adobe Indesign, Photoshop, & Illustrator
For this project, students were assigned a typeface to make an 8–12 page booklet
that featured the history, earmarks, creator, and uses of that particular typeface.
This booklet features the typeface, Univers, while being influenced by the Bauhaus
and the Dada art movement.
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A lot of thought and effort into the process, and it’s not just a sprinkle of pixie dust. If you’re curious about the journey from idea to reality, click the button below! You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the steps and the magic that went into making this work happen.
2022 • Myers school of art • Illustration
Role: Student Designer
Category: Illustration, Magazine Design
Technique: Watercolor, Guache, Adobe InDesign
For illustration, students were assigned to make a cover for the magazine company: The New Yorker. The only requirements for the project were that it needed to have the official heading, the left sidebar, and be within the dimensions of the magazine. As a result, I decided to feature a papillon in an ice cream sundae.
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A lot of thought and effort into the process, and it’s not just a sprinkle of pixie dust. If you’re curious about the journey from idea to reality, click the button below! You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the steps and the magic that went into making this work happen.
2023 • Greater Akron Motorcycle club • Design x nine
Role: Student Designer
Category: Poster
Technique: Adobe Indesign, ProCreate
The Greater Akron Motorcycle Club prompted Design x Nine to create a poster for their annual Iron Invasion. As a result, this poster features a Harley Davidson with impactful type.
2022 • the university of akron Theatre • design x Nine
Role: Student Designer
Category: Print Design, Poster
Technique: Adobe Indesign, Blender, Sketchbook Pro
The University of Akron Theatre hired the internal art agency, Design x Nine, to compose a poster for their performance of the play “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The prompt was to create a grungy, dark composition that reflected the misogynistic, dark undertones of the play. After some collaboration, this is one of the final posters presented to the theatre.
2022 • Myers school of art • The University of Akron
Role: Student Designer
Category: Print Design
Technique: Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator
For this project, students were randomly assigned an element of typography. For me this element was accents. As a result, I chose to feature a variety of accents in the background of the compositing, while using white to allow the piece to breathe. Meanwhile, I used accented characters on a diagonal to create movement and emphasis.
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A lot of thought and effort into the process, and it’s not just a sprinkle of pixie dust. If you’re curious about the journey from idea to reality, click the button below! You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the steps and the magic that went into making this work happen.
2022 • Myers school of art• Typography II
Role: Student Designer
Category: Poster Design, Typography
Technique: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Laser Cutter
In typography two, students were instructed to create a series of three poster designs for a singular architectural firm. For this set of posters, I decided to focus on the firm, NBBJ, who has over 80 years of architectural design experience. These posters aim to integrate the firms sleek designs, while unitizing basic design elements like line and shape.
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Myers school of art • The University of Akron
Category: Photography
Technique: Canon Rebel T6
For the final project in Digital Photography, student had to create their own theme and capture it in a series of photos. In this case, the theme was “The Forgotten” which feature an abandoned theme park at Chippewa Lake and buildings in Akron, Ohio. The idea was to show how abandoned items are taken over with time, slowly forgotten with each generation.
