For three consecutive years, I served as Art Director for Walker & Dunlop’s DEI Series, a flagship initiative created to help leaders move “from awareness to action.” My role involved crafting a full visual identity that could evolve annually while keeping its mission at the center: amplifying diverse voices, igniting courageous conversations, and inspiring organizations to build more inclusive cultures. The challenge was to design a system bold enough to stand out inside the corporate world —yet human, emotional, and unmistakably tied to the DEI purpose.
The final identity merges vibrant gradients, expressive fingerprint patterns, and confident portrait treatments to create a visual language rooted in individuality and collective impact. Every color shift represents perspective; every line speaks to identity, belonging, and human connection.
Across event branding, speaker assets, digital ads, social media, and long-form content, the system brings consistency, energy, and accessibility to a program designed to influence thousands of professionals across the U.S. This version —my favorite evolution to date— became a signature look for the series and helped position the DEI Series as a modern, thoughtful, and deeply human leadership forum.
