Nonprofit that encourages LGBTG+ community and access to rock-climbing across California, Colorado and Vermont
Queer Crush 501(c)3
Graphic Designer and Social Media Manager responsible for creating monthly event graphics and social needs.
Responsible for hand-drawn assets, photo editing, and support photography.
Collaboration with staff photographer, editorial board, and gym captains across three states to complete posts and media publication.
Every asset is hand-drawn and hand-made with paper and pencil, creating a welcoming, expressive, multi-media design.
Ideated, illustrated and designed t-shirt for nonprofit to sell at monthly meet-ups, climbing festivals, and online
Organization requested updated t-shirt design, any imagery paired with “be gay do climbs” text.
Merch — Be Gay Do Climbs
Process
Original sketches
Reference photo
Feedback: No rainbows!
What if the climber grabbed holds instead of boxes?
Now, make the figure more ambiguously gendered!
Use your handwriting for the text!
Recolor for print costs, and we’re good to go!
Climbing Trips
Graphics and social media to promote outdoor climbing trips for nonprofit. Collaboration with trip guides and photographers for assets and copy.
Since starting as the Lead Graphic Designer, the nonprofit’s Instagram engagement increased by over 80%
