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Testimonials

The Castle Group

Quite simply, Mark Guarino just gets it! He’s a talented topnotch graphic designer—and a great collaborator, a rare and refreshing combination for artists. I’ve worked with Mark for decades. And after all these years, I’m still surprised by his innate ability to turn concepts and ideas into remarkable designs. Mark’s a pleasure to work with and continually makes me look good. That’s why he’s my #1 go-to designer—and will always be.

Deborah Spencer, Vice President, Events & Marketing

Jack L Gordon Architects

A seemingly endless font of bold, creative concepts, wrapped in process that balances collaboration with a clear vision of the end goal, has made Mark Guarino my go-to designer for 25 years.

Rosemary Siciliano, Former Director of Marcom and PR

InfraSense

We have been working with Mark Guarino since 2014 and truly value his partnership. He has provided top-level graphic design on a range of projects including updating our logo, website, newsletters, and brochures. Mark is a consummate professional and always delivers projects on-time and on-budget.

Adam Carmichael, President

Kroger Grant Consulting, llc

I recently hired Mark to create my new brand, including collateral materials and website. Mark got my vision right away and brought it to life. He gave me numerous design options, each more amazing than the one previous. Working with Mark is a joy! I highly recommend him.

Anne Crowe Kroger, President

GEI Consultants, Inc.

Mark has guided GEI’s brand design image for the past decade, during which time GEI has doubled in size to 600 staff in 28 offices across the country. While we employ a team of in-house marketing experts, Mark has been responsible for our logo and its treatments,  our innovative corporate brochure, our technical services brochures and qualifications template systems, our announcements cards and holiday cards, our major companywide and external industry conference branding, and more. I trust Mark completely. He’s the best in the business, and a pleasure to work with.

Christopher Stockwell, Former Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

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Bates Communications

Mark Guarino walked us patiently through the often challenging process of creating an authentic visual representation of our business. It was a comfortable, logical process that resulted in a beautiful and functional logo and marketing materials.

Suzanne Bates, CEO

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WSP/Flack + Kurtz

Mark Guarino has a take-charge attitude and a subtle-yet-confident approach that resulted in him being immediately embraced by our Business Development department when we first engaged his services in April 2002 to redesign our company website.

Not only is Mark creative and hard-working; he possesses the rare skill of being able to communicate his ideas and associated benefits effectively, which in our case resulted in full buy-in from the department staff. Simply put, he gets results.

I feel confident in recommending Mark’s services. He is not only thorough, but also easy to work with, and always willing to take the time to discuss my concerns and respond to questions.

Robert A. Gracilieri, PE, Former Executive Vice President

BOND

Working with Mark Guarino was a dream... he is creative, collaborative, listens and responds with options for consideration... no ego just responsiveness and customer service.

Denise Marian, Former Director of Marketing and Business Development

Rhino PR

I became aware of Mark and his fabulous work through SMPS Boston and GEI Consultants. Mark does work for both and I was always impressed with what he produced. When I started Rhino PR, I asked Mark to create my logo. I told him what I was looking for and it took him all of two tries to come up with my current logo. I constantly receive compliments on my company logo. In 2009, he designed a New Year's card for Rhino PR that won the first place award from SMPS Boston. I highly recommend working with Mark - he is easy to work with and never ceases to amaze me with his creative ideas.

Susan Riley Shelby, FSMPS, CPSM, President

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S M M A | Symmes Maini & McKee Associates

Mark is great to work with. He really gets into our culture (our brand) and makes everything so easy. It’s a fun painless process.

Marie E. Fitzgerald, IIDA, Principal | Senior Vice President | Director of Interior Design

Resource Options Inc.

In addition to being an extremely talented graphics designer, Mark is an effective business person and communicator. He is a good listener who understands business concepts and readily shares his expertise. This combination makes Mark a dream to work with. He’s able to take a client’s ideas and bring them to life. Upon getting his initial designs, my first thought was always, “He gets it!” His innate ability to quickly capture the essence of the project ultimately saved my company and/or volunteer organization time and money. In addition to these talents, Mark is truly a joy to work with (for real!) and has always – always – exceeded my expectations.

Lori Chicoyne, Former Marketing Director

Windrush Farm

Mark did an exceptional job on the Windrush Farm re-branding effort. His conception, creativity and understanding of the “group decision process” made the project a great success. We are thrilled with our new logo, website, and promotional materials. I would highly recommend him to anyone needing design work.

Jennifer Tartaglia, Marketing & Communications Manager

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Fruitt Comunications

I have worked with Mark for 20+ years, on projects as varied as a corporate re-branding, a tech product launch, and a multi-year hotel marketing campaign. With every project, Mark has struck that balance of pairing fabulous design with smart business sense—an accomplishment for which my clients and I have great respect.

Lisa Fruitt, President

Winslow Architects Inc.

As architects, we thought we could provide graphic designs for our own marketing/PR needs, but we quickly learned through working with Mark what a brilliant difference a good graphic designer makes - and Mark is certainly the best!

John Winslow, President

Adrian A. Gaspar & Company

Mark did a great job of helping us modernize our website and firm logo while maintaining a strong connection to our long time clients.

Robert A. Costello, CPA, Partner

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R. Murphy Knives

Mark's  straight forward approach results in clean, fresh, simple yet elegant design – and he is a pleasure to work with.

Mimi Younkins, Co-Owner

Harvard Medical School

Mark was able to listen and creatively respond to a wide range of objectives from a large committee tasked with the implementation of an important program.

Jane Garfield, Former Director of Facilities

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SMPS Boston

I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside Mark on various projects over the past 7 years and his creativity, positive energy, and ability to make even the most conservative audience a believer in thinking outside the box never ceases to amaze me.


My partnership with Mark on a variety of different collateral pieces as well as a website redesign has spanned the past seven years. I consider Mark a true collaborator as well as a dear friend. His professionalism, innovation, and patience are just a few of Mark’s greatest attributes.
Mark’s ability to capture the most abstract idea and utilizing his admirable talents, weave it into a beautiful and creative end product is
what sets Mark apart.

Sarah McGillicuddy, President 2013-14

WSP/Flack + Kurtz

Mark Guarino is great to work with. His experience working with design and construction businesses is second to none. His graphic ideas are fresh, modern and on-message. He is wonderful to work with from the beginning of a project to its completion.

Anastasia Vassos, Former Vice President

Pine Street Inn

I have worked with Mark on a number of projects over the years, both at Pine Street Inn and elsewhere. Mark is a pleasure to work with, and he does a great job of turning concepts into creative reality.

Barbara V. Trevisan, Former Director of Communications

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Kavanagh Advisory Group, LLC

Over the past 15 + years I’ve had the opportunity to work with Mark Guarino and his talented staff on several projects for William A. Berry & Son and Kavanagh Advisory Group.  When working with Guarino Design, I’ve found that the staff listens closely to the task at hand and delivers a finished product highlighting points discussed in a clear, concise, innovative manner.

John E. Kavanagh, III, CEO & Chairman