Magazine Design & Editorial Art Direction
Led redesigns, editorial system development, and publication mergers across five nationally distributed magazines. Produced 250+ issues, 200+ covers, and 23 national awards, including 21 Gold Awards.
Information Design & Infographics
Transforming Complex Information into Visual Stories
Role: Art Direction • Editorial Design • Information Design • Illustration Direction • Publication Design
Over a decade of experience creating infographics, timelines, diagrams, and educational features that transform science, history, technology, and culture into engaging visual narratives for young audiences.
Animals in Space
Role: Information Design • Visual Storytelling
E.O. Wilson Timeline
Single-Stream Recycling
Role: Art Direction • Editorial Design
Role: Information Design • Editorial Illustration • Timeline Design
Where's the Water?
Role: Data Visualization • Editorial Design
Designed a two-part infographic tracing the history of animals in spaceflight, combining editorial illustration, timeline design, and educational storytelling.
Created a nontraditional biographical timeline that transforms a scientific career into an immersive visual journey.
Art directed a complex environmental process into an accessible, child-friendly infographic experience.
Designed a large-scale data visualization exploring the search for water across the solar system.
Editorial Systems, Redesigns & Mergers
Five publication transformations, including two major magazine mergers, resulting in 21 Gold and 2 Silver Parents' Choice Awards.
DIG Into History
250+ issues • 200+ covers • 21 Gold Awards
Publication Merger & Redesign
Following a publication merger, DIG required a unified editorial system that preserved audience familiarity while modernizing navigation, feature design, and reader engagement. The redesign established a cohesive visual identity across covers, departments, and recurring content.
Challenge
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Reorganized navigation, department hierarchy, and recurring content structures to create a clearer reader experience and support the publication merger.
Editorial Identity Refresh
Editorial System Redesign
Department Architecture
Developed new department frameworks and recurring content formats that unified both publications while improving consistency and reader engagement.
Feature Design System
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Reorganized navigation, department hierarchy, and recurring content structure to create a clearer reader experience and support the publication merger.
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Reimagined feature storytelling through dynamic typography, immersive imagery, and flexible layouts that increased visual impact and readability.
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Facial Reconstruction
Role: Art Direction • Educational Publishing
Directed artwork and information graphics explaining the forensic reconstruction process from skeletal remains.
Surveying with LiDAR
Role: Art Direction • Information Design
Visualized emerging archaeological technology through layered diagrams and educational storytelling.
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Information Design
Character Development
Information Design
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Magazine Cover Design
Featured Covers
Role: Creative Direction • Art Direction • Cove r Design • Photo Research • Typography
Scope: 300+ covers across nationally distributed, award-winning publications
Art directed and designed hundreds of magazine covers for nationally distributed, award-winning children's publications. Led concept development, photo research, illustration direction, typography, and cover execution across science, history, culture, technology, and current events.
Covers span science, technology, culture, history, music, and social issues. Projects included commissioned illustration, photography, photo manipulation, and custom typography systems developed to engage young readers and communicate complex ideas.
Editorial Feature Design
Designed and art directed editorial features for nationally distributed educational magazines. Led concept development, typography systems, photo research, illustration direction, and production design from initial concept through final publication.
Flawed Genius: Steve Jobs
Role: Art Direction • Editorial Design • Concept Development • Photo Research
Created a feature examining the successes and failures that shaped Steve Jobs' career. Developed a mixed-media opening spread using technology components and archival imagery to reinforce the story's central theme.
Welcome to Brazil
Role: Art Direction • Editorial Design • Concept Development • Photo Research
Designed a visually immersive feature introducing Brazil's geography, culture, and landscapes. Developed the opening spread, visual hierarchy, typography system, and editorial structure to balance educational content with engaging storytelling.
The Future of Money
Role: Art Direction • Editorial Design • Concept Development • Photo Research
Designed a technology-focused feature exploring the evolution of currency and digital payments. Combined conceptual imagery, bold typography, and structured information design to make complex topics accessible to young readers.
Meet Michael Giacchino
Role: Art Direction • Editorial Design • Concept Development • Photo Research
Designed a profile feature on Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino. Integrated photography, film references, and music-inspired graphic elements to create a visually engaging introduction to the creative process behind modern film scores.
Cat People, Dog People, Gecko People
Role: Art Direction • Editorial Design • Concept Development • Photo Research
Created an illustration-driven feature exploring the connection between personality traits and pet preferences. Developed the visual concept, typography system, and page architecture to support a playful, research-based story.
Audience Participation Through Design
Created editorial experiences that transformed readers from passive consumers into active contributors. Through interactive covers, doodle-based learning activities, and creative challenges, readers became active participants in the magazine experience—submitting original artwork, contributing ideas, and engaging more deeply with educational content.
Original Cover Distributed to Readers
Designed to be completed, customized, and reimagined by the audience.
Reader-Created Cover Designs
Hundreds of reader submissions were received and selected artwork was featured in the magazine.
By distributing a blank cover, The Boredom Issue turned readers into contributors, transforming the magazine itself into a platform for creativity and self-expression.
— Editorial Engagement Strategy
Muse Magazine — The Boredom Issue
Brynn Koval , 13
Stella Buchheister, 11
Ella Thompson, 12
River Shields, 10
Custom Art Direction
Art-directed and commissioned a doodle illustrator to develop a notebook-inspired visual language that transformed the feature into an immersive educational experience.
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Leading art direction, editorial design, and educational publishing initiatives.
Designed and art directed award-winning magazines, special editions, and educational publications.
Created cover concepts and visual systems for national educational publications.
21 Gold Awards and 2 Silver Awards
Years Leading Art Direction
MAGAZINE ISSUES
MAGAZINE COVERS
PARENTS' CHOICE AWARDS
Award-Winning Editorial Leadership
Every publication I art directed earned Parents' Choice recognition, including Gold Awards following both publication merger redesigns.
During my 12-year tenure, the magazines under my leadership earned 21 Gold Awards and 2 Silver Awards across five nationally distributed publications.
Additional honors from NAPPA, Mom's Choice Awards, Academics' Choice, Parenting Media Association, and the Association of Educational Publishers.