marian high school
ILLUSTRATION / LAYOUT DESIGN / PUBLICATION DESIGN / BRANDING
My work with Marian High School, and all-girls preparatory school based in Omaha, Nebraska.
student services
In early 2021, I was approached by the Registrar to help update their curriculum guide, a yearly publication that helped current and incoming students decide on classes for the next school year. In collaboration with the Registrar and Assistant Principal, we were able to create a unique, branded guide that students wanted to keep long-term.
After the 2021 guide (top), I rearranged my initial layout design to fit in more classes and ideally get print costs down. Even with over 30 pages of additional content, the 2022 guide was still shorter than the 2021 guide.
I also gained access to Marian’s brand guide after the 2021 edition of the curriculum guide was finished. For the 2021 guide, I followed the fonts and colors available on the web and through Google Fonts. The 2022 guide (bottom) reflects Marian’s actual brand fonts, colors, and typography.
Read the most recent issues of the guide on Marian’s website.
Each cover includes an illustration made by myself, featuring a different part of campus. To the top left is the front entrance of the school, the top right is the entrance to the PAC (Performing Arts Center), and below is the soccer field and new athletic complex.
SUCCESS BRANDING
In 2021, the student services department received a $250,000 donation intended to help the department support students’ social and emotional well-being. With the positive momentum built off the boost in funding, the Assistant Principal decided to create a program that encompasses these and other initiatives of the department - the SUCCESS program. In the fall of 2022, it was announced the department would officially be renamed the SUCCESS program.
I worked alongside the Assistant Principal and Registrar to create a visual brand for this new program.
marketing
After completing my first curriculum guide with student services in 2021, I was asked by Marian’s Marketing & Communications Director to help design the summer 2021 issue of the Marian Magazine, a biannual publication primarily geared towards alumni and donors. As of November 2022, I’ve designed three issues.
To read all three full versions of the magazines, click here.
In the fall of 2022, Marian’s student shadow program went through a rebrand, becoming the VIC (Very Important Crusader) day. As a part of the program refresh, I worked with Marian’s Marketing & Communications Director to update the existing shadow guide, a small booklet with a mix of helpful information and fun activities to keep prospective students busy when the Marian girl they’re shadowing is busy in class.
