As a freelance designer, Gayl Hyde has designed high-end branding and marketing programs for an impressive list of clients including Nike USA, Coca-Cola, Sony Music, Men's Health Magazine, New York Magazine, Atlanta Humane Society, My Sister's Closet, and Fox Restaurant Group to name a few.

Gayl is an award-winning artist with a background in graphic design, art direction, web design, illustration and television production. Her diverse experience is in the concept, creative direction, and production of a variety of print and television advertising programs. Her talents are vast. Her awards are many. Her goals are great. Her visions are endless.

Gayl has over 15 years of diverse experience in graphic design, art direction, web design, illustration and set decoration for the print, advertising, and film industries. Her professional experience ranges from working at ad agencies, design studios and fashion catalog agencies, to managing her own design studio and freelancing for a diverse clientele from New York City to Los Angeles and San Diego, with a few stops in between. Gayl has managed art departments, leading and inspiring her creative teams to win many awards for creative excellence in print and TV including the ADDY, VISION and TELLY AWARDS. At the international level, she was awarded the prestigious ECO AWARD for excellence in ecologically-aware design. Gayl is a Mac wiz and a typography lover, which she taught at the Pratt Institute of Art in New York City. She has been quoted in several popular publications including Advertising Age, The Boston Herald, e.fashion, Natural Health Today and Natural Awakenings. Her designs have been seen on MTV and features on her success stories have run in Jezebel magazine and on the Oxygen TV Network showcasing successful women in business. She has donated her talents to the Atlanta Humane Society helping to increase annual fund-raising donations from $5,000 to over $150,000 in just 7 years.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
10/97-present
Freelance: Graphic Designer / Art Director / Production Artist / Web Designer
New York City (10/97-03/03)
Los Angeles (03/03-08/05)
Phoenix (08/05-06/09)
San Francisco (06/09-08/11)
San Diego (08/11-present)

08/99-01/00
     Professor of Typography
     Pratt Institute of Art, New York City

10/92-10/97
     Creative Director / Owner
     Hip O Creative Inc, Atlanta

01/91-10/92
     Sr Art Director / Art Department Manager
     Brogan Tennyson Group (formerly WT Quinn), Atlanta

MAC PROFICIENCY
QuarkXpress, PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, DreamWeaver, PowerPoint, Word, Excel

AWARDS
International ECO Award, NRDC: ecologically-aware design
ADDY: Print Advertising
Vision Award: Creative Direction in TV Production
Telly Awards: Creative Direction in TV Production

PUBLICITY
Natural Awakenings (12/08)
Advertising Age (06/01)
Vibe Magazine (05/01)
Boston Herald (05/01)
Oxygen TV, successful women in business (05/01)
e.fashion (05/01)
MTV "fashionably loud" (04/01)
Jezebel magazine "in the spotlight" (03/98)

CONTRIBUTIONS
Gayl has donated her design talents to the Atlanta Humane Society for their annual fund-raising event, the NO BALL AT ALL. Her contributions have helped increase the event's gross donations from $5,000 to over $150,000 in just seven years.

UNDERGRADUATE + DESIGN EDUCATION
BA (double): Graphic Design + Communication Arts [video production]
WMU College of Art: Kalamazoo, MI
Advertising Design + Photography
College for Creative Studies: Detroit, MI

UPON REQUEST
References + Client List
Additional Portfolio Pieces