In mid-2013, CMU Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University hired a new Dean of Libraries. He began sending out a weekly email newsletter with a variety of internal and external news for library staff.

The original newsletter was text-only and difficult to skim. As a project for learning InDesign basics, I re-designed the newsletter in InDesign (Id) and exported it as an interactive PDF. In collaboration with the communications director for the library, I created a draft newsletter. The dean approved the newsletter and the communications director continued to use the newly-developed template for the Dean’s Digest.

The template was later re-used, with a different set of secondary brand colors, for a Scholarly Communications Digest available to the entire CMU community.

  • Project Type: Graphic Design, Communications
  • Audience: CMU Libraries staff
  • Skills Needed: Writing, Editing, Graphic Design, Marketing, CMU brand elements
  • Applications Used: InDesign (Id)