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Fun at work

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Print design
Branding
Illustration

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I love designing fun projects that lift employee morale.

Poster

Tribune Media Services runs an internal campaign annually to raise money for United Way. One year the theme was “That ’70s United Way Campaign”

Each TMS employee is assigned one of twelve teams, each with a 70’s theme team name.

  • Kotter’s Class
  • Ponch Patrol
  • Speed Racers
  • Brady Bunchers
  • Patridge Family
  • Love Boaters
  • The Jeffersons
  • Charlie’s Angeles
  • Jackson 10
  • The Ropers
  • Mork’s Martians
  • Scooby’s Squad

Teams that reached 100% participation got a day off.

I did the illustrations for each team, along with the logo and all the designs for the collateral.

Kickoff invite

Event closing invite

The closing event was a boat ride on Lake Michigan. The drawing for the Love Boaters came in handy.

Illustrations

First, I did the pencil sketches of each team. Then I traced the sketches in Illustrator.

Event invite

Another year the theme was “The Sweet Taste of Success,” with the teams having a candy theme.

The teams were:

  • Lemonheads
  • Lifesavers
  • Lollipops
  • Gummi Bears
  • Smarties
  • Pez
  • Bottlecaps
  • Tootsie Rolls
  • Junior Mints
  • Bottlecaps
  • Snowcaps
  • Pixy Stix

Poster

Dick Tracy Ping Pong Tournament

When our CEO said we were having a company ping pong tournament, I couldn’t resist having Dick Tracy be part of the logo. (Tribune Content Agency owns and syndicates Dick Tracy)

Before the tournament, each participant drew a Dick Tracy rogue from a hat. That rogue became the participant’s identity throughout the tournament.

Read more about how I designed the logo on my creativity blog.

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