Art Direction/Design Lead
Committee for Children is an established leader in creating social-emotional learning curricula. Second Step Out-of-School Time is their new research-based, social-emotional learning (SEL) program designed specifically to meet the needs of out-of-school time (OST) settings. Built on the foundation of their trusted SEL programs, this new program helps teach social-emotional skills like community-building, empathy and kindness, and growth mindset to children from Kindergarten through Grade 5.
My role was as lead visual print designer from project initiation and field testing, through launch. I provided art direction for all design, illustration, character development, template design, packaging development, and print production. Collaborated with a full product team, including Product Owners, Educational Designers, Editors, and Project Managers, to support project planning, design resourcing, and product development. As well as partnering with print vendors to create unique packaging for efficient functionality and premium user experience.
With a team of 6 skilled designers and illustrators we completed the production triumphing over the added challenge of transitioning to fully remote work in the middle of our established workflow. In August 2020 we successfully launched this brand new print product with 12, 88 page notebooks of activities that include over 180 custom instructional illustrations.