Sarah Notley
Designer + Strategist in Denver, she/her
About
I'm a visual designer and brand strategist empowering purpose-driven brands, businesses, dreamers, and doers to market themselves with confidence, develop their unique brand voice, and grow their audience.
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Work Experience
Empowering brands, creators, dreamers, and doers to market themselves with confidence, discover their unique brand voice, and grow their audience. Offering services in brand and web/ux design, content design, publication design, and brand strategy.
Bringing the human element back to customer success by creating dream on-boarding and support experiences for the Norby community.
Visual design, branding, and marketing lead for the Department of Student Governance & Advocacy (SG&A), Student Government Association (SGA), and Student Publications. Responsibilities also include:
• Supervising, training, evaluating work for, and creatively mentoring Student
Publications team (11 student designers and photographers) as Director of Student Publications
• Developing marketing solutions and brand strategy for SG&A, SGA, and Student Publications
• Fulfilling design, photography, and print production requests for over 90
recognized student organizations
• Serving as art director, project manager, and designer for over 10 publications
• Hosting workshops for student staff on brand building, marketing, creative development, practice, and technique
Designed publications, branding assets, digital and print event collateral, and advertisements for proprietary and client brands
• Prepared files for print production, including color correcting and management
• Lead designer on 5 publications
Served as Staff Assistant for the Office of Professional Practices and Bureau of School Improvement (BSI), as well as Administrative Assistant for the Office of Student Financial Assistance over three years.
• Editor and designer of the BSI newsletter
• Technical and customer support for CIMS (over 7000 active users) and Florida Bright Futures website
• Developed, implemented, monitored, and maintained new office processes to increase efficiency and align with overall Department objectives
• Developed documents, handouts, and media for meetings, conferences, and presentations
• Administrative support as personnel liaison, property custodian, travel organizer, and office manager
• Assisted in coordinating and hosting state-level conferences of 500+ attendees
• Developed and designed educational materials and research reports
• Research for Alexander Calder and Judy Chicago exhibitions
• Assisted with museum events
• Lead tours and programming
• IT Help Desk team member, fulfilled software issue tickets by providing customer support, troubleshooting, and remote technical assistance
• Provided customer service as phone operator for entire state agency
• Technology consultations and research assistance for visitors
• Designed digital media for Undergraduate Services
• Managed and tracked the rental of media and equipment
• Assisted in outreach programming at local senior centers
• Conducted educational programming, tours, and field trips
• Caretaker and art docent for exhibitions
• Assisted in outreach programs at local schools and public museum events
• Assisted photo shoots
• Managed the photographer's calendar and travel
• Organized photo archives
Projects
Speaking
A crash course on the essentials of branding and marketing yourself as a freelancer.
A crash course on the essentials of branding and marketing yourself as a freelancer.
Exhibitions
Photography show on the connections between emotional and physical space as it manifests at home.
Volunteering
Creative direction and branding services for regenerative landscaping and permaculture designer, Era Keys.
Relief and support for farms and homesteads after Hurricane Maria
Awards
Education
Extracurriculars included Phi Beta Kappa, Undergraduate Art History Association, the Leadership Council for the College of Fine Arts, and Designer of SIX Magazine (2017).