Graphic Design · Art Direction · Creative Management
Award-winning designer with deep expertise in brand identity, packaging, print, digital, and experiential design.
Product Design · Photography · Art Direction
A concept sketched up shortly after joining Boppy — four separate teething scarf designs that opened a new product category at Buy Buy Baby, Babies "R" Us, and Amazon. Art directed the full shoot: casting, apparel, hair, makeup, set stylists, and packaging design. Coordinated video shoot and print advertisements. Photography by Howard Sokol Studios.






Concept Sketches

Packaging Lineup

Full-Page Print Ad

300×600 Digital Ad

Packaging Design · Brand Identity
Tasked with unifying a conflicting set of design parameters serving US and Global markets across the entire Boppy product line. Responsibilities spanned line planning with product managers, art directing photographers, sourcing materials with vendors, and coordinating technical specifications with press operators. Also included trend forecasting, catalog creative direction, and trade show preparation.










Digital Advertising · Social Media
Banner ads, Instagram and Facebook posts across a variety of clients — spanning retail, beauty, consumer products, and hospitality categories.

Animated Banner Ad

Primrose Park Print Ad


160×600 Banner

728×90 Leaderboard

300×250 Banner

728×90 Leaderboard

Quotable Tuesday Social Post


Boppy Animated Ad
Video Production · Art Direction
Art Director for each production — working with outside agencies and freelance producers to select talent, secure locations, determine wardrobe, and direct each set. Scripts and storyboards developed with internal Boppy marketing, followed by hands-on production direction and post-production editing notes.
The best parenting advice for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle · 30 sec
Product introduction video for retail and digital channels
Boppy® ComfyChic™ Baby Carrier: Designed for ultimate comfort
30-second brand video for digital and retail platforms
How-to video: Front Facing In
Video content available on the Boppy YouTube channel.
Print Design · Publication Design · Catalogs
Led a complete overhaul of Boppy's print materials: print ads, product catalogs, consumer one sheets, brochures, pamphlets, and a brand manual. Published in Pregnancy and Newborn magazine and distributed across major retail partners including Buy Buy Baby and Amazon.
2020 Print Ad · Pregnancy and Newborn
2019 Boppy Catalog Cover
Catalog Interior Pages
Amazon Product Insert Cards
BuyBuy Baby Registry Books
Consumer One Sheets
Brand Manual 2016
Brand Manual Interior
Exhibition Design · Environmental Design
JPMA Trade and Consumer show booth design featuring a "living" wall made of faux succulents shaped into the Boppy signature icon, product layout, and signage. Concept sketches through final installation — creating a memorable brand experience at major trade shows.

Overhead View





Alternate Concept Sketches

Proposal Design · Government / Federal
Cover designs and text layout exercises representative of design solutions produced for active proposals at Accenture Federal Services, where Jessica currently serves as lead creative designer.
Brochure Design · Information Graphics
Harris Corporation specializes in broadcast technology services. These brochures, pamphlets, and promotional materials showcase video infrastructure, advertising, and workflow management solutions — with design, layout, and information graphics by Jessica Gladstone.
Print materials including digital timeline illustration
Product One Sheet
Consumer Products · Retail Partnership
A partnership with Lowe's Home Improvement and Signature Paints, translating popular Nickelodeon cartoon shows into 12 children's bedroom, playroom, and bathroom design inspirations displayed in-store. Responsibilities included concept sketching, set design and styling, paint chip naming and design, and inspiration card and brochure design.

Brochure and paint chips

Bedroom & bathroom inspiration cards


Illustrator room design concepts


Sketches → Illustrator files

Event Design · Brand Identity · Experiential
A charitable non-profit supporting US military members at remote overseas bases — each annual black-tie gala raised ~$125,000 per base. Served as creative lead overseeing five team members for two consecutive years. Responsibilities included "For Them" theme, logo, promotional campaign, invitations, program design, interior decor, silent auction sourcing, entertainment (The Charlie Daniels Band), sponsorship sourcing, and a remarkable 30-foot wall of printed metal dog tags strung individually with chain.

Black tie gala · 600 guests

Table design, auction box & awards

Event Logo & Catalog

Invitation Suite


"Military shirt" napkins & dog tag placeholders

Name place holder detail

Custom tables & floral centerpieces

Event entry with 30-foot sponsor wall

30-foot wall of printed metal dog tags


Behind-the-scenes wall installation

In-House Design · Consumer Products
Graphic design for product packaging, posters, catalogs, and other print materials across in-house roles at Nickelodeon, Mattel, The Learning Curve, and Sony.

SpongeBob SquarePants packaging

Sneezers specialty packaging

Barbie doll packaging

Barbie Fashion Avenue

Barbie furniture packaging

Fairly OddParents one sheet

Hanson sweepstakes poster


Learning Curve catalog covers


Catalog interior spreads


Sony product one sheet
Freelance Design · 14 Years
A 14-year freelance practice spanning specialty food packaging (sold at Uncommon Goods and shows nationwide), independent film posters, vehicle wraps, museum exhibition panels, community cultural events, and medical leave-behind collateral.

Sangria Salsa label design

LinusBio Doctor Discussion Guide


Independent Film poster

DC Road Runners logo & vehicle wrap




Museum panels · tuberculosis exhibition


Primrose Park coupon & mailer

Agility Solutions one sheet
About
Jessica Gladstone thrives on creative solutions that employ strong marketing strategies to exceed expectations. Celebrated for excellence in art direction, graphic design, photography, and design writing, Jessica builds solutions that yield impactful results.
Jessica holds a B.F.A. in Communications Design from Syracuse University and an M.G.D. from North Carolina State University. Published in Designing for Children, she has also written for Design Observer.
She has taught at the Art Institute of Washington and served as Head of Graphic Design at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Jessica currently works for Accenture Federal Services.
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