Experience

Health Affairs

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Director

  • Apr 2022 - Present

• Graphic Design Manager

  • Apr 2016 - Apr 2022

  Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewed journal of health policy thought and research and serves as a high-level, nonpartisan forum promoting analysis and discussion on improving health and health care, and to address such issues as cost, quality, and access. INFOGRAPHICS Breathe life into raw data and multiple author-submitted figures turning them into visually compelling two page, cohesive datagraphic; reinterpret figures submitted by authors to illustrate their findings more clearly; create original vector illustrations for complex, data-based infograhics; collaborate with editors, authors, and publishers to achieve a cohesive look that accurately portrays the data.BRANDING Keeper of the brand; Redesigned look and feel of all-new web platform; updated Health Affairs brand across print and web collateral, advertising, and marketing materials; wrote and implemneted new SOPs for logo and branding usage. DIGITAL Designed new brief template for online pdf use; designed web ads, home page slide graphics, new web feature graphics, and created vector illustrations for icons on new web platform.PROJECT MANAGEMENT Reconfigured team’s work flow to accomodate an expanding production team that sits across several time zones as well as around the DC metro area by introducing cloud file management solutions, as well as streamlined existing workflows with software such as Adobe InCopy, Bridge, and Acrobat. Show less



Journey Yoga

• Arlington, VA

• ERYT-200 Yoga teacher

  • Mar 2008 - Oct 2018

  I teach a strong flow class with emphasis on alignment and proper muscle engagement. I hope to bring to each of my students an awareness of the body and mind, and the tools to manage, cope, and thrive in a hectic and often anxiety-filled life. I started teaching yoga almost by accident. After moving to Ethiopia with my husband for his job, I looked for some semblance of familiarity in a place that was so foreign to me. Yoga was always a place I had gone to for solace, comfort, strength, and healing so when I heard they offered yoga classes in Addis Ababa at one of the gyms I jumped at the chance to attend. However, after the teacher failed to show up for class...twice, I decided I would lead the only other person in the room in a 45 min yoga flow. One thing led to another and I started teaching yoga in Ethiopia, five days a week, and privates. When we moved back home to DC several years later I went through my certification training at Journey Yoga with Sarah Lynn and found a new yoga home at Journey. Show less



International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

• United States
• Research Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior Graphic Designer/ Design Team Manager

  • Apr 2010 - Apr 2016

  PUBLICATIONS - Design, layout, art direct, and publish (online and print) Insights - IFPRI’s magazine, insights.ifpri.info; design book covers, briefs, brochures, conference programs, fliers, newsletters; create InDesign templates for publications to be used by team members and external vendors to ensure consistency in design; produce multiple versions of a publication suitable for different online platforms. INFOGRAPHICS - Create original vector images for complex, data-based infographics; customize branding and over all look and feel of interactive online tools; design tweet graphics; restyle and clean up figures to better highlight data; designs chosen by Visual.ly as “Staff Pick.” BRANDING - Keeper of the IFPRI brand; designed an updated brand in 2012 and delivered across all products, from print to web, across all program and regional offices in Africa, Asia, North and South America; designed new logos for programs and projects; created brands for large conferences and events that are applied to multiple products in print and web. DIGITAL - Coordinate with web team and design all branding for institutional site as well as micro-sites, design other web graphics such as ad blocks, email graphics; work with knowledge managment and data currators on interactive online tools to ensure optimal user experience. TEAM MANAGEMENT - Coordinate work flow between editors and designers; attend initial client meetings to make recommendations and develop scope of new project; mentor junior staff in creative and logistical work flow; assign projects to appropriate designers; advise and direct designs on all projects; lliaise between senior management and staff on project status and goals; coordinate with partner organizations such as USAID, DFID, FAO in joint branding efforts. Show less



Julia Vivalo Designs

• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Graphic Designer, Communications Specialist

  • Feb 2008 - Apr 2010

  After working in the federal contracting world as graphic desinger for 6 years, I moved to Addis Ababa with my husband and started up a freelance business. My clients ranged from photojournalists, "Green" Construction companies, accountants, flower shops, and local small businesses. From print to web, logos to letterhead, Communicating your ideas visually. The biggest struggle for a graphic designer is bridging the gap between concept and practical application. As a freelance designer with a communications background, I am able to develop appropriate design solutions that will illicit the maxium response from your intended audience. Show less



CGI

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Multimedia Graphic Designer

  • Dec 2001 - Jan 2008

  MARKETING MATERIALS - Designed and wrote content for brochures, maps, large format printing, store front posters, direct mailings, and press packets ONLINE TRAINING MODULE DESIGN - Used Adobe Captivate to write, edit, and design online training modules for client-specific software PUBLICATIONS - Designed and edited company newsletter, annual report layout, retirement and promotion programs, proposal covers, and a charitable cookbook WEBSITE DESIGN - Designed unique online communities within client’s intranet using Dreamweaver MX PHOTOGRAPHY - Official company photographer; photographed Stanley employees used for website, marketing and recruiting material, as well as advertisements on the Internet and in printed publications LARGE EVENT COORDINATION AND GRAPHICS SUPPORT - Planned, organized, and provided graphic support for large scale meetings and events with high ranking government officials from around the world in the US and Europe; organized the planning process for clients who requested large meeting graphic support by creating standard forms, time lines, and formats, such as CD duplications, name tents, programs, invitations, signage, name badges, and multi-page briefs Show less



The Eddie Mahe Company

• Intern

  • 1999 - 1999

  A political consulting firm in Washington, DC. A political consulting firm in Washington, DC.