Crimson Quarterly

Job: editorial and branding design

Client: University of Oklahoma student media

Tone: academic, classic, youthful

During my final year of at the University of Oklahoma, I had the opportunity to serve as editor-in-chief of the yearbook and the quarterly magazine. It was a great learning experience for me; working in a leadership position can be incredibly edifying. It also meant that I was able to contribute to the book at every level. In previous years, I had worked for the publication as a photographer and photo editor, but as editor-in-chief I was able to contribute both writing and design, in addition to photography. I developed a new masthead and created a new set of brand guidelines for the rest of the design staff.

For the issue below, the lead story—Money vs. Mission—was a fairly technical article about public university spending. The story contained a lot of data and not a lot of visuals, so I was tasked with the creation of a cover image that would quickly give readers an impression of the story. I scanned a page from an old yearbook, carved a dollar-sign stamp from a rubber eraser, and photoshopped my way to the cover below.