Client: University of Maryland
Art Director: Valerie Morgan
Designers: Jason Keisling, Matt Laumann, Lauren Biagini
http://terp.umd.edu
TERP, the University of Maryland’s award-winning magazine, is a triannual publication that reaches 135,000 households. As a key member of the creative team, I collaborated closely with the Art Director and writing team to conceptualize and execute artwork ideas that complemented each story. My contributions included producing illustrations and assisting the Art Director with page layout.
One of the highlights of my career was spending a day with our photographers, following an adorable pup as he trained to become a service dog. I designed the feature layout to resemble a diary from the pup’s perspective, bringing his journey to life in a playful and immersive way.
For this feature, I created hand-drawn illustrations to highlight the imbalance in free time between mothers and fathers.
One of my favorite parts of working on TERP was creating conceptual illustrations that brought stories to life in unique ways. For example, I illustrated a shy child hiding behind a parent to represent social anxiety and designed the shape of Maryland using hops for a story on UMD’s partnership with Flying Dog Brewery.
Below: (Left) A fidget spinner symbolizing the connection between kids and parents with ADHD. (Right) A megaphone attached to a breast pump, representing the discourse around pumping breast milk.
Once the magazine was published, I played a crucial role in ensuring the magazine’s visual impact was carried over to the digital realm by publishing the articles to terp.umd.edu using a content management system.
For TERP online, I enjoyed animating illustrations to give them more visual interest.