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JOBS
Project/Office Manager Stoltze Design Group June 2017 – Present Administrative & Project Director CambridgeEditors May 2016 – May 2017 Teaching Assistant to Lisa Diercks Professor of Writing, Literature & Publishing Emerson College, Jan. 2017 – May 2017 Marketing Intern & Temp Da Capo Press & Lifelong Books Hachette Book Group, June 2016 – Jan. 2017 Graduate Assistant to Lu Ann Reeb Director of Entrepreneurship & Business Studies Emerson College, Sept. 2015 – May 2017 |
DEGREES
MA, Publishing & Writing Emerson College ('17) Boston, MA BBA, Marketing BS, Professional Writing University of Wisconsin ('15) Whitewater, WI CLIPS
Ghost Ranch Offers Wild Beauty Tamed Long Ago by a Boston Brahmin The Boston Sunday Globe Sept. 3, 2017 8 Myths and 5 Truths About Millennials The Boston Globe Magazine May 24, 2017 |
DESIGN
HUMANxNATURE
In 2018, Haley E. D. Houseman and I partnered to publish a print anthology of new nature writing. The work would range from mythology to taxonomy to theology to post-colonialism; the tone would be meditative at times, urgent at others. Haley would edit and illustrate the contributors, and I would design and illustrate their essays. We opted against color printing to make the book more accessible. Creamy paper, neo-traditional fonts, and uncanny glyphs give the text a vintage touch, while ragged columns and oversized treatments keep it in company with contemporary literary zines. Light, gestural author portraits quietly capture their human counterparts, while vibrant line illustrations vibrate off the page throughout—bringing nature to the forefront of the exchange.
This project was funded through Kickstarter in August 2018 and printed in the fall.
Design and essay illustrations by Missy J. Kennedy.
Editing and portraits by Haley E. D. Houseman.
This project was funded through Kickstarter in August 2018 and printed in the fall.
Design and essay illustrations by Missy J. Kennedy.
Editing and portraits by Haley E. D. Houseman.
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MOONRISE
In 2016, as a graduate student at Emerson College, I decided to take a magazine design course a few steps further. Rather than create a magazine concept from sample content, I pitched the first installment of a zine for emerging women creatives to my class and to my network of mutual followers on social media. The first installment—edited, designed, and produced that semester—centered around ritual in essays and fine art. That summer, I put out a call for submissions to a second installment, which focused on legacies in craft, poetry, and recollection—including a collection of memories of readers' grandmothers (one of my favorite things I've ever worked on). The text is neat but annotated with playful motifs and treatments, while co-opting hyper-formal elements like calligraphic drop caps and catalogue-style attributions—to bring weight and gloss to what feels, at heart, like a well-kept journal.
The first issue was awarded Best in Category for Student Interior Design at the 2017 New England Book Show.
All told, just under 200 copies of this project (and as many moon stickers) went out to readers.
The first issue was awarded Best in Category for Student Interior Design at the 2017 New England Book Show.
All told, just under 200 copies of this project (and as many moon stickers) went out to readers.
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EMERSON COLLEGE
In 2015, as I began my master's degree at Emerson College, I also began my two-year assistantship to the Director of Entrepreneurship & Business Studies, Lu Ann Reeb. Alongside aiding with curricular research, department programming, and planning Emerson's annual student entrepreneurship (E3) expo, I designed a lot of flyers and graphics—for the Director as well as for the Marketing Communication department at large. For an upcoming course, event, or meeting, I was given the message and a direction. I brainstormed, often creating the visuals, then had the designs approved and printed before making the rounds to strategically post them on campus. This process was an invaluable primer in creating vibrant, engaging, and accessible communications, a hands-on introduction to the print and production process, and a regular (even physical) exercise in understanding and reaching an audience—I learned so much here.
Some of the visuals I created are still in use. (And yes—I mixed real paint for that splatter.)
Some of the visuals I created are still in use. (And yes—I mixed real paint for that splatter.)
I'm well-versed in marketing and project management, too.
For more about that work, see my full résumé on LinkedIn.
For more about that work, see my full résumé on LinkedIn.
