Annual Reports

Is your organization or business ready to announce your successful year? I have lots of different styles of annual reports or impact reports to help you do that. Email me if you need some help!

The City of Portland Children’s Levy, is a taxpayer-funded agency that provides critical services to the most underserved groups in our community. I was honored to showcase the work done by this city agency for 11 years. Following are examples of various, creative approaches I devised each year.

Annual report my original concept to use the meaning of flowers

2017 Community Report for Portland Children’s Levy Maybe the most beautiful annual report ever created! My creative concept used the idea that flowers traditionally have represented qualities (see the list below) (did you read “The Language of Flowers” …. it’s where I got the idea, loved that book). We selected 8 agencies to visit and asked 8 participants at each facility to select a quality from the list. They didn’t know what flower they would be asked to pose with. This shows the cover and some of the inside pages. Click here to see the full report.

  • Conceptual theme creation and generation

  • Visit 8 sites and take photos of 8 participants at each site

  • Buy a LOT of flowers (and transport them!)

  • Creative layout and design of the 28-page document

  • Create press ready and web-ready files

  • Print coordination

2018 ANNUAL REPORT This year we wanted an art project. My (original and very clever if I do say so myself) concept was to draw each child’s profile and have them color it in with images of things they love, their hopes and dreams, their favorite foods and movies, and future aspirations, etc. The kids loved it and it was a great chance for them to express their emotions. I really like the back cover where I melded together four different profiles into one. The theme was Our Year in Profile.Conceptual theme creation and generationDraw each profile!Visit 8 sites and draw profiles of each participantLayout and design the 28 page documentCreate press ready and web ready files Print coordinationClick here to see the full report.

2018 ANNUAL REPORT This year we wanted an art project. My (original and very clever if I do say so myself) concept was to draw each child’s profile and have them color it in with images of things they love, their hopes and dreams, their favorite foods and movies, and future aspirations, etc. The kids loved it and it was a great chance for them to express their emotions. I really like the back cover where I melded together four different profiles into one. The theme was Our Year in Profile.

  • Conceptual theme creation and generation

  • Draw each profile!

  • Visit 8 sites and draw profiles of each participant

  • Layout and design the 28 page document

  • Create press ready and web ready files

  • Print coordination

  • Click here to see the full report.

2019 Annual Report This year’s theme is Reflections, each participant reflected back n how the PCL had helped them. The back is a reflection of the front.Conceptual theme creation and generation Create page layout, and original demographicsPhotographyAssemble the photosCreate press-ready and web-ready files

2019 Annual Report This year’s theme is Reflections, each participant reflected back n how the PCL had helped them. The back is a reflection of the front.

  • Conceptual theme creation and generation

  • Create page layout, and original demographics

  • Photography

  • Assemble the photos

  • Create press-ready and web-ready files

Theme is “Many Voices, Many Journeys,” shows a variety of cultures

2020 Annual Report This year’s theme is “Many Voices, Many Journeys,” so we wanted to show the variety of cultures that were served the Levy. Each participant gave us a quote and we translated them into their native language, so the layout example page here shows the Nepalese translation. The Levy had a new brand which is built around all of these geometrical shapes. I used the shapes in a variety of different arrangements.

  • Conceptual theme creation and generation

  • Create page layout, icons, and original demographics utilizing a series of geometric shapes

  • Photography at 8 sites of each participant

  • Assemble the photos

  • Create press-ready and web-ready files

  • Print coordination. Click here to see the full report.

Wilsonville Public Library Foundation This is a very active library foundation, with lots of fun projects. The design brief was to showcase all of those projects on an 11 x 17 sheet which can be folded and mailed. A challenge to fit it all in! I previously designed their logo and the branding colors. Love the purple!

PBDG Impact Report This is a 16-page report highlighting the successes of the organization, which is committed to advancing policy, inclusion, and equitable opportunity within the construction industry for BIPOC businesses.

Water Quality Report for West Slope Water District I used to do a lot of these, every public water provider is required to report the findings of their water quality to all of their ratepayers every year. These reports are mostly digital anymore. Conceptual theme creation and generationCreate page layoutOriginal spot illustrations

Water Quality Report for West Slope Water District I used to do a lot of these, every public water provider is required to report the findings of their water quality to all of their ratepayers every year. These reports are mostly digital anymore.

  • Conceptual theme creation and generation

  • Create page layout

  • Original spot illustrations

  • Create press-ready and web-ready files

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Showcasing an organization's or business’ achievements in words and images is a fun puzzle. I love matching photos with text and graphic elements to bring your company's story to life. Is your organization ready to show off your year?

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