Meet Our Judges: Erin Mayes, Design Director

We’re pleased to have Erin Mayes join our ProShow jury. Erin comes with a wealth of knowledge as an art director and designer of publications including a stint at Men’s Journal as deputy art director followed by being on staff art director at Roger Black and then senior designer at Pentagram before establishing her own design firm, EmDash.

Erin received a Bachelor of Science in photojournalism from the University of Texas and has worked as an editorial art director and designer for over twenty-five years. Her editorial design background has covered subject matter from celebrity profiles, to investigative journalism, to diary cow maintenance.

Her clients have included National Geographic Society, Simon & Schuster, Random House, Society of Illustrators, University of Florida, Purdue University, William & Mary University, The University of Texas, UT Press, Texas Monthly Custom Publishing and The Texas Observer.

EmDash’s current clients include wonderfully illustrated alumni publications for Harvard Business School, Denison University, Caltech Alumni Association, Kappa Kappa Gamma, University of Texas—Texas-Exes and University of Nebraska. As well as cookbooks, books, posters and album covers and entertainment branding.

Her work has received awards from AIGA, American Illustration, American Photography, Society of Publication Designers, Print, Communication Arts, CASE, Society of Illustrators and was nominated in 2013 for a Grammy award.

Erin taught editorial design at both the School of Visual Arts in New York and at the University of Texas in Austin.

www.emdashonline.com

What Erin will be looking for: “I’m excited to see the new work this year, and will be looking for well-crafted illustrations that have a unique idea and clear voice. But mostly I’m looking forward to being surprised.”

3x3 International Illustration Annual Show No.15

The 3x3 International Illustration Awards Show is open to all illustrators in all countries. There is a separate jury for each of our three shows: Professional, Student and Picture Book. For full details download our Call for Entries pdf, to enter go to our homepage.

Deadline: March 23, 2018