As a lifelong baseball player (and one-time Division III hopeful), I’m no stranger to tryouts. When a designer position opened up with the New York Mets, I found myself nearing the end of the hiring process and faced with a new type of tryout — this time visual.
Create an amazing poster, the prompt read. Include player name, number, and use our logos.
Oh, and make it New York-themed.
The Mets are rather fluent in their New York branding. The iconic skyline features everywhere from their logo, to their posters, to their graphics on social media. The city is integral to their visual presence, and they execute that well.
I’ll deduct points for the errant A-train in their recent Subway Series graphic. Swing and a miss.
But hey, I like trains, too. Could there be a way to work in the New York subway motif in a way that hasn’t been done yet?
What about an ode to the iconic, soon-to-be-retired symbol of the MTA — the MetroCard?
