Steven J. Tomkiewicz - National Employment Law Project

National Employment Law Project (NELP) works with national, state and local allies to promote policies and programs that create good jobs, strengthen upward mobility, enforce hard-won workplace rights, and help unemployed workers regain their footing in the modern economy.

NELP's 2016-17 Annual Report was published after the 2016 election. Knowing they would be facing strong head winds in the years ahead, they chose to rise to the occasion and offered a message of hope and solidarity.

The 2016-17 annual report unfolded to reveal an informative timeline poster, showing important historical moments in the American labor movement across the top, and NELP's contributions in the fight for fair wages, workplace safety, and employee protections highlighted below.

"Rising to the Moment" was the theme for NELP's 2017 event. A looping slideshow highlighting the organization's recent accomplishments was projected on screens during the cocktail hour.

Signage plan for NELP's "Rising to the Moment" event held at a prominent Washington, D.C. hotel.

Announcement, invitation and reply card for NELP's annual awards dinner in Washington, D.C. The theme was "Moving Forward Together"

NELP's 2015 Annual Report was entitled, "Working Across America." It took on a new format: a broadsheet that unfolded to reveal an informative poster.

The poster highlighted all of the major accomplishments that NELP and its state and local allies were able to achieve during the previous year on behalf of American workers across the 50 states.

NELP Graphic Standards Manual, 2015

NELP's management team wanted their logo and brand refreshed while their website was in the process of being completely redesigned. The new logo would retain a strong, authoritative identity in print while still being easily adaptable to their social media channels and on presentation materials. As part of the rebranding effort, templates were created in Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Word for all print materials as well as PowerPoint presentations.

"Envisioning Work"

Printed materials for the NELP event entitled "Envisioning Work" held at the Helen Mills Theater in New York City. The event space was decorated with works in various media from invited artists that celebrated the American worker.

Showcase poster

Gobo projection above theater entrance

Podium banner

The Helen Mills Theater and Event Space in Manhattan

The evening featured a panel discussion of distinguished speakers followed by a cocktail reception that honored two champions of workers' rights, NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and EEOC Chairwoman Jacqueline Berrien.