Michelle Moehler

Current

• Adjunct Faculty, Visual Communication Design at Kent State University
• Owner/Designer at Michelle Moehler Design

Past

• Adjunct Faculty, Visual Communication & Design at Cuyahoga Community College, Western
• Design Director at Nesnadny + Schwartz
• Design Intern at TRW Inc.

Education

• Kent State University

Connections

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Industry

Design

Michelle Moehler’s Summary

Michelle Moehler is an independent designer and creative strategist in Cleveland, Ohio.

For over 14 years, she worked with the internationally-recognized design firm, Nesnadny + Schwartz. As a Design Director at N+S, she produced work for Progressive, the Hearst Corporation, SMART Papers, French Paper Company, as well as the Cleveland Institute of Art and Vassar College, plus a number of non-profits including the George Gund Foundation, Planned Parenthood, the Cleveland Zoological Society, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Cleveland, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the International Spy Museum.

Moehler’s work has earned her dozens of industry accolades. She was one of twenty design professionals featured in the premiere issue of Print magazine’s “New Visual Artist” annual. From 1993–2000, her work was selected for Mead Fine Paper’s Annual Report Show in New York City. In 1993, she was the youngest designer ever to receive this prestigious award. Her design work has also appeared in the “Good Design Exhibition” at The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, as well as in numerous graphic design publications including AIGA’s 365, the AR 100, the New York Art Director’s Club design annuals, Communication Arts, Graphis, Critique, Step-by-Step Graphics, How, Print, and Canada’s Applied Arts and Studio magazines.

In 1992, she received a BFA in Graphic Design from Kent State University.


Michelle Moehler’s Specialties:

branding systems, book design, annual report design, editorial design, business collateral, college admissions packages, environmental graphics

Michelle Moehler’s Experience

• Adjunct Faculty, Visual Communication Design

  Kent State University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2009 — Present (1 year )

• Owner/Designer

  Michelle Moehler Design

  (Graphic Design industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

  Innovative Strategies for Visionary Communications

Michelle Moehler’s Education

• Kent State University

  BFA , Graphic Design , 1987 — 1992

Additional Information

Michelle Moehler’s Honors:

Featured in AIGA’s 365, Black Book’s AR 100, the Mead Top Sixty Show, the New York Art Director’s Club design annuals, Communication Arts, Critique, Graphis, Step-by-Step Graphics, How, ID, Print, Applied Arts and Studio Magazine design annuals.

2007: “Top Ten Design” in Black Book’s 22nd AR 100.

2002: “Sappi Designer Award” for The Progressive Corporation 2002 Annual Report.

1993–2000: Annual report designs honored at the Mead Fine Paper Annual Report Show.

1998: Featured in Print magazine’s premiere New Visual Artist annual, “20 on the Brink: Great Expectations.”

1996: Multiple pieces included in the “Good Design Exhibition” at The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design.

1992: “Women in Communications” award recipient, Cleveland, Ohio.

Received over a dozen “ADDY” awards, including gold, silver and bronze recognitions.