Maurica James

• Collaborate with a wide variety of clients to design items including but not limited to logos, printed pieces, and digital graphics. • Work remotely or onsite depending on the needs of client. • Guide clients through the creative process in order to bring a client’s vision into reality.

Collaborated with the Development Specialist to produce needed items for the foundation namely the foundation’s first two annual reports.

Collaborate with the PR and Branding Committee Vice Chair to fill the design gap at CAUW when needed.

• Designed and produced all marketing, advertising, and signage needs of the company. • Created and maintained a well organized system for design requests and due dates, taking into consideration the priorities and goals of the organization. ACHIEVEMENTS • Developed the first graphic design internship program, which saw five successful semesters of interns. • Created a photography catalogue of the Lansing Center’s facilities which has been implemented in marketing pieces and used by the sales department.

• Designed and produced all the marketing and advertising needs of the marketing department under the supervision of the Marketing Services Coordinator (MSC). • Assisted the MSC in the design, production, and implementation of all onsite directional signage of the Common Ground Music Festival. ACHIEVEMENTS • Smoothly lead the marketing department in the interim after the direct supervisor moved on to another company.

Graphic work ranging from social media to branding our sister company at Old Town Marquee. Assisting in the daily going ons at the office and helping any of the designers with their projects.

Graphic Design is a substantial part of printed materials for the visual arts, encompassing illustration, graphic design, printing, displays and signs, advertising and photography. The commercial artist is distinguished from the fine artist in that the product of the Graphic Designer is used for a functional or "practical" purpose.