The JEN Conference Guide is a custom publishing project taken on by the DownBeat staff. The Jazz Education Network came to the company with a need to produce a higher quality guide than they had been offering. The key was design. With a team of writers and editors, we reimagined the content of the publication…and the entire look of the book. The result was a huge success. The guide became a beloved keepsake of the conference.

Chicago Sinfonietta considers the concert experience to be even more than just a dialogue between performers and audience. And that was evident from its annual event publication Dialogue. For the 2019-2020 season, the goal was to create a print marketing piece that informed, entertained and prompted concert-goers to experience the music of what has been called the world’s most diverse orchestra. Dialogue focuses on five critical conversations about the world we live in: the Environment; Inclusion; Racism; Essential Perspectives; and, Multiculturalism. Looking for an entirely new look for this edition, marketing executives from the Sinfonietta asked me to start from scratch in developing the design of this edition.

OnStage is a custom publishing project developed from scratch in 2017 for The Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, a leading jazz nightclub in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Working with a team of writers and editors, my role was to develop the look and feel of the magazine with an eye toward capturing the vibe and quality of the club. As a result of this work, The Dirty Dog has invited us to create catering menus using the same design palette as OnStage for a new catering division of the company.