Senior California-based print and production designer
Print work with a steady hand.
Megan designs catalogs, magazines, event graphics, and brand pieces that look good, read clearly, and make it to press cleanly.
Senior print and production designer with deep experience in editorial systems, catalog programs, mailers, signage, logos, and illustration. Comfortable shaping the concept, building the files, managing proofs, talking specs with vendors, and staying close to the work until it ships.
- 25+years in print production
- 2022launched Miata Motoring magazine
- $1M+saved in vendor transition work
Capabilities
Design sense. Production calm.
Good print work has to hold up twice: when someone first sees it, and when the file finally hits press. Megan works comfortably on both sides.
Editorial systems
Magazines, catalogs, brochures, inserts, mailers, and recurring print programs with clear hierarchy, steady pacing, and enough structure to keep each issue or drop moving.
Production confidence
Clean mechanicals, press-ready files, preflight, proofing, color checks, paper specs, printer notes, timelines, and the judgment to catch issues before they become expensive.
Hands-on craft
Typography, illustration, photo editing, logo design, signage, event graphics, and practical layout decisions that help the work stay clear, useful, and finished.
Featured work
Selected work from the press room, show floor, and garage.
Magazines, catalogs, event graphics, ads, social posts, and brand pieces built with a bias toward clarity, craft, and getting the details right.
Full portfolio
Catalogs, magazines, mailers, event graphics, ads, and brand pieces.
A broader archive of print, publication, promotional, and production work.
Experience
Built in production. Still close to the work.
More than two decades across publication design, ad production, catalogs, magazines, vendor coordination, and marketing systems.
Lead Print Designer · Moss Motors
Led catalog, magazine, flyer, brochure, and promotional print programs from layout through final files, coordinating proofs, specs, vendors, and delivery details.
Graphic Designer · Moss Motors
Helped launch Miata Motoring, created event graphics, apparel, logos, social extensions, and print-ready marketing systems for tight calendars and recurring campaigns.
Production Manager · Santa Barbara Independent
Ran weekly ad production, guided an offsite printer transition, managed production budgets, and kept a high-volume publication accurate, organized, and on schedule.
Freelance + Associate Production Roles
Delivered brochures, fundraising mailers, logos, ads, inserts, and collateral for education, nonprofit, downtown, and lifestyle clients with clean files and practical vendor follow-through.
Profile
A print designer who knows what happens after the layout is approved.
Megan has spent her career around real files, real deadlines, real printers, and the kind of detail work that makes design hold together. She is as comfortable refining a magazine spread or logo as she is checking bleeds, paper specs, proofs, and vendor notes before a job leaves the building.
Her work spans catalogs, magazines, mailers, signage, event graphics, logos, illustration, and brand pieces. The through line is steady judgment: make the piece clear, keep the file clean, and stay close enough to production that the final result still feels like the design.
On a team, that means less drama around handoff: clear questions early, clean rounds of proofing, useful vendor communication, and files that do not need to be rescued at the last minute.
Available now
Looking for senior print, publication, or production design work.
Based in California and open to in-house roles, collaborative teams, and project work where sharp design and clean production both matter.