While most of my career has been designing and marketing across digital channels, I love contributing to the whole brand journey and helping a brand live and breathe in new spaces.
I've honed my design craft and now lead from an omni-channel approach at TriMark Digital, helping brands meet their goals as an Art Director alongside awesome creative teams and strategists.
I’m passionate about design, visual storytelling and connecting people and ideas.
Areas of Expertise & Awards
Art Direction
Web Design
Omni-Channel Ad Design
Email Design
Print & Layout Design
Brand Strategy & Identity
Impact Player of the Year (TriMark Digital, 2022)
Bell Leadership Institute: Achievers (Chapel Hill, through TriMark Digital , 2022)
Leadership Excellence Award (TriMark Digital, 2021)
Davey, Silver in Best Branded Social Post (TriMark Digital, Kohler Walk-In Bath ‘Moment of Calm’, 2020)
Davey, Gold in Digital Content: User Experience (TriMark Digital, Kohler LuxStone Quiz, 2019)
Integrated Marketer of The Year (TriMark Digital, 2018)
Education
B.A., Journalism & Mass Communication, Editing and Graphic Design
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2014
A little more about me
Some of my earliest designs in childhood involved graph paper and a horizontal line that I added random shapes to each side to form a symmetric scene. When I zoomed out to see these random shapes, I always enjoyed envisioning them as a new collective whole (sometimes a fox in a garden or a spaceship for an octopus).
I’ve always been an extrovert and gravitate towards connecting people in the workplace and outside of it. In my personal life, I enjoy capturing beauty through photography, reading different stories, helping raise my daughter and getting outside to explore and travel to new places with my husband and two labrador retrievers. I love to find ways to get outside of the screen and see beauty in creation, interior design, exploring new places and tangible textiles.
Email
mbordendesign@gmail.com
Phone
(704) 975-0965
My Top Leadership “Soft Skills”
My first name means “honeybee” and middle name means “meadow”. I’ve leaned into this bee storyline and gravitate towards these creatures because of their eager energy, ingenuity to create honey and work together.
Team Player
I enjoy working with others and motivating designers and team members to create their best work. I love learning and also teaching what I know.
Entrepreneurial
I have a lot of energy and am driven to succeed and help businesses and brands grow. I’m always thinking of new ideas and taking initiative to add value.
Creative
Of course I should be creative in this field, but creativity to me is less about a skillset but more of a mindset. I am a curious person constantly asking why and thinking of new ways to do things and grow.