Being a creative manager for Hasbro at Magic: The Gathering was no small feat. I approached it with the goal of being the kind of manager that I'd always wished I'd had up until that point in my career. I lead by example, sharing the work load, struggles and solution way-finding with my employees. When I hired people I lead with Simon Sinek's philosophy; “You don't hire for skills, you hire for attitude. You can always teach skills.” This resulted in hires who were genuinely eager to not only be there, but to learn, and have a positive attitude. I was more than just a manager, I was a mentor and director, critiquing their work and ensuring they had the skills to create polished product to really impress stakeholders at design meetings. The work that was done during my time directing this team took an organization of revolving door designers and brought trust and reliability between external and internal designers. I made sure our team became integrated into the business and fostered the relationship between our vendors and Magic. I lead by example working on my own packaging and design projects for both Magic: The Gathering, Transformers, and D&D.

THE PROJECT

Establish the 2019 Challenger brand and theme​.

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THE GOAL

Created textures and elements that could 

be represented across all 5 Magic colors to then be applied to packaging and marketing materials for both print and web.

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MY ROLE

Senior Brand Designer

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TOOLS USED

Photoshop

InDesign

Illustrator