Hi, I’m Annie.
I’m a graphic designer, illustrator, and museum professional who has been supporting the Smithsonian’s mission for more than ten years.
As a graphic designer for exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, I find solutions that activate our collection for our visitors. I collaborate with my colleagues in the Curatorial and Audience Engagement departments to identify key ideas and find the best ways to communicate them to a wide audience.
Together, we translate images, text, and physical and digital spaces into experiences that share the stories of the individuals who have shaped America.
Visual Storytelling
I design and produce a wide variety of materials, some for implementation in physical space, others for digital and print distribution. I use InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator to typeset, to edit photos for reproduction, and to develop typographical treatments for exhibition titles.
Graphic Design
I produce printed materials that support our exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery. This has included exhibition components, small publications, and strategic planning documents.
Print Design
While working in the Luce Foundation center at SAAM, my responsibilities included the production and maintenance of web content. I created calendar listings, wrote blog posts, and created digital programming pages using the Drupal content management system. In 2020, I created a web page to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our local music series, Luce Unplugged.
Digital Content
I supported SAAM’s Web and Digital Products Lead as she worked to make our website more accessible and more useful to visitors and researchers. I provided insight from my conversations with visitors, collaborated on layout designs, and created iconography for implementation in the interface.
I illustrate for a craft hot sauce company and a local brewery. I also create repeat patterns for print-on-demand textiles.
Illustration
I’ve had several opportunities to bring my designs to life with animation. I’ve created kinetic architectural renderings for academic assignments and flag-waving bears for a Cornell University development campaign. I have also created web ads that use motion to drive user interaction.
