Heidi Hernandez Heidi Hernandez

Tulsa Mayfest Website

Project Managing Web & Social for Tulsa Mayfest 2025

Large festivals don’t fail online because of bad design — they fail because digital workstreams aren’t coordinated.

For Tulsa Mayfest 2025, I served as Project Manager for the festival’s website and social media workstreams, overseeing timelines, coordination, approvals, and delivery across multiple teams and stakeholders.

My role focused on making sure digital platforms supported the festival’s scale, complexity, and public-facing needs — without becoming bottlenecks.

The Digital Challenge

Tulsa Mayfest is a multi-day public festival with:

  • Thousands of attendees

  • Artists, musicians, vendors, sponsors, and partners

  • Constant updates tied to programming, registration, and logistics

  • High visibility and public expectation

The challenge wasn’t just creating content — it was keeping the website and social channels accurate, aligned, and responsive as plans evolved.

My Role

As Project Manager, I oversaw the digital ecosystem supporting Tulsa Mayfest 2025, acting as the connective tissue between leadership, marketing, design, and operations.

Rather than creating every asset myself, I ensured the right work happened in the right order — with clarity, accountability, and follow-through.

Scope of Work

Website Project Management

  • Managed the website workstream, including structure, updates, and timelines

  • Coordinated updates tied to:

    • Artist and program announcements

    • Vendor and participant information

    • Registration and e-commerce needs

    • Festival logistics and public information

  • Served as the liaison between operations, marketing, and web teams

  • Ensured content accuracy as plans and approvals shifted

Social Media Project Management

  • Project managed the social media team, aligning content with festival milestones

  • Coordinated timelines for announcements, campaigns, and promotions

  • Supported content planning around:

    • Artists and performers

    • Community partnerships

    • Special initiatives and festival moments

  • Helped maintain consistency between social messaging and website information

Cross-Team Coordination

  • Managed approvals across leadership and stakeholders

  • Reduced bottlenecks by clarifying ownership and timelines

  • Ensured digital teams had the information they needed to execute efficiently

  • Bridged operations and marketing so updates reflected real-time planning

The Approach

My approach to digital project management emphasized:

  • Clarity over control

  • Systems over scramble

  • Coordination over micromanagement

By treating the website and social channels as operational tools — not just marketing outputs — the digital presence stayed usable, current, and aligned with the on-the-ground festival experience.

The Outcome

Tulsa Mayfest 2025’s digital platforms functioned as reliable, public-facing resources throughout the planning and festival period.

Behind the scenes, clear project management supported:

  • Faster updates

  • Fewer last-minute scrambles

  • Better alignment between teams

  • Reduced friction during peak production moments

Digital didn’t create extra work — it supported the work already happening.

Why This Work Matters

Digital success at large events isn’t about flashy posts or clever layouts. It’s about coordination, accuracy, and timing.

This project reflects the kind of digital work I do best:

  • Managing complex web and social ecosystems

  • Supporting creative teams with structure

  • Keeping public-facing platforms aligned with real operations

  • Leading without needing to be the loudest voice in the room

Managing digital at scale requires more than content.

If you’re running a festival, nonprofit, or public-facing organization and need someone to project manage your website, social media, or digital systems so they actually support your work, let’s talk.

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Regent’s Roots Festival Graphics

It all begins with an idea.

Website & Graphic Design for Regent’s Roots Festival 2024

For Regent’s Roots Festival 2024, produced by Old Diorama Arts Centre (ODAC) in partnership with Fitzrovia Youth in Action, I supported the festival’s digital presence through website updates and graphic design, ensuring information, visuals, and messaging stayed clear, accessible, and aligned throughout the planning and delivery process.

This work focused on translating a community-centered, artist-driven festival into digital and visual tools that supported audiences, artists, and partners alike.

The Digital & Design Challenge

Community festivals rely on clarity just as much as creativity.

Regent’s Roots required:

  • A website that reflected evolving programming

  • Visual assets that worked across print, digital, and on-site use

  • Materials that were welcoming, legible, and easy to navigate

  • Consistency across platforms without over-polishing the community feel

The challenge was creating usable, adaptable assets that could keep pace with a live, people-centered event.

My Role

I supported Regent’s Roots through ongoing website management and graphic creation, working closely with the ODAC team to ensure digital and visual elements stayed accurate and cohesive as plans developed.

Graphic assets were designed using Adobe Illustrator, allowing for scalable, print-ready, and digitally adaptable files that could be deployed quickly across formats as needs evolved.

