GRAPHIC DESIGN
Tina Sotis
Books, publications, guides, catalogs, and other print projects are developed from creative concepts through final production. I bring a strong eye for typography, composition, color, and visual storytelling, with clarity and readability at the heart of every design. I create thoughtful, easy-to-read designs for community newspapers, local organizations, and small businesses—including multi-page publications, flyers, invitations, social media, and more. I especially enjoy working with small organizations, authors, and independent clients, bringing the same care to a single flyer as to a 500-page book.
Newspapers
The Sandisfield Times
Monthly community newspaper · Design, layout, and production since 2010, 20 pagesTina'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 · Design, layout, production, ad design, and content management since 2015, 28 pages"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 Guide 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
Our Town, The Sandisfield Players - program booklet
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
NPC Annual Report
Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires, 2024 · Cover, infographics, and spread layouts
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. My work includes books, newspapers, publication design, annual guides, posters, brochures, and other print communications.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 pages that invite 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.