Hello.

I am a multi-discipline designer who loves to create experiences that are a pleasure to view, and easy to use.

SKILLS
Visual Design
User Experience Design (UX)
Design Thinking
Sympathetic Design
Information Design & UI
Graphic Design
Identity, Branding, & brand strategy
Art Direction
Campaign Design & development
Focus group moderator
Teamwork/group and interpersonal skills/communication

ART DIRECTION & DESIGN
My passion for aesthetics and functionality led me on a logical path to Design. My foundation in Graphic Design and Industrial Design provided a solid understanding of the design process, which proved vital in my transition to Experience Design.

USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
A sympathetic, user-centered approach and sensitivity are my guides for user experience design solutions. I bring an openness for collaboration and an experimental, curious mindset to the design process.

MY CONVERGE-DIVERGE DESIGN PROCESS:
1. DISCOVERY: gather all relevant data from the client and/or user
2. STRATEGY: frame the challenge and decide on possible solution directions
3. CREATE: build solutions, test, evaluate, iterate, repeat

TYPICAL EXPERIENCE DESIGN PROJECT DELIVERABLES:
Personas
Site Maps
Scenarios/Paths/Journeys
User Flows
Sketches
Wireframes
Prototypes

HELPFUL PERSONAL MANTRAS: Communicate constantly. Check in with original goals, often. Look for parallels in unlikely places.

EXPERIENCE

Toric
User Experience Designer (UX), 6.2020 – present
Contributed to the design and development of a node-based data app/workspace startup. Lead UX Designer for User Accounts, Organizations, and the Community Marketplace. Lead on the iPad app design initiative. Contributed to team projects focusing on the dataflow graph workspace. Designed user flows, patterns, and visual assets for the design system. Planned and facilitated remote creative workshops.

Slalom Consulting
Experience Designer (Visual, Brand, UI/UX), 3.2019 – 6.2020
Visual Design Lead, UX/UI designer for Genentech Personalized Healthcare (PHC) Portal. Facilitated creative workshops to visualize biomedical processes, like the molecule lifcycle, and PHC impact on the patient journey. Lead Art Director/illustrator.
Lead Visual Designer for Checkr; collaborated with the in-house Product Design team to create and build a design system of components for the upcoming evolution of their product dashboard.

Apple
Art Director, Graphic Designer, Creative Lead, 10.2016 – 3.2019
Lead designer for Apple Support social channels. Art direction and styling for social and product photography. Established visual design guidelines for all assets. Advised and collaborated with other internal teams. Directed a team of designers and production artists.

SFJAZZ
Graphic Designer, 9.2015 – 10.2016
Music non-profit organization and venue, specializing in education, community programs, and the presentation of Jazz
In-house Graphic Designer responsible for digital and printed marketing materials, seasonal and fundraising campaigns, and program design. Coordinated external vendors and artist partnerships. Worked within, and managed, timelines, resources, and production. 

Palmer Advertising Agency
Art Director, Graphic Designer, 12.2014 – 9.2015
Boutique advertising agency specializing in solar energy, financial institutions, and healthcare
Creative lead for agency clients. Responsible for branding, ad campaigns, web design, and marketing collateral. Managed timelines, resources, and production.

See's Candies, Inc.
Graphic Designer, 1.2014-12.2014
Fine confections manufacturer, all-American brand
Responsible for packaging and seasonal retail signage, print and digital marketing, internal communications, and special promotions. Involved in See's overall re-branding development.

Tesser
Graphic Designer, 5.2012 – 1.2014
Retail design and branding firm specializing in consumables and restaurant design
Agency branding Graphic Designer for major international clients, such as Wendy's, Sbarro, and Musco Olives. Worked within structured creative teams, as well as independently.

Worldwise, Inc.
Senior Graphic Designer, 3.2010 – 5.2012
Sustainable pet accessories designer and manufacturer
Designed the identity of a partnership program between Worldwise and Walmart. Responsible for brand and packaging graphics, and products for in-house brands.  

Clorox
Industrial & Packaging Designer, 2.2008 – 9.2009
Consumer and professional products manufacturer
Designed for brands like Brita, STP, and Hidden Valley. Closely involved in design and consumer research during development of Visual Design Languages for major Clorox brands.

Studio One Eleven
Graphic & Packaging Designer, 2.2007 – 2.2008
Packaging Design and branding firm
Responsible for structural packaging and graphic design for brands like Orville Redenbacher and H2O+. Collaboratively designed Softsoap's Nutri Serums body wash iconic packaging. Conducted materials and secondary market research studies.

TEAMS Design, USA
Graphic, Packaging, and Web Designer, 9.2005 – 2.2007
An award winning design firm specializing in global product-oriented brand development and Industrial Design
Lead Graphic Designer responsible for corporate identity and web design for the studio and its clients. Designed logo and packaging for Emjoi's Rotoshave, men's luxury electric razor.

WORK-STUDY EXPERIENCE

Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Interdisciplinary Product Design Program
Graphic and Industrial Designer, 1.2005 – 5.2005
Team Graphic Designer responsible for design of CME's conceptual new trading floor: created print, and digital presentations, icons, renderings, and configurations of conceptual work environments.

Copco, Inc. Interdisciplinary Product Design Program
Industrial Designer, 8.2004 – 12.2004
Collaborated with a diverse team on the design of a new product for the Copco thermals division: a portable, silicone-dipped, glass bottle. Identified a consumer niche, which was previously untapped, through market research. Developed product from concept to functioning models.

CAPABILITIES
• Figma
• Sketch
• Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
• inVision
• Principle
• Adobe After Effects knowledge
• Keynote, Power Point
• Pre-press and production knowledge
• HTML, CSS experience
• Rhino 3D knowledge

EDUCATION

General Assembly
San Francisco, CA, 2015
User Experience Design

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, 2000-2005
BFA in Graphic Design
BFA in Industrial Design