Portfolio

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Poster design

Layout design and writing

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Moodboard design

Color forecasting

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about me

A student at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri pursuing a degree in Fashion Communication. My coursework in learning Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign has fueled a strong passion for branding and graphic design. Additionally, I contribute as a writer for the student-led magazine, Stephens Life. I also hold an Associate Degree in Fashion Merchandising and Marketing from Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas. Throughout this portfolio, my hard work with design and writing is showcased.

Madison Marlow

CONTACT

mamarlow26@gmail.com

918-863-6130

SKILLS

Familiar with Adobe Photoshop, Illustator, and InDesign.

• Writing

• Problem solving

• Communication

• Teamwork

COURSEWORK

Stephens Life Magazine 2024-2025

• Writer

• Head copy editor

2023 –2024

• Writer

• Photoshoot assistant: Contributed to the setup and organization, assisted with hairstyling, and provided creative input for the photos.

ACHIEVMENTS

Published Article, “What They Don’t Tell You About Living With Chronic Illness”

Collective World 2022

PROFILE

Junior Fashion Communications student with an interest in writing and graphic design. Eager to use knowledge and skills to find ways to merge the two and make a mark in the fashion industry.

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Fashion Communication

Stephens College, Columbia, MO • 2025

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE

Fashion Merchandising and Marketing

Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, MO • 2023

EXPERIENCE

Connections to Success

Intern | Kansas City, MO 2022

• Intern for VP of Strategy and Operations

• Personal shopper and stylist for Dress for Success participants.

• Sorted donations

• Organized and kept the in office boutique clean and stocked with trend forward clothing. Planned and executed pop-up sales and fundraising events.

Target

Softlines Associate | Owasso, OK 2017

• Maintained department appearance.

• Implemented merchandising, upholding corporate standards.

• Charged with the leadership of the scheduled soft lines associates and the department.

poster design

Using both Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop, I designed and created this poster. Using Photoshop, I used found images of the woman and various images of butterflies. I cut each butterfly and placed them around the woman. With InDesign, I formatted the text seen on the poster.

layout design & writing

“Barbie, Not Baby” is a story I wrote that is featured in Stephens Life Magazine.

The layout of the story was also designed by me using InDesign.

MoOD BOARD DESIGN

Created using Adobe Photoshop.

The mood board was designed using the theme of the seven feminine archetypes.

The archetype used here was the feminine mystic.

On the next page, there is a close up of the blending work of the dress and the clouds behind her.

Color Forecasting

Created using Adobe Illustrator. For this project, we were tasked with using pictures of our own to create four color palettes with six colors each.

Titled “Botanical Harvest”, I chose colors for the Fall/Winter 2024 season.

logo design

Designed using various software, this a few sets of logos that I have designed.

Included is my personal logo, a mock jewelry store logo, and a mock lingerie store logo.

These are my original ideas and designs.

madison marlow

My personal branding logo designed using Adobe Fresco. A graphic of my initials MAM with my name placed below.

This logo was designed for a mock store project for a Store Planning course.

Designed using Procreate.

Aslo created for a mock store for an Online Retailing course.

Embody was an online retail store for inclusive lingerie. Designed in Procreate.

graphic i.d.

My graphic I.D. was designed using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.

Included is my business card, style guide, and letterhead.