Ronan Design is a full-service graphic design and production firm located in Chicago specializing in educational materials. With over twenty years of experience, we have developed eye-catching, practical design solutions on many different types of projects, always with the client's needs in mind.

Ronan Design consistently delivers effective publication series and marketing collateral in a timely manner. We have a full-range of capabilities from strategic thinking, branding, art direction and instructional design to project management and production.

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Ronan Design uses innovative thinking about how the human brain absorbs information to develop educational and marketing materials. We are rooted in the strategic development of exciting and fun visual messages that resonate with the viewer.

HISTORY

Together, the staff at Ronan Design works from fifty years of knowledge and expertise in educational publishing. Established in 1990, Ronan has successfully completed more than 160 student editions, ancillaries, and nonfiction books for all grades from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Our publications are used in the curricula of every state.

WHAT WE DO

What Ronan Design does well is to develop and design evocative visuals where the information flows directly and effortlessly into the reader’s mind. We also facilitate open and clear communication between all parties--clients, ourselves, additional creative teams and the end user--throughout the entire process to determine the best solutions.

Ronan Design consistently delivers effective publication series and marketing collateral in a timely manner. We have a full-range of capabilities from strategic thinking, branding, art direction and instructional design to project management and production.

WHY YOU WANT TO WORK WITH US

You should also choose Ronan Design because while being fun to work with, we are a team of good listeners and we are truly efficient. We believe in partnering with the people we work with and providing flexibility in all areas as we work together. We are intrigued by your content and educational programs, and truly believe learning IS great fun. We will do everything in our power to help you succeed; you’ll get our all everyday.

OUR PROCESS

As partners, Ronan begins working with you the moment you begin outlining the parameters of your program. We begin with brainstorm meetings, complete with chocolate treats to foster creativity, as well as detailed research and visual explorations that begin to shape the initial prototype. We believe in working side by side with the strategic marketing and content developers to ensure the vision is shared by all. Once we have a range of visual concepts we will evaluate which best meets the program’s objectives and would be most appealing to the audience. We believe in informal focus groups. In gathering the response we continue to let the program define itself, it is an evolutionary process. Once we narrow down the look and feel we begin to develop style guides and templates to ensure the writers and designers are working together to ensure both content and imagery counterbalances the learning process with engaging design. The process unfolds from here… detailed project management and schedules are developed to guide all stages to ensure both budgets and timelines