Creative Director

Melissa is a quintessential Gemini who leads with curiosity, adores any creative exchange of ideas and will whole-heartedly debate all sides. However, she will always argue that print is not dead. To Therium, she brings two decades of excellence in designing visuals for national brands, uniting her background in editorial design and marketing agency experience. She shines with concept development, communication, and technical design skills, with a unique drive to grab attention, evoke emotions and tell stories through innovative visual treatments. She can prove it with a bunch of notable design awards, including a coveted gold in new magazine design & launch from Content Marketing International. 

Melissa firmly believes the special sauce is in the team. When you get to collaborate with incredibly talented people, and allow their passions and talents to shine, the result is magical and memorable.   

Fun fact:
Originally, she thought she would grow up to be a museum exhibition designer to lead people through learning in multi-sensory experiences. She even got an MFA from George Washington University, where she focused on the effects of color, space, and graphics on information comprehension. Her first real job in the design department of Kiplinger Magazine provided an ah-ha moment when she took a left turn into editorial & marketing design and never looked back.