Dear recruiters,
If you’re looking for just another designer to make beautiful things, I’m not the right fit.
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely live to produce usable and beautiful products; however, I thrive when there’s a problem to solve. If your creative team has smoothed over all of your possible hiccups and you’re simply looking to scale the team, congratulations! If you’re in need of a true impact performer, please read on.
What makes me different?
I ask “Why?” Then I ask it again.
Truth be told, I don’t stop asking that question.
Ever.
Not one single prospective client has ever spent money on design purely, “because they wanted a new design”.
Creative teams are hired when sales performance isn’t where it needs to be, when target demographics aren’t responding to current efforts, or even when new CMO’s are installed and are looking to shake things up.
There are many cases for ‘why’ cashflow enters the creative engine and if you don’t address the needs ten levels deeper than the initial brief, your efforts will all be for naught.
I live and breathe at the level of “why”.
By treating everything this way, each fraction of the process is engineered to be lean, flexible, and strategic.
My leadership lays the groundwork to better understanding of each client individually, stronger and more resilient long-term relationships, bulletproof creative briefs begetting world-class strategy, drastic reduction in rounds of edits, stunning final products, and return on investment.
Hiring me is a continual commitment to improving your creative process and product.
It’s an invitation to dig deep into all the areas of opportunity that have evaded you for too long.
Let’s build something great together.
Top Skill Sets
Ten Years of
Design & Development
Design and development are two sides of the same coin. A strong core profficiency of both must be present to build the most beautiful and usable websites or digital products.
Seven Years of
User Experience
The user is the center of my work, without exception. I use empathy and quantitative data to guide my design decisions with the end goal of creating a pleasent experience.
Six Years of
Creative Leadership
Breaking down barriers and pushing the cutting edge is my passion. I build connections with professionals on an individual level and guide them to their best work.
Soft Skills
- Product Ideation
- Budget Conscious
- Adaptability
- Public Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Rapid Learning
- Teamwork
- Time Management
- Deadline Focus
- Conflict Resolution
- Positivity
- Metric Driven
- Collaboration
- Leadership
Hard Skills
- Figma
- Adobe XD
- HTML & CSS
- Client Sales & Pitching
- Adobe Photoshop
- JavaScript & jQuery
- Google Analytics
- Adobe Illustrator
- WordPress & Shopify
- Teaching & Training
- Adobe InDesign
- SEO Best-Practices
- Process Development
- Adobe Plugin Creation
- Designing for ADA
Full Work History
Education
Arizona State University
B.S. Graphic Information Technology
The Bookshop School for Ads
Art Direction and Copywriting
Extracirricular
Alpha Rho Chi
Professional, Co-Ed Design Fraternity
Work Experience
Merkle
2022 – 2022
Associate Creative Director, User Experience
- Creative Direction for International Projects
- Sales Deck Development
- Pitching of Scope and Services
- Scrum Leadership
- UX Consulting
- Heuristic Analysis
- Competitive Analysis
- How Might We Workshops
- Problem Ranking Workshops
- Future State Ideation
- Wireframe Development
- Mobile-First Innovation
- E-Commerce Research
- Client Leadership
- Website Strategy Development
- User Story Creation
- Sprint Planning
- Prototype Development
- Career Advocacy
- Team Leadership
- Professional Development
- ADA Consulting
- Figma Design System Creation
- Early Careers Mentor
- Project Scoping
- Resource Allocation and Management
- Time Card Management
Scorpion
2018 – 2022
Director of Design
- Creative Direction for All Projects
- Management of Design Department
- Web Design for Key Clients (Healthcare)
- Design Framework Creation
- Internal Tool and System Creation
- Quality Assurance
- ADA Department Chair
- Pitching Key Projects
- In-Person Client Relations
- Critical Sales Meeting Assistance
- XD Plugin Development
- Training of Designers
- Process Creation and Documentation
- Design Schedule Ownership
- Software Testing and Migration
- Conflict Resolution
- Mentoring Adjacent Teams
- Feedback Exercises
- Performance Management
- Business Plan Development
- Key Performance Indicator Tracking
- Corporate Marketing Development
- Coordination of Multiple Teams
- Click and Social Marketing Campaign Creation
Senior Designer
- Web Design (Healthcare, Franchise, & Legal)
- Advising Junior Designers
- Collaboration with Developers
- Click and Social Marketing Campaign Creation
- Analytics and Data Analysis
- Testing Iterative Designs
- Strategy and Concept Ideation
- Internal Product Ownership
- Client-Facing Meetings
- Wireframing and Moodboard Creation
- UX Research Translation
- High-Fidelity Prototype Creation
Extima
2017 – 2018
Digital Producer
- Web Design (Brand and E-Commerce)
- Digital Strategy and Sales
- Art Direction and Branding Creation
- Management of Creative Team
- Project Management
- Account Management and Client Relations
- Web Development (WordPress & Shopify)
- Creation of Email Marketing Campaigns (Mailchimp)
- Digital Ad Campaign Creation
- Medical App User Experience and Design
Nomad
2015 – 2017
Art Director
- Branding Creation
- Management of Design Team
- Digital Ad Campaign Creation
- Web Design (Brand and E-Commerce)
Web Designer
- SEO Research and Site Mapping
- Web Design (E-Commerce)
- Creation of Email Marketing Campaigns (Mailchimp)
U-Haul Internation
2014 – 2015
Web Designer
- Web Design (E-Commerce)
- Web Development (WordPress & .NET)
- User Experience Wireframing
Arizona State University
2012 – 2014
Graphic Designer
- Large Format Print Design