https://www.thesilkpenstudio.com The Silk Pen Studio, LLC is a graphic design studio focused in branding and branding strategy. We offer a variety of services that include identity design/marks, branding manuals, printed collateral, campaign materials, website design, user-experience design (UX), 2D motion graphics, advertising, illustration, informational graphics, and presentation design. Founded in the summer of 2019, we are dedicated to creating precise, impactful, and beautiful products.

Client: Salesforce: Presentation DesignClient: Asana (Project Management Platform): Designed iconography sets, Social Media graphics and illustrations, presentation decks, and informational graphics. Client: Diligent (Auditing Software & Platform)Designed document covers and social media ads.Client: LeanTaaS (Healthcare Platform)Designed Illustrations for their Branding Manual.Client: RedditDesigned Ads for partners/companies

Client: ADOBERole: Presentation DesignerResponsibilities include designing presentation decks, iconography, informational graphics / infographics, illustration, and visual storytelling.

CLIENT: The Town of Palm Beach MarinaDesigned social media graphicsCLIENT: CIIC PRDesigned and revamped proposal presentations and created formatted templates.CLIENT: Locust ProjectsDesigned Branding for their Monte Carlo themed fundraiser. This included digital web advertisements, social media graphics, motion graphic design, e-blasts, and printed collateral.

Client: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)Researched IT Modernization topics and methodologies such as The Cloud, As a Service (XaaS), and Agile, then visually translated these concepts into concise educational informational graphics. These infographics were presented to members of The Office of the Chief Information Officer at OPM, and later submitted to the Library of Congress.Created and launched an updated branding system within OPM’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. This included composing a tangible branding style guide with typographic standards, color selections, and iconography that followed 508-Compliance regulations.Visually illustrated numerous concepts in OPM PowerPoint presentations to communicate complex concepts to all stakeholders involved. These designs assisted in motivating action within OPM in regards to modernizing IT systems across numerous federal government agencies.Client: The U.S. General Services Administration’s Centers of Excellence (CoE)Formatted and designed strategic Playbooks for the CoE, which involved following the agencies branding guidelines and templates with meticulous attention to detail.Client: The National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Neglected or Delinquent Children & Youth (NDTAC)Conceptualized, designed, and finalized a new identity mark (a logo) to represent NDTAC. This involved stakeholder and client interviews to capture the essence of the agency’s mission and communicating their values into a newly updated identity design.Client: Longevity ConsultingCreated Longevity’s first comprehensive branding manual. This manual standardized the overall treatment of the company’s identity mark/logo, typefaces, and colors throughout the company’s visual presence.Created branded digital illustrations for social media marketing.Designed and formatted internal company newsletters.

My responsibilities included designing collateral for the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS), Early Learning Challenge Technical Assistance (ELCTA), the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), EdFacts, Center for Education Data Standards (CEDS), and The What Works Clearing House (WWC). The products that I have designed from the drawing board to the final product include; motion graphic videos, informational graphics, icons, logos, branding guides, stationery packages, posters, postcards, document covers, and business cards. I have designed for a wide variety of different clients and demonstrate the ability to be flexible and meet the diverse needs of QIP and our partners.

My responsibilities included designing invitations for POTUS events by the DCCC, printing campaign materials for candidates from different political parties, editing, page layout, mail merges, pagination, preparing designs for printing on the press and digital printer, managing all print tasks and directing/assisting the other graphic designer on staff.

My responsibilities included data entry of revenue, assisting the Bar Association director in all tasks, managing calendars, preparing monthly reports for meetings, creating badges for attorneys for security courtroom entrance, and greeting and directing guests to the correct location.

My responsibilities included collaborating with the organization's accountant to create informational graphics/data visualizations, laying out pages utilizing my skills in typography, and preparing and sending files to print.

My responsibilities included designing a year-long curriculum of lesson plans to teach middle school students technical drawing, illustration, the basics of typography, and the basics of conceptual design. My goal was to inspire them to think critically and creatively.

This job was to design The Kansas City Art Institute's 2009 Auction Catalog that was used to raise funds for the school. My responsibilities included attending client meetings to conceptualize the branding and theme for the catalog, providing multiple options and iterations, page layout, collecting and organizing files, preparing files and sending to print.

Temporary Design Position

Internship in the Web department.