Programs Used ········· InDesign,Photoshop,Illustrator, Figma, Mailchimp, and Procreate
Time Frame······ July 2023 - April 2024
Role Title ······· Graphic Design and Communications Specialist 


overview
Collaborated with Northeastern University’s Office of the Provost (OTP) Internal Communications team to develop various email templates, information graphics, and an annual report for the Impact Engines program. Provided copywriting support and wrote on behalf of the Office of the Provost as a whole. Assisted in event coordination and helped to ensure that events ran smoothly. 
 
team
Worked directly with and provided support to the OTP’s Senior Associate Director of Internal Communications, Vincenza Parella, and shadowed under designer Jack Vogelsang. 


Impact Engines Annual Report


This report was designed for Northeastern’s Impact Engines program which aims to solve 21st century problems through collaboration between interdisciplinary experts with a focus on global problems within various contexts. Northeastern wanted to provide insight into the cutting edge being done across multiple fields in the form of an annual report that highlighted the research being done by the Impact Engine teams. 

A full flip through of the report can be found here.




The identity system for this project and treatment of all images and graphics were developed in collaboration with fellow designer Jack Vogelsang. Together we developed the grid various text treatments that were used for the entire project. We worked in tandem to create the spreads for the annual report often consulting each other for decisions on the photo treatment and layout. 

Each Impact Engines “cluster” is focused on a different sector of global issues which meant we needed to create a color system to define each cluster that worked within Northeastern’s strict branding guidelines. 

I specifically designed the “Year 1 at a Glance: Reach” graphic to showcase the wide reach that the Impact Engines program has had in its first year alone.

All icons for this graphic were custom developed in Adobe Illustrator for this project due to the specificity of some of the needed icons.




Mailchimp Email Designs


Email is the primary mode of communication within the Office of the Provost and we worked to redesign the standard format of the emails to optimize visual interest and increase the read through percentage. 

President’s Faculty Update

Provost Newsletter


Provost Newsletter Cont.



Map Wayfinding


For various in-person events I worked with the Associate Director of Events Planning and Management to create simple maps of campus. 
 
  

Taylie Kawakami Graphics