Whether you’re looking for illustration, graphic design, product packaging or visual communications for social media, I have years of experience and the creative talent to interpret your vision and complete your project efficiently and with some fun thrown in!
EDUCATION
BFA – The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SKILLS
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe XD, Figma, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, Zoho CRM, Shopify & Print On Demand
EXPERIENCE
Visual Designer: Microsoft Corporation – currently working here.
Work with Art Director to curate visual design assets, as well as build a library of images including photography, vector illustrations and icons.
Digital Designer: Shopify E-Commerce Store, The Juicy Pickle – summer 2021
Designed and created a pickleball apparel Shopify site. Created all original designs for print on demand apparel line including tee-shirts, hoodies and hats.
Visual Designer & Illustrator: Patagonia Action Works / Catchafire ongoing freelancer
Freelance designer for various environmental non-profits.
Visual Designer & Illustrator: Shopify E-Commerce Store, Bainbridge Mercantile – 2012-21
Digital Designer for a consumer gift products company which has international wholesale distribution, as well as online retail. Responsible for all aspects of design including product design, email sales campaigns, printed catalogs, postcards, brochures and web design.
Icon Designer: Allovus – 2009-11
Icon designer and production artist for various Microsoft icons including Bing weather icons. Worked collaboratively with PM’s at Microsoft on several MS applications such as: Windows, Visio, Office, SQL and Word.
Illustrator: ABCNews.com – 1999 – 2000
Graphic designer, Illustrator and Photo Editor for the Science Department.
Digital Designer: Multicom Publishing – 1996-99
Interface Designer and Illustrator for Better Homes and Gardens and Home Depot Corp.
Graphic Designer: Pinnacle Post – 2004-6
Assistant Designer for the television show Bill Nye the Science Guy.