Arlo is a content writer and multimedia producer with experience creating strategy and producing content for organizations large and small in both the profit and non-profit sectors. This portfolio includes samples of his work in different media, including graphic design, logo design, podcasting, video production, and content and copywriting.
Graphic Design
Since starting his graphic design career in 2014, Arlo has created many diverse designs for personal projects, freelance work, and as an in-house employee of small businesses and large organizations in the profit and nonprofit sectors.
SOCIAL MEDIA — Evolution Social Media Campaigns
Arlo helped implement Evolution Body Piercing's digital brand guide.
WEBSITE — Evolution Website
In 2023, Arlo redesigned Evolution Body Piercing's website, focusing on clear explanations of pricing, ID requirements, aftercare, and jewelry information.
PRINT — Evolution Merchandise
Arlo created new merchandise aimed at enhancing its appeal to specific demographics and expanding its visual identity.
Logo Design
Since graduating from college, Arlo has been commissioned to create logos, branding assets, and style guides for small businesses, projects, and content creators. For each project, Arlo collaborates closely with the client to understand their vision and what their brand represents. He designs iconography that captures the client's personality and purpose.
“Art by Arlo”
For his logo, Arlo focused on simplicity, drawing inspiration from stamp-like artist signatures.
Joua
Joua is a seamstress who commissioned Arlo to design a logo to brand her work.
No Longer Subtext
No Longer Subtext is a podcast Arlo co-hosts with his friend Pa Ying. He creates all graphics and branding..
Podcasts
Arlo started making podcasts for a national nonprofit, National Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW), in 2015. During his time there, Arlo contributed to several different podcast series. After NCSW, Arlo continued to create podcasts as an independent artist.
National Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW) & SisterStory Podcasts
NCSW and its storytelling initiative, SisterStory, was a grant-funded non-profit charged with chronicling the lives of Catholic Women Religious. While working for NCSW, Arlo produced and served as lead editor on several SisterStory podcasts.
NOTE: In these podcasts, Arlo is credited as “Rocky Pierson,” a nickname he no longer uses.
No Longer Subtext
No Longer Subtext is a podcast Arlo co-hosts with his friend Pa Ying. Arlo serves as the primary editor and producer.
Video
Arlo started making documentaries and film projects for a national nonprofit, National Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW), in 2014. During his time there, Arlo produced several short creative films and one nationally released documentary film.
Missions of Hope (2019)
Produced for National Catholic Sisters Week 2019, Missions of Hope is an attempt at debunking misconceptions of women religious by showcasing their remarkable diversity and surprising relevance among young adults. The documentary features four fascinating Catholic sisters: Sister Belinda Monahan, OSB, an archeologist in Chicago; Sister Xiomara Méndez-Hernández, OP, a former fashion designer in Chicago; Mother Maria Francis, a leader of the Little Sisters of the Poor in St. Paul, Minn.; and Sister Mumbi Kigutha, CPPS, a newly professed Catholic sister from Kenya who has worked for the United Nations. Through their stories we see the diversity of paths taken and how living a life with God is not what we assume it to be.
Content and Copywriting
Throughout his career, Arlo has been a content and copywriter, writing news and editorial articles, blogging, scriptwriting, and communication strategy.