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The Ultimate Guide to Yearbook Trends in 2027 explores the design directions shaping future yearbooks and how to approach them with intention. Hosted by Walsworth Yearbooks Senior Graphic Designer Stephanie Zeman, alongside Sabrina Cady, CJE, and Jim Jordan, this four-part training series focuses on understanding trends and using them in ways that make sense for your school.
The Ultimate Guide to Yearbook Trends in 2027
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Stephanie Zeman
Stephanie is a Senior Graphic Designer for Walsworth Yearbooks. In her previous role as a Yearbooks Rep, she realized her passion for design and wanted to help students develop their publications on a national level. This led her to join the marketing department where she led the design of Volume 9 and 10 of Possibilities, Walsworth’s award-winning 352-page publication showcasing student work from across the country. She also develops summer workshop looks, convention materials, social media campaigns and more.
Sabrina Cady, CJE
Sabrina Cady, CJE, is a Walsworth Yearbooks representative, key accounts specialist and the former publications adviser at J.W. Mitchell High School in Trinity, Florida. Under her leadership, The Stampede yearbook earned multiple CSPA Crowns, an NSPA Pacemaker, and was a Design of the Year Finalist. She was Teacher of the Year in 2013, a District Teacher of the Year Finalist, and teaches at workshops and conventions nationwide.
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan is the former yearbook adviser at Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California, and now a special consultant for Walsworth Yearbooks. He was a yearbook adviser for 35 years, and over the years the Decamhian yearbook earned numerous Pacemaker and CSPA Gold Crown honors. The Decamhian was recognized in 2022 as having earned the second-highest number of Pacemakers in NSPA’s 100 year history. Jordan was the 1996 JEA Yearbook Adviser of the Year, and has received CSPA Gold Key, NSPA Pioneer, JEA Medal of Merit and JEA Lifetime Achievement awards. He received the Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award in 2021. He now shares his expertise with students and advisers at workshops and conventions across the country and leads mentorship through the Adviser Mentor Program. He was among the first to embrace desktop technology in the 1980s and apply it to yearbook, and he remains an innovator in the yearbook industry. Be sure to check out his yearbook-focused podcast, Yearbook Chat with Jim that highlights the stories of great yearbook advisers from around the country.
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