Portfolio

Take a look at my design alternative for the Fredericksburg City Circuit Court jury summons and walk through my process to get there.

Learn how I distilled an extremely busy year into a compelling, digestible end-of-year infographic.

When MCC transitioned its history wall from physical to digital, adapting a static design to a compelling, immersive experience was a unique challenge.

MCC’s “By the Numbers” fact sheet redesign created a single sided, one page document that distills the agency’s work into a quickly and easily digestible form for fast comprehension.

As part of MCC’s migration to a less expensive web hosting solution, the website’s 160+ templates and over 7,000 content elements had to be moved.

MCC adopted the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) as part of its migration to a GSA web hosting solution.

For MCC’s year-long 20th anniversary celebration, I created a logo to use on materials throughout the year.

For over two decades I have created an annual Christmas playlist, including custom artwork covers.

MCC released a gender and inclusion strategy requiring a unique, gender-neutral graphic representing the strategy’s components for use across multiple distribution channels. See the graphic I developed.

To streamline the use of MCC’s video back bumper, I created a motion graphics template in After Effects allowing for easy URL, product ID and “fade-to” color changes.

See how I streamlined the production of PDF and HTML documents using InDesign and its “Export to HTML” feature to create a single source document for both.

Developing an iconic image to represent MCC’s climate strategy across multiple distribution channels was a challenge. See the very clever result.

For the 20th anniversary of my annual Christmas playlist I created and published a keepsake book with all 20 playlists included.

Learn how I worked with subject matter experts to create a unique, compelling page to showcase MCC’s results by sector.

See the 2016 panel of the MCC history wall, and environmental graphic installed to motivate staff and remind them of the importance of their work.

The Challenge The project scope included: The Solution Brettro provided: Final Product

Learn how Brettro quickly updated its first client’s website to a modern codebase and an easier-to-use content management system.

Brettro brings the personality of this dynamic, font-loving, design-savvy couple to the invitations and related paper for their wedding.

Brettro’s first wedding website helped this dynamic, font-loving, design-savvy couple create a space to post registry information, places to stay and see and blog for their guests.

In its fifth year supporting HRC, Brettro’s work was behind the scenes creating WordPress plugins to make site management more efficient.

Brettro brought the ease of implementing better search engine optimization to Dr. Jill Weber through moving her website to the solid WordPress platform.

Brettro helped an award-winning psychotherapist promote her craft and availability via brochure.

A migration to WordPress and an interface refresh breath new life into the HRC National Dinner website.

Discover how Brettro helped the Congressional Oversight Panel keep its desire to remain transparent.

See how Brettro brought WDC Events’ creative brilliance to the web.

With the Dinner’s theme announced, Brettro works with the Dinner committee to bring that theme to the web.

Having just finished her website, Dr. Jill Weber asked Brettro to extend her brand identity to her business card.

See how Brettro updated a psychotherapist’s dated website.

Brettro subtly infuses elements of Susan’s new brand identity into a simple, elegant card promoting her psychotherapy business to prospective clients.

Helped the Victory Fund prepare its 2009 International Gay and Lesbian Leadership Conference website by taking the Fund designer’s Photoshop file and creating HTML.

Brettro worked with multiple principles to bring the calm, approachable feeling of this psychotherapy group to the printed page.

Brettro brings brand consistency to inaugural archival videos and a first-ever podcast and YouTube channel.

For the third inauguration in a row, Brettro brought sophistication, style and strategy to the site.

Brettro engages the COP stakeholders to quickly develop a more robust, permanent site.

With transparency paramount for the first government bailout, Brettro helps COP get up and running. Fast.

For the 2008 Dinner, the HRC and the National Dinner planning committee asked Brettro to return to maintain the site. Primary Project Goals: Expand content on the existing website; Integrate a better solution for multiple content providers to easily add and update content; Provide an information resource to potential Dinner attendees, corporate donors, table captains, […]

Brettro’s charge: convey a sense of pride, fun, connection, and camaraderie to students and alumni interested in ornaments.

Using a strong color and a distinctive typeface, this logo combines clever playfulness and quiet sophistication to the Spirited Whimsy brand.

Visually bring tech-savvy sophistication and the depth of experience to the web for Teneo.

Primary project goals: Create a new web site interface using industry best practices and interface design principles that conveys the grandeur and importance of the government’s transfer of power from one chief executive to another; Using existing content, create a basic web site whereby visitors will be able to: Learn about the history of the […]

The first HRC National Dinner website was created in early spring and launched in late spring 2007. Primary Project Goals: Create the first stand-alone website for the HRC’s flagship gala event; Allow non-technical users to update the site; Develop a backend, secure area for HRC National Dinner committee members and volunteers to collaborate and share […]

Primary project goals: Creating a logo, Establish a color palette, Create letterhead, business cards, envelopes, and other business papers

See early Brettro logos and discover how I came to develop the current Brettro Compass logo.

Primary Project Goals: Develop a unique dvd product catalog that captures the Gilded Nest experience and compels potential clients to discover more about Gilded Nest; Deliver a specific quantity of labeled dvd catalogs within a tight time frame; Create a dvd that can be used in both computers and consumer dvd players.

Primary project goals: Develop a graphical user interface that captures the essence of the Gilded Nest brand while maintaining ties to the parent organization; Create a contact web form to better capture customer information for and reduce the potential of spam to Gilded Nest. This web form will send an e-mail to an e-mail address […]

Brettro brings the mystique and whimsy of New Mexico to the sophistication of the U.S. Capitol in his print products for the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree.

Brettro brings both retro flair and a high-tech edge to this consulting company’s logo.

Primary project goals: Successfully design Rock Ledge’s web site based on the user-centered design approach to web site design; Provide a web site interface that integrates the newly developed logo.

Create an easy-to-maintain website that serves as a historical reference and information source for potential members and the interested public.

Create a logo that honors the sophistication and tradition of the U.S. Senate while symbolizing the lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual equality movement.