Design in the Wild

We’re going to have to file this under “design don’ts” wandering the universe. Disembodied dog head and paw…disturbing at first glance. As you may have guessed, I had to cool my heels at the vet’s office while my dog was being tended to in another room. Spending time with this poster made me twitchy. If …

Recent OTP Post

Read the post on the Off The Pews’ site: https://www.offthepews.org/post/july-is-international-zine-month As part of OTP’s service package, I write posts (or publish other staff posts) to their blog. Some of this material is included in the quarterly newsletter as a photo/blurb/link to drive click-through traffic to the site. This particular post was just a labor of …

Explore NMP Projects

Make sure to visit the Recent Work page to see the type of projects under way (or recently completed) at NMP. Explaining what “custom publishing services” actually are is a slippery weasel. The list of services is long and varied—that is why they are custom. What you need may not be what someone else needs. …

NMP on NACE

NMP will be a presence on the Featured Diversity articles page of NACE’s website through April. NACE has been a trusted partner and a peerless resource for college career services centers and employers. NMP is pleased to support the work of NACE. NMP works with so many really great partners—they are all valued relationships. Would …

Great Publishing Partners

It was a real treat to work with the Career Center team at Texas A&M this year to redesign their Aggie Career Success Handbook (formerly Career Guide). I’d redesigned this book once before (around 2013-14) when I was working for CRM. Michael Shehane found my company website and recognized my name, and he reached out …

Recent Work for Off The Pews

Off The Pews: Faith In Action (OTP) Virtual Winter Program started in February. As OTP’s website administrator, I sat in on the first five classes in order to take screen captures initially to be used in blog posts on OTP website. Eventually, they were used for a video compilation showing the kids’ work. More about …

Perfect Time for a Custom Career Guide

We are approaching one year of dealing with the new work situation in a time of pandemic. If you are a career services professional, you have likely been working remotely with the students you advise. How is it going for you? I’ve been in enough Zoom meetings to know they are a life saver for …

The 2020 Publishing Season in Review

As we look at the publishing year in review, we are pleased to note NMP embraced adaptation in this year’s publishing cycle. New recruiting practices led to new articles. Final products were adapted to suit the virtual learning environment. We accomplished all of this as we also adapted to a new way of life. As …

Career Guide Planning Time

The new year is well under way, and it is the right time of year for campus career centers to be planning their guides for the fall semester. It is time to set up your publishing calendar! Did You Know? Your career guide publisher will plan your production schedule working backward from your preferred delivery …