Jane Gardner

• Designing packaging and product for preschool, kids, family, and adult-targeted games, including Rock'em Sock'em Robots, The Magic 8-Ball, UNO, Kerplunk, Blokus and more.
• Working with various licensors and brands including Universal, AMC, Netflix, Barbie, Hot Wheels, Masters of the Universe, Minions, Star Wars, and Jurassic World.

• Designed children's toy packaging for Nickelodeon, Disney, and BBC licensed brands, including Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Shimmer and Shine, Dora and Friends, Thomas and Friends, Julius Jr., Bing Bunny, Sunny Day, Go Jetters, and more.
• Worked closely with structural engineers, copywriters, marketing teams, and product designers to ensure the packaging designs were compelling and captured the essence of each product, while meeting brand requirements and consumer needs.
• Art directed product and talent photo shoots for packaging and commerce.
• Art directing in-house and outside resources such as illustrators and photo retouchers to develop elements of packaging.
• Creating packaging comp samples for presentations, trade shows, toy fairs, and more.
• Communicating with China counterparts to ensure quality and integrity of package design is maintained from production and to shelf.

• Designed style guide assets such as type treatments, patterns, and vector illustrations for brands including SpongeBob, Dora the Explorer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Paw Patrol.
• Designed packaging for various consumer products including greeting cards, food products, notebooks and back to school items, beauty products for MAC, and more.

• Interned for the Art Director at President Barack Obama's NY headquarters.
• Designed banner ads, website graphics, email blasts, event signage, poster campaigns, and social media graphics to raise awareness of President Obama's policies and plans.