George Washington University
About GWU — As a graduate student at the George Washington University, Hope Gibbs conceptualized, wrote and coordinated brochures and other publications for the Office of Enrollment Management while working toward a masters degree in Educational Leadership. The mission of the department was to write and design glossy, hip, and eye-catching publications that would attract new students to the University. Worked closely with the art department, academic department chairs, and officials in the Office of Enrollment Management.
Success Story — In addition to winning several awards for the department for the brochures she helped create (see below), Hope Gibbs went on write for the GWU alumni magazine. It was one of her many clients in a successful freelance career.
Writing and Concept by Hope Katz Gibbs
Art director: Mary Argodale
Illustration by Michael Gibbs
Challenge: Promote the GWU School of Engineering and Applied Science a unique look but with common elements to make all the promotional materials cohesive.
Solution: Hope hired illustrator Michael Gibbs www.michaelgibbs.com to create one painting for each of the programs. Each had specific theme (such as the giant computer chip, pictured here on the cover of the catalog for the School of Engineering and Applied Science).
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Writing and Concept by Hope Katz Gibbs
Art director: Mary Argodale
Illustration by Michael Gibbs
Challenge: Promote the GWU School of Engineering and Applied Science a unique look but with common elements to make all the promotional materials cohesive.
Solution: Hope hired illustrator Michael Gibbs www.michaelgibbs.com to create one painting for each of the programs. Each had specific theme (such as the giant computer chip, pictured here on the cover of the catalog for the School of Engineering and Applied Science).
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Writing and concept by Hope Katz Gibbs
Illustration by Michael Gibbs
Art director: Mary Argodale
Challenge: Promote the 10 programs within the University’s School of Science, giving each a unique look but with common elements to make all the promotional materials cohesive.
Solution: Hope hired illustrator Michael Gibbs www.michaelgibbs.com to create one painting for each of the programs. Each had specific theme (such as the microscope, pictured here on the cover of the Science catalog).
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Writing and concept by Hope Katz Gibbs
Art director: Mary Argodale
Client: GWU
Challenge: Inspire more incoming freshmen and sophomores to apply for GWU’s Honors Program.
Solution: Our team decided to get the student’s attention with an oversized blue / yellow brochure (school colors) with red accents. We came up with a slightly challenging headline: “Think you’re smart?” Inside it read, “So do we.”
In smaller print we painted a picture about what it is like to be an Honors student at the collegiate level. Then used large and smaller type to accent key points [a precursor to today’s bubble clouds]: imagination, excitement, creativity, unconventional, choices, powerful, uncommon.
Outcome: Calls to the guidance department about the rigor of the Honors Program rose dramatically in the weeks following the mailing of the brochure.
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by Hope Katz Gibbs
Senior Publications Coordinator
Office of Enrollment Management
The George Washington University
Art director: Mary Argodale
Spring 1993
Challenge: Create a brochure that will inspire students to apply for the GWU Presidential Arts Scholarship.
Solution: In collaboration with the art department, created a unique artsy two-fold brochure. Bold colors were muted to suggest the intensity of the program. With a photographer, I traveled around the university to capture the students and faculty in motion. Quotes from successful performers in all the discipline areas (dance, drama, music, fine art) were used throughout.
Examples:
“I do everything I know how in a dance.” — Twyla Tharp
“Drama is life with its dull bits cut out.” — Alfred Hitchcock
“Music is the arithmetic of sounds, as optics is the geometry of light.” — Claude Debussy
“ … the artist has only to trust his eyes.” — Auguste Rodin
Outcome: Applications were up by 10% for the Presidential Arts Scholarship in 1993 than in any year before.
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