Dani Ward

Designer | Teacher | Consultant

Testimonials

Sean Maher

By Dani Ward / October 24, 2022 / Comments Off on Sean Maher

my web design and development teacher at Hagerstown Community College Dani worked for me as my student-aid and was by far the most professional and creative. She designed the homepage for our student web server, assisted with several web-based projects and tutored other students. Dani is creative beyond her years, but has the technical expertise to implement every design.

Chyrl Graham

By Dani Ward / October 24, 2022 / Comments Off on Chyrl Graham

former student of mine at Hagerstown Community College I met Dani when I was a student at Hagerstown Community College. I attended HCC working towards my Associates in Graphic Design and my Associates in Website Design. Because many of the classes for both degrees overlapped, I had Dani as my instructor for several of my core classes throughout my years…

Skylar Swain

By Dani Ward / October 24, 2022 / Comments Off on Skylar Swain

former Senior Graphic Designer at Infocus Marketing, where I worked as Junior Graphic Designer from 2009 through 2011 Dani is a very talented designer with a passion for typography. I am continually impressed with her creative, typographic solutions for projects. It can be a challenge for any in-house designer to keep every day projects from becoming boring and repetitive and…

Ellen Smith

By Dani Ward / October 24, 2022 / Comments Off on Ellen Smith

former Associate Professor of Graphic Design at Hagerstown Community College Dani was one of the best students I ever had. Her work was always thoughtful and well designed. Dani is extremely intelligent, and always found a strong solution to the visual problems that were assigned to her. Naturally her work was on time, and met all the requirements of the…

Kelly Faist

By Dani Ward / October 24, 2022 / Comments Off on Kelly Faist

formerly with PMMI Dani is a great graphic designer. She is very responsive and has great ideas. She is able to look at a website to determine the messaging to carry through to her work. She works fast to deliver a finished product. I have been very happy with all of the work Dani has produced for PMMI.

Matt Swain

By Dani Ward / October 24, 2022 / Comments Off on Matt Swain

Marketing Leader | Strategy | Director of Marketing | Product Marketing | Digital | Partnerships | Development | Content | Public Relations For one of my clients, I’ve used Dani for direct mail design and email design. Her graphics are GREAT, ability to translate copy to paper and email is phenomenal, and her ability to bring ideas to life and…

A. M. Leibowitz

By Dani Ward / October 24, 2022 / Comments Off on A. M. Leibowitz

Author I initially consulted Dani for my web site design because her artwork is stunning. I found her easy to work with, personable, and flexible. She created exactly what I asked for–something relatively uncomplicated but with the beautiful handlettering I admired when I first saw her work. I was also appreciative that she was upfront with me about the individual…

Samantha Field

By Dani Ward / October 24, 2022 / Comments Off on Samantha Field

Freelance Writer at Self Employed. I’ve worked with Dani twice to create logos for different projects. Both times I was absolutely thrilled with both the process and the end result. She is a good designer to work with — timely and pro-active, and responded well to changes I wanted. The logos turned out beautifully. I’ll definitely be using Dani for…

Kwame DeRoché

By / May 29, 2019 / Comments Off on Kwame DeRoché

Strategic. Thoughtful. And Passionate. Dani is all these and then some. I’ve had the pleasure of partnering with her on a number of projects, and she’s always done an amazing job of bringing my words to life. But more than that, Dani always brings it back to what our goal is — what we want the reader to feel or do — and tweaks accordingly. She understands that commercial design is about a balance of function and form, and she makes it look easy in execution (which it isn’t). Any time I get a chance to work with Dani, I know it’ll be fun, it’ll be creative, and it’ll always be done right.

Jaime Schwartzbeck

By / May 29, 2019 / Comments Off on Jaime Schwartzbeck

I have worked with Dani on direct mail, email marketing, print advertising, poster design, logo design and much more! We’ve been working together for almost 3 years now and I’m always thrilled with Dani’s work. She is very flexible with changes, delivers items in a timely manner and always hits my deadlines, whether that deadline be in 3 hours or 3 days. She is wonderful at what she does, she’s a very talented designer!

Connect With Me

A mock-up of a letter-sized booklet or magazine. On the left is the magazine open to a spread. On the right is the closed booklet to showcase its cover.

8.5x11in Booklet or Magazine Mock-up

A mock-up of a letter-sized booklet or magazine. On the left is the magazine open to a spread. On the right is the closed booklet to showcase its cover.
2 versions of the Dani the Designerd logo, along with business cards, resume, and envelope, all arranged on a light gray background, to demonstrate logo design and samples of business materials for portfolios or project presentations.

Logo + Business Materials Mock-up

2 versions of the Dani the Designerd logo, along with business cards, resume, and envelope, all arranged on a light gray background, to demonstrate logo design and samples of business materials for portfolios or project presentations.
Designs for an RSVP and envelope, along with an invitation and envelope, are displayed on a light gray background. The purpose of the image is to demonstrate how you can present your designs for a client or your own portfolio.

Invite & RSVP Presentation Mock-up

Designs for an RSVP and envelope, along with an invitation and envelope, are displayed on a light gray background. The purpose of the image is to demonstrate how you can present your designs for a client or your own portfolio.
Small seed-envelope, front and back, displayed on a white and gray background. The name of a salon, Eminence Salon, along with the tip amount and who it's for, are included for the purpose of demonstrating how designers can use this mock-up for client presentations or portfolio.

Tip/Seed Envelope Mock-up

Small seed-envelope, front and back, displayed on a white and gray background. The name of a salon, Eminence Salon, along with the tip amount and who it's for, are included for the purpose of demonstrating how designers can use this mock-up for client presentations or portfolio.
The words "thank you" are written in a thick upright script, stacked on top of each other. The purpose of the graphic is for designers who are designing thank you notes or cards and want something unique to use for the text.

Hand-Lettered "Thank You" Graphic

The words "thank you" are written in a thick upright script, stacked on top of each other. The purpose of the graphic is for designers who are designing thank you notes or cards and want something unique to use for the text.

Testimonials

Chyrl Graham

student at HCC from 2017-2019

Cindy Garland

client via Icon Graphics from 2011-2016

Jaime Schwartzbeck

client via Icon Graphics from 2013-2016

Kwame DeRoché

freelance copywriter I worked with for a mutual client from 2012-2015

Samantha Field

freelance client

A. M. Leibowitz

freelance client

Matt Swain

marketing and copywriting colleague for one of his clients

Kelly Faist

former Senior Manager of Trade Show Operations at PMMI; one of my contacts when PMMI was a client of mine

Ellen Smith

former graphic design instructor from my college years at HCC

Skylar Swain

former Senior Graphic Designer at Infocus Marketing while I was Junior Graphic Designer from 2009-2011

Matt Swain

former Marketing Manager and Director of Marketing at Infocus Marketing when I was there from 2010-2011

Sean Maher

former web design and development instructor at HCC from 2006-2007

Jeannine Gibson

former Director of Marketing at Infocus Marketing when I was a Junior Graphic Designer there from 2009-2011

Despite her youth, Dani has a very solid grasp of how graphic design works with messaging. She is a consistent performer and her work ethic is noticeably positive. Without her, the Marketing department would not be able to keep up with the variety of projects and increase of special requests from Business Development, email list marketing, our current list products, external clients and company marketing initiatives…Dani is a solid pillar that can be relied on.