Newspapers

The Sandisfield Times

Monthly community newspaper · 20 pages · Design, layout, production, ad design since 2010“Tina’s intelligent design for the monthly Sandisfield Times makes an enormous contribution to our 16-year success. Highly collaborative, she translates our thoughts into a finished product that is always on-time and complete.”— Bill Price, Editor, The Sandisfield Times

Otis Observer

Monthly community newspaper · 28 pages · Design, layout, production, ad design, and content management since 2015“The 11-year success, and popularity, of the Otis Observer (a monthly news publication in Otis, Massachusetts) is largely due to the design talents of Tina Sotis. Her keen eye for pleasing article and advertisement placement, all within tight time constraints, rarely, if ever, misses the mark.”— Arlene Tolopko, Publisher, Otis Observer

Timeline Celebrating 10 Years of the Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires

Center spread of a special insert in the Berkshire Eagle, May 2026 · Concept, layout, illustration, and production

Publications

The Tenth Annual Giving Guide

Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires, 2025 · Annual guide to 1,000+ nonprofit organizations in Berkshire County, MA · Design, production, and project management for every edition from 2022 to 2025: gathering profiles from 100+ nonprofits, verifying the 1,000-listing directory for accuracy, and taking the guide from layout to press-ready files.
(2025 issue: 80 pages).“Tina is an accomplished designer with an artist's eye, a helpful partner, and an excellent proofreader. Her project management on the Giving Back guides was a lifesaver.”— Liana Toscanini, Founder & former Executive Director, Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires

Sandisfield Arts Center Season Program

Annual events program and season calendar · Layout, typography, and calendar design. 2018 brochure, 44 pages“Tina Sotis is a joy to work with. She brings expert design skill, keen attention to detail, and a gift for capturing the spirit of our organization. For our 30th anniversary, she refreshed our logo and colors so they felt modern but still unmistakably ours. Posters, ads, brochures, appeal mailings, our website: Tina does it all with fabulous design sense, grace under last-minute changes, and a true sense of partnership.”— Hilde Weisert, Co-President, Sandisfield Arts Center

Our Town, The Sandisfield Players Program Booklet, 8 pages

Audience programs for Thornton Wilder's play, directed by Benjamin Luxon, for performances at the Sandisfield Arts Center and the Minack Theatre in Cornwall, England, 2016 · Cover, layout and typography, with press-ready files for printers on both sides of the Atlantic and adapted to British paper sizes.

Books

Sandisfield Then and Now, 1762–2012

By Ronald M. Bernard · 512-page history of Sandisfield's first 250 years Cover, book design and layout

Soil and Shul in the Berkshires: The Untold Story of Sandisfield's Jewish Farm Colony

By Lorraine J. German, 2018 · Comprehensive 272-page history of Sandisfield's Jewish farm colony · Cover design and book layout

The Far Side of Nowhere

By Bill Price, 40 pages. Cover design and book layout.

Posters & Reports

Road-Stream Crossings Exhibit

Three-panel (20" x 30" each panel) educational display for the Housatonic Valley Association and City of Pittsfield · Information design, layout, and map graphics

Event Posters & Ads

Looking Glass Gardens and the Sandisfield Recreation Committee · Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires · Posters for Sandisfield Arts Center

NPC Annual Report

Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires, 2024 · Cover, infographics, and spread layouts

Packaging, Ads & Invitations

Gift-box covers, shop ads, and party invitations

Only In My Dreams Events“For 13 years, Tina has handled all our graphic design, and she always translates our vision into reality. She's fast, professional, and easy to work with, and we couldn't do it without her!”— Oskar Hallig, Owner & President, Only in My Dreams Events

About

I’m a self-taught graphic designer and fine artist with more than 20 years of experience creating thoughtful, visually engaging work for print and screen. My work includes books, newspapers, annual guides, brochures, posters, packaging, and ads, along with digital pieces such as social media graphics, email newsletters, and online editions of print publications.I specialize in taking information, ideas, and sometimes complex content and turning them into clear, cohesive visual experiences, and I can manage a project from first meeting to final delivery. My background as a fine artist informs how I approach composition, typography, color, and visual storytelling. Years of working directly with clients have made me a strong communicator and problem-solver.Many of my clients are small nonprofits, community publications, and individual authors—people who need a designer who listens, explains things plainly, and treats their project as if it were her own. Larger organizations get that same personal attention, along with the reliability that comes from twenty years of meeting deadlines.I care most about design that invites people to keep reading. Good typography should make a text accessible to every reader without ever talking down to them.I'm also fluent in today's AI tools, and I use them to handle the time-consuming parts of a project, such as research, proofreading, image preparation, and web builds. That keeps my turnaround fast and my rates affordable, and it leaves more of my time for the design decisions that make a page work.Tools
Adobe InDesign (advanced) · Adobe Creative Suite · Carrd · Squarespace · Canva · Figma · AI-assisted workflows · Project managementSelected Clients
The Sandisfield Times · Otis Observer · Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires · Housatonic Valley Association · Sandisfield Arts Center · Only in My Dreams Events · Mahaiwe Tents. I also work with several private clients.