Leisa McCord
 
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Fastidious, meticulous, tenacious

Do you have a design that needs to be applied to a dozen different projects? Do you have a newsletter that is growing tiresome? Would you like a fresh pair of eyes to double-check that incredibly important project?

I am proud to be a production artist; I prefer production to design. I don't want your clients; I just want your busy work. Let me apply my insane attention to detail and my love of correct spelling and grammar to your project to make your life easier.

Services offered:
graphic production; graphic design; preflight; proofreading, both text and graphic elements; light editing

Production and proofreading
I enjoy taking creative concepts and turning them into ink on paper. Or pixels, as the case may be. I take great pride in providing clean, foolproof files. Printers love me.

I have done fine production work for small design studios and for companies and clients with very large budgets. Here is one example from an annual report; click on the thumbnail for more information. I have only print samples of some of my most intricate work, and the metallic inks and iridescent varnishes just don't scan well. Please contact me to see my production work in printed samples.

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Design
These are samples of my design work. Click any thumbnail below to see larger photos and more information.
Urban Embellishments thumbnail  Website and logo: Urban Embellishments Clandestine thumbnail  Website and CD: Clandestine
EJ Jones thumbnail  Website: EJ Jones genesis thumbnail  Educational poster: genesis
UTMDACC Blaffer thumbnail  Flyer: UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center UTMDACC symposium thumbnail  Flyer: UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
UTMDACC newsletter thumbnail  Newsletter: UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Photo retouching thumbnail  Photo retouching: client family photos
HMC program thumbnail  Musical program: Houston Masterworks Chorus HMC season brochure thumbnail  Season brochure: Houston Masterworks Chorus
Business cards thumbnail  Business cards: various clients Cheveaux Salon thumbnail  Print collateral: Cheveaux Salon
Credentials and testimonials
Current employer: The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (part-time)
Previous employers: Easterly & Company, AIG-VALIC
Clients: Urban Embellishments, John Magee Design, Stalinsky Design, Butler Design, AdPlex, WW Wordsmiths, Builder Display & Art, OutBack Printing

Leisa has an eye for detale detail and spelling. Her eye She is shrap sharp
& and we   (check spacing) depend on her to corect correct all of our mistakes!
John & Kathy Magee, John Magee Design

She's digitally savvy and deadline smart.
Don Stalinsky, Stalinsky Design

Whether it's my antiquated use of double spaces after periods or some uneven kerning,
she's sure to find anything that needs fixing.
Laurie Feinswog, WW Wordsmiths

Typos jump out and bite her on the a**.
Fran Morris, AIG-VALIC

Leisa McCord, the Queen of Fonts, apparently knows how to spell everything.
Robert Platz, Builder Display & Art