Scope of Work

Website Support

  • Ongoing website updates as programming evolved

  • Publishing performance schedules, artist information, and event details

  • Ensuring clarity around timing, location, and accessibility

  • Supporting a clean, user-friendly experience for a public audience

Graphic Design & Visual Assets

Using Adobe Illustrator, I created graphics across multiple touchpoints, including:

  • Festival maps and wayfinding materials

  • Digital and print advertisements

  • Program layouts and schedule graphics

  • T-shirt designs

  • Social media graphics supporting festival promotion

All assets were designed to be flexible, readable, and easy to deploy across channels — from social feeds to on-site signage.

The Approach

My approach emphasized function-first design:

  • Prioritizing clarity and accessibility

  • Designing assets that could be reused or adapted quickly

  • Maintaining visual consistency without overcomplicating layouts

  • Keeping community and youth audiences in mind

The goal wasn’t visual noise — it was support.

The Outcome

The Regent’s Roots digital and visual materials worked together to:

  • Keep audiences informed as programming developed

  • Support smooth navigation and on-site experience

  • Reinforce the festival’s identity across platforms

  • Reduce confusion and last-minute scrambles for information

Website updates and visual assets functioned as tools — quietly supporting the festival’s success rather than competing for attention.

Why This Work Matters

Strong digital support at community festivals isn’t about flashy branding. It’s about clarity, trust, and accessibility.

This project reflects the kind of digital and design work I do best:

  • Supporting live events with adaptable web content

  • Creating Illustrator-based graphics that translate cleanly across formats

  • Working closely with production teams to stay aligned

  • Balancing creativity with real-world constraints

Digital support should make events easier — not louder.

If you’re producing a festival or community event and need help managing website updates and creating graphics that actually support your audience, let’s talk.

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Designing for Arts Institutions

It all begins with an idea.

Print Advertising for 108 Contemporary (OVAC Magazine, Summer 2024)

In Summer 2024, I created a full-page print advertisement for 108 Contemporary, featured in the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC) Magazine.

This project focused on translating a multi-exhibition gallery schedule into a single, clear visual piece designed for a print publication audience — balancing readability, hierarchy, and institutional voice.

The Context

108 Contemporary is a nonprofit contemporary art space in Tulsa, showcasing exhibitions across art, craft, and design. For the Summer 2024 issue of OVAC Magazine, the goal was to highlight multiple overlapping exhibitions while maintaining clarity and visual cohesion within a full-page print ad.

The piece needed to:

  • Communicate exhibition titles, dates, and artists at a glance

  • Maintain strong alignment with 108 Contemporary’s brand

  • Meet print publication standards and specifications

  • Feel refined, legible, and archival — not disposable

My Role

I designed the advertisement from concept through final production, working in Adobe Illustrator to ensure the layout was fully scalable, print-ready, and adaptable for potential reuse across other formats.

This was not a social-first graphic — it was designed specifically for print, with attention to typography, spacing, and hierarchy appropriate for a magazine context.

Scope of Work

  • Full-page print ad design for OVAC Magazine

  • Layout and hierarchy for multiple exhibitions and timelines

  • Integration of artist, juror, and institutional credits

  • Alignment with existing brand identity and tone

  • File preparation for print publication

The final design highlighted:

  • Fiber Works 2024 (Juried by Shin-Hee Chin)

  • Natural Rhythms by Hayley Nichols & Nic Annette Miller

  • Gallery hours, location, and accessibility information

All elements were structured to guide the reader smoothly through dense information without visual overload.

The Approach

My approach emphasized clarity-first design:

  • Strong typographic hierarchy

  • Balanced negative space

  • Visual consistency across sections

  • Readability at multiple viewing distances

The goal was to create a piece that functioned both as promotion and as documentation — something that could live comfortably within a magazine and still represent the institution well over time.

The Outcome

The final ad successfully communicated multiple exhibitions within a single page while maintaining a calm, professional presence consistent with 108 Contemporary’s mission.

It served as:

  • A promotional asset for gallery programming

  • A polished representation of the institution within a regional arts publication

  • An example of design that supports cultural work without overpowering it

Why This Work Matters

Print design for arts institutions requires a different skill set than fast-turn digital content.

It demands:

  • Respect for content and context

  • Precision in layout and hierarchy

  • Understanding of print standards

  • Design that supports longevity, not just immediacy

This project reflects the kind of design work I do best: clear, intentional, and built to support organizations doing meaningful cultural work.

Good design should make information easier to absorb — not harder.

If you’re an arts organization, nonprofit, or cultural institution looking for thoughtful print or digital design that respects your work and your audience, let’s talk.

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