Three creative service professionals who have been working together for more than a decade founded the Alumni Magazine Group to serve the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities. From Washington, DC to Stanford, Toronto and beyond, our writer, photographer, and illustrator help fill alumni magazines and higher education publications with dynamic images and articles. To hire us individually or as a group, contact the ALUMNI MAGAZINE GROUP by phone [703 502-3405] or EMAIL.
Since graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986, Northern Virginia freelance writer Hope Katz Gibbs has been a newspaper and magazine reporter. Her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, USA Today, The Miami Herald, The Costco Connection, and dozens of alumni magazines including Baylor, Duke, Georgetown, the George Washington University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Texas, and the University of Virginia.
In 2002, Hope got into the PR biz working as a communications specialist for the City of Fairfax Schools. In 2006, she added another client, the futurist think tank Social Technologies, where she launched a bi-monthly newsletter and got the analysts quoted in 25 publications a month, including the top business magazines, national TV news shows, and on the radio.
In 2008, she founded Inkandesent Public Relations, and has helped more than 50 companies improve their websites, marketing materials, and get quoted in the news. In January 2010, she launched Be Inkandescent Magazine, the ezine for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, which gets more than 300,000 hits / month. And in August 2011, she expanded her business to 7 east coast cities with the launch of a new strategic social media website, www.inkandescentnetworking.com.
Hope has won several awards for her writing from the Florida Magazine Group (for best feature writing, and best column) and the National School Public Relations Association (for a b-monthly newsletter she created for the City of Fairfax Schools).
To read more of her published articles, click over to Hope’s freelance writing website: www.hopegibbs.com.
During 25 years, Steve has delivered high-quality portraits of local luminaries, as well as national and international figures, including basketball great Michael Jordan, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss, and award-winning film director Spike Lee.
From the prime location of Washington, D.C., Steve has enjoyed unique access to a range of elected officials and other national leaders, delivering compelling photographs of Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. John McCain, and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Armed with state of the art digital cameras and an agreeable working style that puts his subjects at ease, Steve has published work in Vanity Fair, Time, Sports Illustrated Kids, USA Today, and many more top publications.
Alumni magazines have always been some of his favorite clients and he has taken cover and inside feature shots for Harvard, Princeton, Northwesern Quinnipiac and others.
“Since I live close to Washington, DC, dozens of alumni magazines call on me to photograph their DC-based alumni, and also hire to me to photograph the politicians and DC insiders that they may be writing about,” he says.
“I work hard to be as effective as possible for my clients. I know they are the boss, and I feel lucky to have the opportunity to do what I do.”
View Steve’s photography portfolio on his freelance website: www.stevebarrettphotography.com
Michael Gibbs has been a freelance illustrator since the early ’80s.
After majoring in architecture at the University of Maryland, he attended Pratt Institute as a photography and illustration major.
His award-winning artwork has appeared in Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Worth Magazine, Consumer Reports, Harvard Business Review, and publications for United Airlines, Verizon, IBM, Sears, American Airlines, CitiGroup and Oracle.
He has also illustrated the covers and features of dozens of alumni magazines including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, the University of Chicago and American University.
His illustrations have been recognized by prestigious art publications such as Communication Arts, 3×3 Magazine, Print, and Spectrum.
His work has also been exhibited at a variety of museums and galleries including the Society of Illustrator’s Museum of American Illustration in New York City, the Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery in Los Angeles, and in Washington area at the Corcoran Museum of Art, the Sumner School Museum, Montgomery College Gallery and the University of Maryland Gallery.
View more of Michael’s artwork on his two websites: www.michaelgibbs.com," and www.mglenwood.com.