I have a BFA in Graphic Design and I added a Graduate Certificate in Archival Administration. So I am uniquely familiar with the entire lifecycle of visual communications: from the initial creative spark to a final produced version – then preserving the item and making it accessible for future generations.

I have experience identifying historical content and using it to bring graphic design layouts to life. I have scoured archives and uncovered eye-catching vintage content for ads, magazine articles, social media posts, and more.

Below are a few projects in which the historical content that I tracked down helped bring the layouts to life.

View my Archival Administration student portfolio here.

Wayne State University – Warriors community engagement magazine

I worked with audiovisual and reference archivists at the Reuther Library at Wayne State University to find impactful images to illustrate this article about Black activism at WSU.

Wayne State University – Warriors community engagement magazine

I used photographs from Emeline King's personal collection to illustrate this article about Ford Motor Company's first Black female designer.

ACDelco advertorial with classic car images from the General Motors Heritage Archive

Wayne State University – Historical Photos Colorization

Using Adobe Photoshop’s Colorization Neural Filter AI tool, I added color to several historic black and white photographs from Wayne State University’s archives. Four were selected to be used in a #FlashbackFriday social media post to kick off the school’s homecoming weekend.

The text in the post reads: You may not need color to be bold, but it does bring a little bit of shine to these campus memories!
#WayneStateUniversity #WayneState #CampusLife #FlashbackFriday