Writer Designer Builder
I'm Meaghan Malone. For more than ten years I've worked in marketing and communications, turning big ideas into brands, websites, campaigns, and learning materials that people actually use.
01Selected work
Each one researched, written, designed, and built by me. Hover over a project, or pause on one on your phone, to watch the real site scroll by.
An interactive history of the English language, from its ancient roots to the Englishes spoken on every continent. I researched, wrote, designed, and coded every part of it, down to the drawn countryside that turns to night in dark mode.
77 moments6 eras14 explorations
A yearbook website where every student can add to the book: grade pages for student voices, a holiday project for the staff, a printable gift certificate, and one tap to buy.
A fine-line dragonfly logo, a palette tuned for reading, and a calm website for a Sarasota counseling practice. Every text color passes WCAG AA contrast.
A 145-page science of reading workbook for one of the hardest passages in high school literature, with 70 reading organizers grouped by when students need them.
A planner app for teachers, from the first sketch of the logo to the last line of code: standards-aligned lesson plans, a class board for the projector, and student names encrypted in the browser.
An eight-step builder that walks any yearbook adviser through launching their own site in about 20 minutes, with presets for 15 schools and a live preview.
A field guide to 24 day hikes in Grand Teton National Park, measured and annotated, with a planner that turns your dates and wish list into a day-by-day route.
“Online, somebody is always trying the handle. So online, the drawer needs a lock.”
A plain-language guide that walks people who don't code through building their own website, step by step, without leaving their private files where strangers can reach them.
10+years in marketing and communications
316pages in the 2027 yearbook I'm leading with a student staff
145pages in my science of reading workbook
77moments in The Story of English
02What I do
One habit runs through all of it: start with the person on the other end, then make the thing clear enough that they never have to ask twice.
Campaigns, social media, email, and web copy that tell people what something is, why it matters, and what to do next.
Logos, palettes, type systems, print, and signage, with a style guide clear enough that a whole team can follow it.
Fast, accessible websites built from the first sketch to launch, that read beautifully on a phone and are easy to update.
Workbooks, lessons, and step-by-step tools built on how people actually learn, for students and grown-ups alike.
03About
I was born in Texas, grew up in Tennessee, studied English at Austin Peay State University, and got my start on my college newspaper's photo desk. Since then I've run social media for an agency's clients, marketed homes and vacation rentals, and spent four years leading communications for a Sarasota church, from its website to its signage.
Now I teach English and advise the yearbook and student newspaper at Manatee High School, where I lead a student staff through a 316-page book on deadline. Through all of it, the job has been the same: help people understand something, and make it a pleasure to look at.
Everyday tools