Feb 2022 - Current

• Completed 14 projects across 6 clients, creating 20 deliverables

• Delivered 20 distinct pieces of design work - through print and digital media

• Animated 3 deck presentations and 2 ribbon banners

• Illustrated and communicated clients’ vision while incorporating design best practices and their individual brand standards

• Advised clients on design strategies to engage target audiences

• Communicated designs and concepts to clients before incorporating their recommended changes into revised designs

• Worked with client to understand specific brand usage principles in graphic designs

• Developed and revise project management strategy 

• Wrote design project proposals, design briefs, and design invoices

• Kept up-to-date with the latest design trends, tools, and technologies

Nov 2023 - Current

• Manage, create and publish original, high quality content

• Style and photograph store displays, products, plants to create original, high quality social media posts

• Design print items including but not limited to packaging inserts, plant care cards, in-store signage

• Redesigned and implemented a new social media strategy, increasing post engagement by 13.7%, boosting reel engagement by 12.8%, increasing non-follower reach by 6.9%, improving website clicks by 67%.

• Planned and launched Valentine's Day Marketing Campaign, resulting in the most orders since 2019

April 2023 - August 2023

• Designed brand identities for clients ranging from construction companies to non-profits, including logos, marketing materials, brand guidelines, and websites.

• Developed social media brand guidelines to create engaging and brand-cohesive social media for clients.

• Followed social media brand guidelines to design content for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Instagram Stories.

• Applied design principles to pitch decks and RFPs for start-up companies, music festivals, and established brands to support their efforts on winning valuable work.

• Managed company website on an ongoing basis, ensuring it remains up to date with evolving content, brand guidelines, and market trends.

• Developed high-fidelity wireframes to refine current and new features on an ecommerce marketplace.

1 yr

• Worked temp positions as a ​Personal Assistant, Barista (Woodland Park Zoo), Park Aide (Washington State Parks)

• Built out SUV camper set up to boondock through Washington, Oregon, California & Arizona

• Traveled to Japan, Taiwan, and Mexico, New York, Maui, Bay Area, Coachella, Miami, Disneyland

• Learned how to crochet

• Spent lots of time doing what I love...

  • Hiking, Camping, Backpacking, & Rock climbing​

  • Helping my mom with her garden

  • Meeting with friends

  • Attending concerts

  • Trying new things!

Oct 2019 - Feb 2022

• Applied design thinking principles to create world-class digital experiences across multiple platforms and channels by bringing together user needs, business goals and technical realities

• Coordinated with outside agencies, art services, web designers, printers, shipping services, and colleagues 

• Established the look and feel for 24+ client engagements, including presentation materials and interactive event materials, crafting a bespoke client experience

• Collaborated with 16 Fortune 500 clients

• Developed materials for the following client engagements: McDonalds, Wendy’s, Google, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Amazon Web Services, Nike, Procter & Gamble, ZARA, CVS Health, Walgreens, Pfizer, Kroger, Humana, Merck, TJX, 3M, Starbucks, General Mills, Stryker, Corteva, Marriott, Conagra Brands, Marathon

• Designed materials across multiple media types - digital, print, packaging, apparel

• Told the North America Innovation story with beautiful and concise visuals through maintaining and cultivating ongoing improvements on the North America Innovation brand

• Created and taught a visual design basics course to 5 Innovation Hubs across North America, educating 450+ members of our innovation practice on visual design best practices. The course was shared in the internal document server as a resources across the entire firm

• Supported the growth of the North America Innovation experience team, including role definition, onboarding, and ongoing training

• Crafted monthly team experiences for the Chicago Innovation Hub, sending crafted packages to each member of the team paired with a virtual experience

1 yr

• Taught 3 quarters of 300-level Visual Information Design course

• Enforced fluency in expressing information visually as diagrams, charts, maps, and icons

• Helped students solve design problems, give and receive critique, follow an iterative process of design refinement, and learn technical skills

• Enforced an understanding of the nature of visual potential, visual design principles, and the impact of color and typography

• Checked-in with students weekly to review designs and give meaningful feedback to improve infographics

3 mos

• Worked with team to plan, design, and build out components for a sitecore webpage

• Developed a project plan based upon project needs and led daily stand-ups to keep track of progress

• Completed the user flow, wireframes, visual designs, requirements, and build of 15 separate components

• Used HTML, CSS, Javascript and JQuery to build out components such as accordion, hero, log in, sign up, card, modal, and maps

• Used the Google Maps API to build a complete outage map with overlays, clickable pins, and functioning search feature