About Maurice Kessler
Maurice is an award-winning graphic designer who has been conveying information and translating complex concepts through design, illustration, and print production for more than 20 years. He won an American Inhouse Design Award for logo design in 2008 and designed the award-winning SpellRead reading-intervention product line, which continues to be used in public schools across the country.
Employing a typography-driven aesthetic, Maurice has created materials for audiences of nearly every age group, from early childhood quiz games to professional development training. He has also worked on major campaigns for such clients as Coca-Cola, Hasbro, and Adidas, and has extensive experience creating branded visual design and illustration for online media, marketing communications, advertising, instruction and education, and book and magazine publishing.
He runs a tiny creative services business with his spouse.
Testimonials
“Working with Maurice, I feel that I have a talented creative partner — not just a graphic designer. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a talented collaborator.”
Deborah (Lerman) Rayow
Executive Producer
Scholastic Education
“He brings with him a wealth of personal and professional experience that not only strengthens our creative team, but challenges me to constantly evaluate and improve my own design work. It is a privilege to work with Mo.”
Michael Young
Creative Director
Kaplan K12 Learning Services
“Maurice is a talented, reliable professional — a pleasure to work with, and a big asset to any team. His bag of colorful skills makes a gray work world so much fun you forget you’re working hard, and he’s working hard (to make you look good).
Carmen Laube
Manager
M. Barry and Company
“He’s always willing to help and lend his trained eye — regardless of if a project is ‘his’ or not. He also always has the end user in mind. Our students are drawn to our products — Mo is why.”
Laura Paczosa Keehan
Executive Director, Taxonomies and Assessment
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
“His incredible skill-set helped make each one of the projects we worked on a success. His dedication to his job and Kaplan K12 Learning Services was unwavering. I truly envy his future co-workers.”
Samantha Bunting
Executive Editor of Assessment — Mathematics
Scholastic
Clients and Campaigns
Adidas
American Museum of Natural History
Annals of Dentistry
Anton & Partners
Antonio M. Rosario Photography
Aquafina
Arnell Group
Asynchronous Records
Avrett Free Ginsberg
Catapult Learning
Cedars-Sinai
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Coca-Cola
Comic Images
Comprehension Publishing
Dewar’s
Dodge / Chrysler / Jeep
Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association
eChalk
Hearst Interactive
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt /
International Center for Leadership in Education
Hugh Lauter Levin Associates
IBM
JP Morgan Chase
Kaplan
Kissena Park Press
Marco Learning
MBarry and Company
The Microscopic Septet
New Direct Product
The New York Academy of Sciences
The New York Public Library
The Princeton Review
Red Mountain Granite
Riders Alliance
Roher/Sprague Partners
Rugrats/Nickelodeon
Salant Children’s Apparel Group
Scholastic
Solution Tree
St. Regis Resort
Starlight Runner Entertainment
StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Starting Point Photography
Sunnyside Film Festival
Sylvan Learning
TaskStream
Thomson Media
Transformers/Hasbro
University of South Carolina
Valiant Entertainment
Van Cleef & Arpels
Weisser Publishing Services
Westfield Style Magazine
Winslow Press
WiT Media
Workman Publishing
WSP / Parsons Brinckerhoff
Wunderman
YML Media