Appreciation Wall

For City Year’s 29 sites across the county, offices are a key brand interaction point for AmeriCorps members and stakeholders. With an eye toward a balance of visual impact and cost efficacy, I enjoy finding new ways to infuse our brand style and values into unique work spaces.

We invested in these wood centerpieces knowing they would infuse City Year’s brand into a wide range of events for years to come, from evening receptions to fundraising luncheons to recruitment nights. I worked closely with the fabricators to ensure the pieces would be self-supporting and also easy to pack away and transport.

This annual gala was centered around the concept of “widening the circle of those able to stand in the light of social justice.” My designs harnessed shimmering visuals of light and circles to infuse an elegant look while bringing the theme to life throughout the event spaces.

While this design is from 2013, I choose to leave it here to showcase my experience in conceptualizing and executing an event theme through from early touchpoints in print or email all the way to the event itself.

This gala design was inspired by the idea of representing emotions as colors. Through the event’s content and design, we explored the highs and lows of a year of service as experienced by students, City Year AmeriCorps members, parents, and school faculty.

While this design is from 2012, I choose to leave it here to showcase my experience in conceptualizing and executing an event theme through from early touchpoints in print or email all the way to the event itself.

For City Year Boston’s kickoff of their 25th anniversary year, we decided to throw our own version of homecoming: A weekend of events for currently serving AmeriCorps members, alumni, family, and supporters. The look I created for the weekend was one of nostalgia and emphasis on the organization’s foundational values.

While this design is from 2013, I choose to leave it here to showcase my experience in conceptualizing and executing an event theme across a series of events and from early touchpoints in print or email all the way through to the event itself.