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Works Progress is owned and operated by Mara Lubell, a creative director with over 12 years of experience in graphic design and marketing. Her professional career began with environmental graphics at Debra Nichols Design in San Francisco. There she was a lead designer of the San Francisco Giants baseball stadium (formerly Pacific Bell Park). From there, Mara segued from environmental design to packaging at the in-house marketing department of The Gap, Inc. Her retail design experience continued to grow in New York with The Limited Brands and in Atlanta with Newell Rubermaid’s Goody Products. Along the way, Mara also gained web design experience at CNN.com and several Atlanta agencies.

With a wide array of design experience under her belt, Mara started Works Progress as a certified women-owned business in 2007 offering a comprehensive set of skills to start-up companies, government organizations, individuals, and established businesses alike.

Mara graduated Cum Laude from The University of Georgia with a BFA in Graphic Design. Her work has garnered recognition and design awards from professional industry organizations such as SEGD (Society for Environmental Graphic Design), AIGA (The Professional Association for Design), GDUSA (American Graphic Design), and the New York Book Show. She is currently President of the Hampton Roads Chapter of AIGA.