From 2014 to 2016, I worked as a graphic designer in Office Depot’s headquarters’ private brand department. This was right after Office Depot acquired Office Max, and I was one of the designers hired to help convert the hundreds of Office Max products’ packaging to Office Depot branding. There were a seemingly endless amount of skus that were acquired from Office Max that needed to be updated from Office Max look to the Office Depot look.
There were also product lines, like the Highmark breakroom products that needed a lot of updating. The creative managers tweaked the branding and we worked on a brand standards sheet and rolled the branding out among the different products. Among other things, there were hand sanitizers, hand soaps, tissues, paper towels, “bath tissue” (we mustn’t say toilet paper!!), plastic utensils, paper cups, paper plates, and more.

Above: Hand sanitizers (my role was applying brand standards to various dielines, finding and editing stock photos, and sometimes product mockups)

Above: Highmark plastic utensils (my role was applying brand standards to various dielines, finding and editing stock photos, and sometimes product mockups)

Above: Highmark paper towels (my role was applying brand standards to various dielines, finding and editing stock photos, and sometimes product mockups)

Above: Highmark facial tissues (my role was editing the pattern to fit the dieline, applying brand standards to product labels, finding and editing stock photos, and sometimes product mockups).

I also did a fair share of photo retouching. Before and after images to adjust accents to new more modern color scheme for furniture photos for the website.

The below weren’t part of the Office Max inheritance, but I also worked on this series of 36 dry erase boards. And I worked on many more similar skus during my time there. The team there was really talented and funny. I learned so much from them! I had one of the best bosses I’ve had during my career. He was very supportive of the designers learning new skills and sharing with everyone. I left to take care of my newborn son and to do freelance. I ended up coming back to Office Depot a couple years later, but to a different department. It was a great experience in my career!

Above: dry erase boards. My roles: photo retouch, production, mockups

about me

I am an experienced freelance graphic artist based in South Florida. With over 15 years in the graphic design field, I have worked for a diverse range of companies and clients. I specialize in print design (including package design, catalogs, flyers, business cards, collateral), as well as digital graphics (such as email marketing graphics, animated GIFs, landing page designs, web banners and more). My work is characterized by efficiently and successfully interpreting the request and translating it into a finished design. I am excited about the opportunity to work on new graphic design projects. If you’d like to work with me (or just say hello!), you can contact me at www.giddyhedgehog.com/contact.