Recognitions
The firm and its principals have been recognized by numerous organizations and associations:
- Design Management Institute, guest speaker, Style Guidelines for Internet Products (Carmine Morra & Chet Makoski-recently retired principal)
- Brand Masters, guest speaker, Transitioning a Global Brand, Chet Makoski
- Featured speaker/presenter: UCONN, Fairfield Univ., Quinnipiac Univ., Univ, of Hartford and CCSU (Jaye Donaldson, Carmine Morra, Chet Makoski)
- Published articles (Jaye Donaldson, John Donaldson, Chet Makoski)
- Top Firm/Agency to Work for in Connecticut
- Featured Speaker/Panelist, Industry Associations and Leadership Organizations: Vistage, Usability Professionals Assoc. (UPA), Association of Professional Design Firms (APDF), American Advertising Federation (AAF)
Involvement
Jaye Donaldson serves or has served on the Boards of several industry association and NFP Organizations, and has been honored with many business/industry awards:
- Hartford's Rising Star Business Leader of the Year
- One of Eight remarkable Business Women
- Top 50 to Watch in the Industry, Graphic Design:USA
- Top 40 Under Forty Business Leaders in CT
- First National Bank Board of Advisors
- Bushnell Business Committee
- Association of Professional Design Firms, Pres and Chair
- Connecticut Womens Hall of Fame, Trustee
- The Foundation for Mental Health, Vice President
Awards
The firm has won numerous awards for design, communications, marketing, packaging, business and interactive excellence from prestigious international organizations:
- American Corporate Design / American Corporate Identity
- American Graphic Design Awards
- CLIO
- Connecticut Art Directors Club
- Creativity
- Drummer Awards
- Financial World
- Golden Ring Awards
- Graphic Design:USA
- Graphis Interactive Design
- International Association of Business Communicators
- International Brand Packaging
- LOGO Awards
