Loyola University Chicago
2025–Present
"[Loyola is] Chicago's Jesuit, Catholic University - a diverse community seeking God in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith."
Working at Loyola has provided me with the opportunity to work on a variety of projects for a wide range of clients. Below is a selection of those projects.
All of the projects I have worked on have been in collaboration with, or art-directed by, the creative team: Director of Creative, Susan Schmidt; Associate Director of Creative, Joe Darrow; and Assistant Director of Creative, Michael Gawlik.
Learn more about Loyola at luc.edu and luc.edu/mission/about.
Your Rambler Journey | 2025–Present
The creative team was tasked with reviving, updating, and rebranding the student experience, previously known as Engage Loyola.
What started as a booklet design grew into buttons, lapel pins, a stole, and digital assets. As of now, Your Rambler Journey is still evolving and growing.
Learn more about the Loyola student experience and visit the program’s accompanying website at www.luc.edu/ramblerjourney.
Print Ads | 2025–Present
A recurring project type is to create print ads for the various schools and programs on campus. The ads range from a full- to half-page in size and are commonly used in purchased ad space within a magazine or brochure. Unless specified, ads should follow a similar template and layout.
Quinlan Reputational Ranking Brochures | 2025 + 2026
Prior to the U.S. News & World Report graduate ranking period (fall 2025 semester), the dean of the Quinlan School of Business proposed a reputational campaign. This campaign would include a mailer, multiple digital ad suites, faculty stories, and a landing page. The creative team was in charge of the direct mailer and the digital ads. The entire team pitched in with the digital ads, but I was asked to spearhead the printed piece.
After our initial meeting, Quinlan’s MarCom manager provided rough copy to help us brainstorm and use as placeholder text.
I presented multiple options, including an accordion, advent, and gate fold. The dean picked the advent fold for the fall, but asked us to save the others for future ranking campaigns.
In the spring of 2026, we worked with Quinlan again to make the gatefold. Because this piece couldn’t be mailed as easily as the last, we designed a tear-away embossed envelope. The Chicago lineart was previously created by Michael Gawlik but was adapted to mimic the skyline photo on the cover. The creative team also created another 4 sets of digital ads, with the help of Lukas Keapproth as the photographer.
Animation | 2025–Present
Before starting at Loyola, I had a very rough understanding of After Effects and how to utilize animation for graphic design. I was asked to learn by turning flat digital screens into animated ones.
For longer events like Welcome Week and Ignatian Heritage Month, creating animated daily schedules required multiple animations, sometimes upwards of 18 different versions.