Worked

founder & creative lead | rebecca hume design | apr 2016-present

Plan and design smart, strategy-driven brand systems, websites, infographics, and print materials for nonprofits and foundations working to build a more just and sustainable world. Clients include the National Audubon Society, The Global FoodBanking Network, the Trust for Public Land, Urban Green Council, UCLA’s Center for Climate Science, the Aspen Institute and the UN Foundation.

  • Serve as an ongoing design partner for mission-driven clients, using deep knowledge of their brand, issues, and goals to help achieve real-world impact. 

  • Shape project scopes, budgets, and timelines, balancing multiple simultaneous client projects.

  • Lead work through all strategic and creative stages, from goal setting and research to ideation and prototyping to visual execution and refinement.

  • Facilitate customized brand development workshops, UX sessions, and brand guide training.

  • Engage and manage sub-contractors for major development and production needs.

art directoR | purpose | nov 2014-MAr 2016

Directed the creation of participatory campaigns, brand identities, and digital experiences for social impact clients including Habitat for Humanity, World Animal Protection, and The Rockefeller Foundation. 

  • Established the conceptual and visual approach for each project, managing small teams of designers and copywriters and maintaining timelines and budgets.

  • Presented creative solutions to clients and helped develop new business pitches.

  • Guided growth for the creative team, serving as departmental hiring manager and standardizing the internal project brief and brand development processes.

Art Director | Big Duck | may 2012-dec 2013

Led the creative development of branding, digital, and campaign projects for nonprofit organizations including Hillel, the Children’s Tumor Foundation, Exponent Philanthropy, and the New York Peace Institute.

  • Partnered with clients and strategists to define project goals and led collaborative workshops and design research sessions.

  • Crafted design concepts based on strategic insights and directed the work of junior and freelance designers, copywriters, and interns.

  • Presented to clients and worked closely with them through iteration and refinement.

Senior Designer | Big Duck | aug 2007-apr 2012

Conceptualized and designed brand identities, multichannel campaigns, and websites for nonprofit organizations, collaborated closely with clients and strategists, and provided guidance to interns.
 

Production Specialist | National Museum of Women in the Arts | mar 2002-jun 2005

Managed the creation and production of print and online membership materials and designed collateral as needed for museum publications, exhibitions, and gift shop.

Learned

Carnegie Mellon University

M.Des., Communication Planning
and Information Design | 2007
 

Wesleyan University

B.A. with honors, College of Letters
Phi Beta Kappa | 2001
 

Knows

Design & Brand Strategy
Visual Identity Systems
Art Direction
Data Visualization
Information Architecture
User Experience
Responsive Web Design
Naming & Writing
Content Strategy
Research & Analytics
Production Management

Adobe Creative Suite
Microsoft Office
PowerPoint & Keynote
Sketch
HTML/CSS
Wordpress