Hi, I’m Jen.
(and this is Meeps).With 10 years of experience,
I specialize in portraits,
printmaking, and production design.
Work Experience
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Work Experience 〰️
Most recently employed with Paperless Post since 2021, I also have experience in sign design and production, home decor design with Primitives by Kathy, as well as the nonprofit sector through my 2 year service with Americorps at Youth Mentoring Partnership.
At Paperless Post.
At Paperless Post.
Under the daily supervision of Kellie DiChiara and the art direction of Mariya Pilipenko, I created a variety of designs in collaboration with partners such as Marimekko, Liberty, and Peter Rabbit (among many others).
Skills used and honed
Typesetting, typography, file preparation for print/digital formats, daily use of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop utilizing layer masks and color separation (used primarily for isolating sections for faux-print effects such as embossing, debossing, foiling, etc). When designing, collaborating and taking feedback from art directors, merch associates, and teammates was vital to create eye catching, best selling designs.
Featured in promotional e-mail, and one of the highest grossing Easter cards to date. In collaboration with Peter Rabbit, individual illustrations are selected from their asset library and then arranged strategically to fit our standard card ratio and typesetting is applied.
In collaboration with Peter Rabbit, individual illustrations are selected from their asset library and then arranged strategically to fit our standard card ratio and typesetting is applied.
In collaboration with Liberty Fabrics, repeating patterns are delivered as a flat image to our production team to be dissected and arranged to fit our standard card ratios and typesetting is applied.
In collaboration with Liberty Fabrics, repeating patterns are delivered as a flat image to our production team to be dissected and arranged to fit our standard card ratios and typesetting is applied.
In collaboration with Liberty Fabrics, repeating patterns are delivered as a flat image to our production team to be dissected and arranged to fit our standard card ratios and typesetting is applied.
In collaboration with Liberty Fabrics, repeating patterns are delivered as a flat image to our production team to be dissected and arranged to fit our standard card ratios and typesetting is applied.
In collaboration with Marimekko, repeating patterns are delivered as a flat image to our production team to be dissected and arranged to fit our standard card ratios and typesetting is applied.
In collaboration with Marimekko, repeating patterns are delivered as a flat image to our production team to be dissected and arranged to fit our standard card ratios and typesetting is applied.
In collaboration with Marimekko, repeating patterns are delivered as a flat image to our production team to be dissected and arranged to fit our standard card ratios and typesetting is applied.
Paperless Post “Stampy Days”
Stampy Days is a company initiative to give employees dedicated time for personal/side projects for the benefit of the company, and company-wide share out of those ideas. Each year there is a Stampy Week, kinda like a speed run for big special projects. Each year I participate, and this last year I was a team of 1!
I proposed selecting some of our higher-performing card designs and freshening them up, giving them new type treatments and short animation as well to utilize the Flyer product’s unique animation aspect. The two I chose for my animation mock-ups were personal favorites from the Halloween collection, and because I could clearly visualize what I wanted to animate on them and how I could do it.
This project was a great opportunity to show my leadership skills and my willingness to take initiative to dive right into a project on my own. It is also a good showcase of my typesetting and Adobe After Effects/animation skills.
Personal Projects
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Personal Projects 〰️
In 2022, I married my husband! I had a great time designing all of our stationery. Table numbers, signs, and displays for things like our special cocktails… I lovingly designed and printed them all.
Illustration & Portraits
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Illustration & Portraits 〰️
While I love design and production, I also have a passion for illustration, specializing in both traditional (pen and ink, colored pencil) and digital mediums (Procreate, Photoshop, Illustrator). Portraits are created on cotton paper with Prismacolor colored pencils for their lightfast, archival qualities for longevity.
YMP's Annual Report (Front)
Custom digital illustration and typesetting for a social media campaign.
Custom illustration for private client.
Custom mural painted for Ace Distributing, Wrightsville, PA.
Custom illustration for private client.
Custom Ex-Libris for private client (blank space in the middle intentional for name entry).
Custom illustration for private client.
Part of a set of prints titled "Gardening Gnomes".
