# Olivia Lopez-Wheeler > Annual report design expert for nonprofits + foundations ✦ Building belief through visual storytelling ✦ Founder, Acton Circle ✦ Led by faith, driven by purpose Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/olivialopezwheeler Your annual report should fund the NEXT year. Not just recap the last one. I work with nonprofit + foundation teams whose work is INCREDIBLE (like, world-changing, FR FR incredible), but their materials don't completely show it yet. That gap costs funding, supporter confidence, and forward progress you can't afford to lose. Most nonprofit teams are running on homemade, inconsistent materials, and it's not for lack of care. I saw it early in my career, volunteering with nonprofits—compassionate leaders, powerful missions, and collateral that was giving... budget PowerPoint. (We love the heart. Not always the execution.) Annual reports kept coming up as the ONE thing that could change everything for under-resourced teams trying to do more with less, IF done right. That became our obsession at Acton Circle. Here's how we can work together: 🔍 Annual Report Deep Dive → Find what's quietly weakening your report before you spend another dime ⭐️ Annual Report Design Intensive → A digital-first report built to be understood, remembered, AND reused (the dream trifecta, honestly) 🖼️ DIY Template Kits → Same proven framework from our intensives, but make it DIY Trusted by 60+ nonprofits and foundations, including: Tides, Peninsula Family Service, East Bay Community Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Making Waves Education Foundation, and more. Acton Circle is named after the street where my grandparents lived. Their legacy of faith and service is literally WHY I do this—using what I'm good at, for good. When I'm not deep in design work, I'm homeschooling my boys, cracking jokes with my husband, or putting in reps in the garage gym. 💪 Ready to glow up your annual report? → www.actoncircle.co Not ready yet? (No judgment, we've all been there.) Start here for FREE: ✅ The Annual Report Checkpoint → www.actoncircle.co/checkpoint 💌 Donor Thank You Templates → www.actoncircle.co/resources/donor-thank-you-cards 📬 The Bold Print Newsletter → www.actoncircle.co/subscribe ## Work Experience ### Founder + Creative Director @ Acton Circle Jan 2019 – Present Acton Circle is a social impact design studio specializing in belief-building annual reports for nonprofits and foundations advancing access, opportunity, and community well-being. We’ve partnered with nonprofits and foundations such as: Tides · Making Waves Education Foundation · Peninsula Family Service · East Bay Community Foundation · Abode · 10,000 Degrees · NACCHO · Orange County Community Foundation and more ### Design Consultant @ O. Wheeler Design Studio LLC Jan 2012 – Jan 2019 I provided graphic and web design services for clients ranging from small business owners to major tech companies and Fortune 500 companies. After taking my experience from consulting and forming my first design studio, I shifted my focus and rebranded myself to have a greater impact on the world by partnering with purpose-driven organizations. ### Design Manager @ Everlaw Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 Collaborated with and coached designers through complex design problems, product ideation, and any interpersonal issues that arose. Helped designers expand their expertise and deepen their impact. Took responsibility for quality across product and brand design; this included promoting design guidelines, establishing a design system, and setting a high design bar. Partnered with product, engineering, and other stakeholders to ensure projects were well-defined and successfully executed. Fostered and championed a design culture across the organization. ### UI/UX Designer @ Everlaw Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 Developed creative design solutions for Everlaw’s document review platform; took highly complex workflows and created comprehensible user interfaces. Worked closely with cross-functional teams to deliver the best user experiences. Ensured brand consistency throughout Everlaw’s product, systems, and marketing collateral/campaigns. ### Visual/Graphic Designer @ Accela Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Conceptualized, designed, and executed digital and print projects, including websites, landing pages, microsites, advertisements, emails, marketing collateral, presentations, icons, event graphics, and other lead generation assets. Managed multiple workflows in a deadline driven environment. Collaborated with designers, developers, copywriters, and product marketing managers. Associate Graphic Designer October 2014-2015 ### Graphic Design Intern @ WEBCOR Builders Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco, CA Designed print and digital marketing collateral including ads, booklets, social media graphics, and powerpoint presentations. Assisted Marketing team with the design of RFPs. Took job-site photographs for use in advertisements, proposals, and other marketing materials. ### Junior Designer @ AG DESIGN GROUP Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Walnut Creek, CA Created original design concepts for print, web, and UI design. Proactively managed social media content calendar; generated content, commentary, and posts that were interesting, on-brand, and resonated with core audience. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, Double Minor: Photography and Art History San José State University ### Information Technology California State University, Monterey Bay ### User Experience Design (part-time in 10 week course) General Assembly ### Front-End Web Development (part-time in 10 week course) General Assembly ### Salesian High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/olivia-wheeler-annual-report-design - Portfolio: https://www.actoncircle.co --- Source: https://flows.cv/olivialopezwheeler JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/olivialopezwheeler/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13