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Madeline Brooks

Madeline Brooks

✨ Madeline works on awesome projects at Lightboard. You will always find her holding a cup of coffee or a glass of wine.

Seattle, WA •
21 posts •

The ABCs of Marketing Design

This design dictionary bridges the gap between creative and marketing—making you look like the smartest person in the room. 🤓

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
8 min read
PowerPoint Tips

PowerPoint Alternatives

We've come a long way since the first PowerPoint. There are now tons of tools for presentation design. But which is best? Check out this handy dandy guide.

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
4 min read
Stock Photography

The Ultimate List of Free Stock Sites

There are a ton of stock photo sites out there, how’s a marketer supposed to choose? 🤷‍♀️ Here are our fav sites for free and engaging stock photos.

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
6 min read

The Emoji Style Guide

Introducing the Emoji Style Guide. 💯🎉🎊⭐🙌 Read up on the 8 key rules you need to keep your emoji grammar in tip-top shape. From punctuation to placement, we covered it all. Check it out! 📚

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
4 min read
Feedback

Don't Let Scope Creep Spook You 👻

Have you ever had a project spiral so far out of control you’re left wondering “what the heck just happened?” Here are some tips to spot scope creep, and stop it dead in its tracks. 🚫

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
4 min read
Illustration

Designosaurs 🦖🦕

Check out our (almost) complete field guide to the taxonomy of the designer kingdom. Our resident Desillustrator Hipsterus gave prehistoric life to these creative creatures. It’s adorable. We promise. 🦖🦕

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
  • Elise Loeb
    Elise Loeb
3 min read
branding

Brand Building Blocks

You don't need to BE a billion-dollar brand to look like one. The building blocks of a core brand identity are within everyone's reach. So you, too, can shine just like the big guys. ✨ Here's our checklist:

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
4 min read
Feedback

Feedback with a Heart 💖

Feedback is the cornerstone of great design. But, delivering compassionate and effective feedback is a tricky tightrope walk. Taking tips from everyone's favorite mentor, Tim Gunn, here are 3 ways feedback can fall flat, and what to do instead.

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
2 min read
PowerPoint Tips

How to Create a Polished PowerPoint

Creating a presentation that stands out from the crowd is hard. But we've got your back. Here are some simple ways to take your presentations from plain to perfectly profesh 💯🔥👌

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
4 min read

2019 Marketing Design Trends

Design is always about what’s next and, to start the year off with a bang, we put our heads together and gathered the 7 marketing design trends we know we'll see in 2019. Let’s go 💥

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
  • Elise Loeb
    Elise Loeb
6 min read
tips and tricks

How Marketers Are Planning For 2019

Ever wonder how other marketers are planning for 2019? Well, we asked them for you! Check out these 6 tips to create a marketing plan for 2019.

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
5 min read
tips and tricks

Stretching your Design Budget

Everyone has a budget, and it never feels like enough to accomplish everything you’ve wanted. Here are some ways to stretch every drop of creative goodness out of your budget.

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
5 min read
tips and tricks

Don't Let A Blank Page Get in Your Way

Nothing’s worse than sitting down to design and feeling frozen by the emptiness of a blank canvas. Here are some ways push past the freeze and get those creative juices flowing 🌟

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
5 min read

So You're the Only Marketer at Your Company...

We surveyed dozens of marketers to learn what it’s like being a one-person marketing team. What we learned? Marketers are rockstars when it comes to giving advice ⭐️

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
6 min read
Team Lightboard

Lightboard Halloween 2k18 Recap

‘Tis the season to get spooky 🎃👻Halloween is one of our favorite holidays here at Lightboard. This year was a big one. We launched multiple inaugural events to celebrate the spooky season in

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
2 min read

Design Inspired Halloween Costumes

If you’re still searching for the perfect costume for spookiest day of the year, look no further. We rounded up some of our favorite design inspired Halloween looks for the festivities. 🎃

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
2 min read

Our Favorite Design Transformations

Everyone loves a good before and after story. We've collected our favorite transformations from our own portfolio to show you the difference great design can make.

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
2 min read
Team Lightboard

Brad Day! Everybody dresses like the boss.

We’re a close-knit group here at Lightboard. We love team events, weekly lunches, happy hours, and office shenanigans. We also really love our CEO, Brad. So when our CTO, Dave, suggested we

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
1 min read

One-click Photoshop Magic Tricks

If content is king, great visuals are the crown. And as a marketer, sometimes the task of creating visual content falls to you. Even if you aren’t a trained designer, you’re

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
5 min read

Get your marketing moving with GIFs

(P.S. if you say JIF you're just downright wrong.) Let’s talk about the kitten elephant in the room. GIFs. They’re everywhere. Blogs. Emails. Texts. But should they be in your

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
7 min read
Team Lightboard

Don't blow up! VR Party

May was a record breaking month for Lightboard! Our employees crushed it left and right. We delivered a ton of 5 star projects, released a bunch of new features, and added some awesome

  • Madeline Brooks
    Madeline Brooks
1 min read

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