Megan Williams Whyte

About

I moved from the Washington DC area to Florida at the end of 2004 to start my business, Nutmeg Design. Offering freelance and contractual web & graphic design support to corporations helping them meet, and usually exceed, their business goals.

Prior to founding Nutmeg Design, I worked as the lead Welcome Experience designer for AOL, which at it’s height the AOL Welcome Screen had over 30 million unique visitors daily. When you heard those famous words “You’ve Got Mail” between 2001–2004 you were looking at one of my screens.

My career started at Johns Hopkins University in the Design & Publications department as their first web designer co-creating the University’s first online presence, and many of the first web pages for the University’s departments. As well as a vast number of recruitment pieces, department brochures, and fund raising campaigns.

I currently reside outside of Tampa, Florida with my husband and two sons.

Nutmeg Design LLC

January 2005 - Present

I started Nutmeg Design in January 2005, offering freelance and contractual graphic design support to corporations. With a focus on developing websites, conceptual designs, print and digital marketing materials, web ads, magazine and print ads, I consistently design projects that offer a unique look and feel to support each client’s identity, mission, and goals, while maintaining the highest design aesthetics. Multiple design concepts and iterations are delivered under tight deadlines and various budget constraints. My role often includes working with clients concerning concept development, research, target audience identification, user interface design, and direction. I create clean, strong visual designs optimized for each specific product.

My skillset includes: providing project quotes and negotiating accurate and reasonable pricing and time lines while balancing multiple clients and projects. I possess strong people-skills, team player, and manage cordial, professional relationships with business owners, project managers, department heads, developers, writers, photographers, and printers.

CLIENTS INCLUDE

Lee Health

Freelance Designer | 2012–present

Publish daily healthcare videos to multiple online video sites—for Lee Health, a six-hospital healthcare system in Ft. Meyers, Florida. Responsible for creating the tag cloud keywords, coding the web scripts, and maintaining the video archive system for each healthcare video.

Celestyal Cruises (formerly Louis Cruises)

Freelance Designer | 2010–present

Responsible for North American market print and digital marketing materials for multiple national and regional travel travel magazines and direct marketing ma.

XO Communications

Contract Designer | February 2014 – July 2017

Designed and developed print and digital marketing materials for enterprise and midmarket network, voice, cloud, IT, security, and wholesale products. XO marketing materials included feature overviews, service overviews, white papers, infographics, responsive html emails, advertising, and XO.com support.

TUI | Travelopia

Freelance Designer | 2017

UX design, add widgets. Current websites need elements updated. Brought in to help the development team update websites.

NBC Universal

Freelance Designer | February 2006 – July 2015

Led the Creative direction on NBCU's editorial websites, which included Stringwire, Astrology.com, Petside, Petside UK, GardenWeb, Life Goes Strong verticals, TravelSkoot, and DinnerTool. Responsible for creative direction, concept mocks, logo identities, widgets, final web designs, additionally provided daily/weekly editorial design support. Additional details below

StringWire, NBC October 2013 - May 2015
NBC’s platform for crowdsourcing live video streams. Created and delivered flow diagrams; mobile, tablet, and desktop views; deck presentations; and art assets, deck presentations, including icons and vector art. app and web product, developed marketing materials for web and print, created and delivered art assets including icons and vector art, style guides, logos, wireframes, final mockups, flow diagrams, deck presentations, and solved complex UI challenges in the emerging market of live streaming.

Astrology.com, NBC | August 2013 - January 2015
Redesigned the look and feel of Astrology.com migrating them to to be responsive for mobile, tablet, and web. Created social media marketing materials; wireframes; responsive views; email marketing campaigns; icons; and various art assets.

developed designs and art assets for, Horoscopes. Developed marketing materials for web and print, assisted the Marketing Director with copywriting, ad strategies and email marketing campaigns, created and delivered art assets including icons and vector art, style guides, logos, wireframes, final mockups, flow diagrams, and deck presentations, ultimately revitalizing the entire Astrology.com brand.

Life Goes Strong, NBC | June 2009 - May 2013
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Petside, NBC | January 2008 - February 2012
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GardenWeb, NBC | March 2011 - November 2014
Responsible for redesign of the website, all maintainence, pitch screen designs,

AOL (America Online)

Contract & Freelance Designer | Apr 2008–Jan 2015

AOL.com Homepage Provided everything from large-scale redesigns of AOL.com, responsive design solution for screens, special promotions, and sign-on screens.

AOL conceptual design Designed all the conceptual pitch projects for Director of Product Management (AOL.com).

Games.com. Was responsible for shifting the entire website to a responsive design. Streamlined the UX and created mobile and tablet views.

AOL Welcome Screen & Client. Created AOL Welcome Screen (WS) “Convergence 1.0 and 2.0,” and the “HTML Welcome Screen” concept designs. Updated the Client toolbar design, including third-tier rail design and development of a single universal button-design to work across multiple client skins. Created splash screens for 9.5 and 9.6 clients, responsible for AOL’s multiple canvases that rotated behind the AOL brand on AOL.com.

K12 Inc.

Contract Designer | 2007–August 2012

Designed print and digital marketing collateral for the nation’s largest provider of K–12 online education. Was responsible for marketing materials in multiple states; 60+ multi-state and regional print ads monthly, online ads, flash banners, posters, as well as state standards alignment catalogs.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AOL (America Online)

Senior Designer | February 2000–November 2004

AOL Welcome Experience Lead Designer. Led the design and development of AOL Welcome Screens for multiple versions of the AOL client, which had an audience of more than 30 million people. Welcome screens included AOL Latino, AOL Small Business, the emergence of AOL Broadband Welcome Screens, as well as sign on screen and splash screens.

Prior to the Welcome Screen, I designed for multiple AOL channels including AOL News, Parenting, Government Guide, AOL Women.

Johns Hopkins University,
Design & Publications

Designer | October 1996–February 2000

Designed web and print materials for the University’s departments, programs, and centers, including the creation of JHUniverse, the University’s first online presence.

EDUCATION

Maryland Institute, College of Art

Ohio Wesleyan University

Two years of undergrad before transferring to Maryland Institute, College of Art.

Tracy Highnote, AOL
As a freelance designer, I reported directly to Tracy, Director of Product Management for AOL.com & Games, for four years. Tracy can speak to my flexibility, creativity, and my technical abilities with UI / UX design.
tracy.highnote@fleaflicker.com

Ken Lemieux, XO Communications
I reported directly to Ken, Art Director, for three years. Ken can speak to my talent, time management, reliablity, and ability to deliver high quality marketing materials in short time.
ken@lemieuxgraphicdesign.com

Scott Shipman, Tui & America Online
I have worked alongside Scott over the years. He can speak to my speak to my versitility, personality, team player qualities as well as time management.
k.scott.shipman@gmail.com

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