About

As a freelance designer and consultant, I work independently for a wonderful variety of clients as well as sub-contract for acclaimed creative agencies. Over about two decades, I've approached every project with eagerness to listen and problem solve. I am a professional, agile, collaborative partner. I've worked with clients on a broad spectrum of projects: complex websites, logos and brand identity packages, stationery kits, catalogs, studio photography, illustrations, events, retail packaging, and more. (I've even been hired to QA the work of other designers.) I leverage knowledge, skills, and experience to maximize the impact of a budget and advocate for solutions that have proven to work. I tend to seek work that helps people and contributes positively to the world. 

  • Leadership of creative teams, art direction, and project management
  • Responsive websites, WordPress, web apps, iOS, and Android apps
  • Accomplished brand identity, design system, and logo designer, creating usable, scalable brand guidelines and style guides
  • Meticulous print designer, with high-value knowledge of processes and techniques
  • Experience leading client meetings and driving discovery and research
  • Adaptable problem solver
  • Organized and efficient
  • Care for the audience, client, and business needs through the process

If there are any questions I can answer, or something specific you're looking for that you don't see here, please drop me a line — jessicavergano at gmail — or connect on LinkedIn. I hope to hear from you soon.

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"Jess is an excellent designer, helpful teammate, and overall great person to know. She is incredibly organized, detail-oriented, and thorough when working on projects. She has the ability to clearly articulate her design decisions to both teammates and clients, and to give wonderful presentations. Jess is incredibly creative, even when dealing with many obstacles and restrictions, and can see fine details as well as the big picture. Any company would be very lucky to have Jessica Vergano as part of their team!"

          Catherine Merris
          Associate Graphic Web Designer, TerpSys


"Jessica is an all-star. I've worked with a number of talented visual designers over the years, but Jessica consistently 'nails it' for our customers time and time again. She has a wonderful ability to translate a design aspiration into art, quickly adapts approach based on feedback and is a fast worker. She thrives in quick iteration cycles and always provides the team with options."

          Matt Crudello, PMP, CSM
          Director, Web Solutions, TerpSys


"Jess is a fantastic designer with a keen eye for detail. She is dependable and a great communicator too. As a project manager I never needed to worry about the quality of her deliverables or the timeliness of completion. On top of all that, Jess is just a great person and a pleasure to work with."

         Laura Lacy, PMP
         Lead Business Analyst, TerpSys

"I have worked with Jessica on several web site redesign projects, serving as the Project Manager. She is a very talented Designer who always listens closely to the customer's wishes and delivers fantastic designs. She is a great team mate who is always able to deliver creative solutions within the time and cost constraints of the project. I highly recommend Jessica and would be happy to work with her again."

          John Good, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM
          Project Manager, TerpSys


"Thanks so much for the help. You guys are awesome and the work you are doing is greatly helping us here at The Outdoor Education Center of For Love of Children and making life a lot easier for us so that we can in turn offer great programming for our youth we serve!"

          Todd McKinney
          Director, FLOC Outdoor Education Center



"Thanks again for all of your good work on this. All of us here are so excited for the new site. I can finally not be embarrassed to tell people I am in the communications dept, and not have to say 'yes, I know, our website is terrible...'"

          Joleen Ong
          Communications Director, Social Accountability International (SAI)



"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you and your team for all your hard work and valuable insight on this project. We feel like we learned a tremendous amount from you, and that you deftly helped us navigate the many, many considerations that go into re-imagining how we offer content online in the most accessible and user-friendly manner."

         
Michelle Mittelstadt
          Director of Communications and Public Affairs,
          Migration Policy Institute

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