It’s great to meet you. My name is Heather Gaumer (née Gott).

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accolades

2019 PMA Awards – Interior Photography, Gold and Silver

2019 PMA Awards – Department Design, Silver

2018 PMA Awards – Interior Photography Gold and Silver

Designer on team for Campus Lifeline, which won Associated Press Media Editors’ Innovator of the Year award in 2013.

Education

Kent State University
2008-2013

Graduating in May 2013 with a B.S. in journalism and mass communication with a concentration in information design and B.A. in Spanish language.

Rochester Institute of Technology

(2007-2008)
Print Media program

WHO AM I?

I’m a graphic designer, photographer and a jack-of-all-trades creative. I love working with people, trying out new skills and seeing what we can make happen. I currently reside in Denver, Colorado with my husband, two dogs and my cat. I love travel, hockey, reading, and cooking in my free time. I’ve always been that kid that was doodling and finding ways to make cool things, and I am grateful to have made a career doing so! If you would like to work with me on a project, please click on the button below and let’s talk!

skills

experience

Senior Graphic Designer
Private Corporation (2022 – Current)

Scope cover the parent company, and sub-brands. Designer of marketing materials, trade booths, event signage, email templates, social graphics, rate manuals, swag and apparel. Also manage and provide feedback on junior designer’s projects. Additional responsibilities include event photography, building and maintaining the Mimeo Marketplace (an internal print-on-demand store), build and maintaining email list data and managing email campaigns.

Art Director
5280 Publishing Inc (2016 – 2022)

Primary designer and manager for Colorado Parent magazine, which serves front range communities in Colorado (12 monthly magazines and 3 ancillaries). Responsible for freelance assignment and management, budgeting and production, magazine layout, photography and shoot direction as well as keeping products on tight deadlines.

Production Manager/Graphic Designer
Hibert Publishing (2013 – 2016)

Primary designer for Westchester Family magazine, which serves Westchester county, New York City and the surrounding areas and assisting designer for Colorado Parent magazine. Also responsible for layout of ancillary magazines, creation of internet ads, enewsletters and eblasts for both the New York and Colorado markets, as well as website updates and promotional materials.

Production Intern
Alternative Press (Jan 2013 – May 2013)

Assisted in the layout of sections in both the print and iPad versions of the magazine; designed ads, posters and promotional pieces for the marketing department; created illustrations and assisted in the preparation and photography of elemental issue pieces, including photographing merchandise for the catalog.

Student Graphic Designer
WKSU/NPR Kent (Jan 2012 – May 2013)

Created segment logos, event flyers and identification for fund drive themes; also created promotional items such as koozies and coloring books; set-up the Regina Brett Show website using WordPress; shot videography for Folk Alley Session videos.

Graphic Designer
Buzzbin Magazine (July 2011 – August 2012)

Worked as a designer working with clients to traffic and create ads, and lay out magazine pages.