Farzie Razak
Associate Art Director at Simon & Schuster
I had the pleasure of working with Sarah Lobar, and she is an exceptional marketing design professional. Her ability to translate complex marketing needs into visually compelling and brand-aligned designs is truly impressive. Her expertise in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro, combined with her keen eye for design trends, makes her a standout in her field.
Beyond her technical skills, Sarah is a proactive and collaborative team player who excels at managing projects, streamlining workflows, and ensuring brand consistency across all marketing materials. She balances creativity with practicality, delivering designs that are both visually striking and highly effective. Any team would be lucky to have her talent, dedication, and strategic mindset.
Ashley Stanlake
Associate Marketing Manager at Oxford University Press
I have worked with Sarah on many occasions, most recently a journal cover redesign (The Oncologist). Sarah followed the initial brief perfectly, providing choices of suitable designs, one of which the Editor-in-Chief loved so much that she was happy to use with zero edits! Her work is creative and professional, and her communication throughout projects is efficient and friendly. I would always be happy to collaborate with Sarah, as she is such a joy to work with.
Helena Nicholson
Associate Marketing Manager at Oxford University Press
Sarah is an excellent design colleague. She not only provides beautiful designs, but is also happy to offer guidance and suggestions that improve the quality of marketing campaigns she assists with. Her creativity and instinctive understanding of what is required for different design briefs has also been so helpful in creating positive working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders; for example, when working on some anniversary designs for journal logos, she was able to create multiple options with perfectly capture the tone and aims of the journal, which were very well received by the Editors. This excellent design creativity helped to strengthen the working relationship with the Editors, and they passed along their praise for her fantastic designs.
Emily Smith
Associate Marketing Manager at Oxford University Press
I have worked with Sarah on a number of projects and she has always been a pleasure to work with, her communication is clear and her interpretations of the briefs are fresh and exciting to review. The most recent design request I had was the cover redesign for Journal of Language Evolution, where we had a rather abstract brief from the editors for a Bauhaus style professional journal cover. Sarah designed 4 great drafts and the editors were thrilled to have a exciting new cover in an efficient timescale.
Laura Godfrey
Associate Marketing Manager at Oxford University Press
Sarah is always on hand to support with question and queries and her efficient responses and clear explanations evidence both her design expertise and strong communication skills. I have worked on design tasks with with Vrinda most recently, who reports into Sarah, and had a great experience which speaks to Sarah's ability to lead and teach new members of the team to a very high standard. Sarah is brilliant designer and colleague and a joy to work with!
Dan Braddock
Senior Marketing Manager at RM plc (previously Senior Marketing Manager, Oxford Languages, Oxford University Press)
I knew that the design requirements SLA… was a minimum of 15 days, but having nowhere else to turn, I asked Sarah nonetheless. She has been incredibly accommodating, turned around a stand design for us in about 24 hours, and hit the brief straight away. I’d also say that Sarah has done great work bringing our OL branding further in line with the new OUP branding in this work too. With our garish colours it’s not always the easiest task.
Charlotte Sandall
Head of Growth, Oxford Languages at Oxford University Press
I’ve worked with many designers in my time, and your work really stands out – it’s such a pleasure to see all these beautifully designed templates.