About
I am a digital designer (aka creative director, aka product designer) and pizza advocate who likes to laugh with people. I am currently freelancing while looking for my next full-time team. I have an insatiable curiosity and a desire to leave things better than I found them.
I have a background in team leadership, design systems, user experience design, Figma plugin programming, user interface design, art direction, and marketing.
Successful design is a strategic soup with equal parts research, empathy, collaboration, and guts. I’m inspired by companies trying to make the world a better place and hope to contribute the same.
I was previously designing at Designory for TikTok, Expedia, Amazon Music, Dow Jones, Organon, and Novartis. Before that, I worked at Gauge for clients such as Duck Head, Southern Tide, Orafol Vehicle Wraps, Swarovski, and OldTimeCandy.com.
Freelance Clients
- OldTimeCandy.com
- Americana
- Two Tides Brewing Co.
- Hemma Homegoods
- SF Weekly
- Telfair Museums
- Mike Doughty
Speaking
- Building Trust // Consistency, Clarity, Empathy (2023)
Volunteering
- ETHChicago, Branding + NFT Creation & Air Dropping (2023)
- The Webby Awards, Jury (2023)
- w3 Awards, Jury (2023)
- Creative Mornings Chicago, Marketing Director (2022 – 2023)
- Creative Mornings Chicago, Communications Coordinator (2020 – 2021)
- Creative Mornings Chicago, Event Day Volunteer (2019 – 2023)
Published
- IdN Magazine, Volume 17, Number 5, 2010 – Spay and Neuter Commercial Featured
- Designing Sustainable Packaging, Author: Scott Boylston, Bird Feeder Packaging Featured
Hooray’s and Hurrah’s
- 2018 Print Magazine Regional Design Annual – Two Tides Brewing Co.
- 2010 Savannah ADDY Awards – Silver – Telfair Ball Invitations
- 2010 Print Magazine Print in Motion – Finalist – Where the Wild Things Are
- 2009 UCDA Design Competition – Gold Medalist – Savannah Secession Series
- American Greetings Scholarship for Excellence in Design (2008 – 2009)
- SCAD Savannah Secession Graphic Design Exhibition Planning Committee (2008 – 2009)
Featured
Exhibitions
- 2nd Annual Savannah GIF Festival (January 2016)
- Telfair Art Fair (November 2010, November 2009)
- WTF? What’s the Function, What’s the Failure, What’s the Form Thesis Show (May 2009)
- SCAD Savannah Secession Graphic Design Exhibition (May 2009)
Professional Posse
- AIGA (2006 – present)
- Type Directors Club (2008 – present)
Portrait above by Daniel at Gauge.