Experience

CORE GROUP

SENIOR DESIGNER, ART DIRECTOR
December 2020–Present

  • lead designer and art director for creative services team

  • managed a one-stop shop for internal and external design support

  • developed visual systems for parent brand, family of sub brands, and franchise offering

  • worked closely with many different departments (sales, events, operations, etc.) to develop custom strategic marketing campaigns tailored to their specific target audiences

Hark Connect

UX/UI DESIGNER, SENIOR DESIGNER
January 2020–March 2020

  • designed front-end user experience for custom focus group monitoring & recording software

  • worked closely with back-end developers to ensure a short project timeline was achieved

  • developed branding and style guidelines to be used in product marketing for the app

National Instruments

JUNIOR DESIGNER
July 2017–December 2019

  • oversaw environmental design and signage for annual corporate conference

  • worked with executives on sales and marketing presentation graphics and overall flow

  • managed out-sourced design teams working overseas and art directed internal and external facing projects

Cart Designers

JUNIOR DESIGNER, SENIOR DESIGNER
November 2011–October 2016

  • developed front-end websites for wide array of e-commerce clients

  • supported smaller clients with branding recommendations and marketing strategies

  • created customizable website templates featured on the first page of BigCommerce online store


Skills

  • Prioritizes multiple projects effectively to ensure all deadlines are met

  • Experience leading design teams as art director and marketing teams as creative director

  • Comfortable working independently or with a team

  • Experience working in a fast-paced production environment with short turn-around times

  • Familiar with explaining graphic design concepts to non-designers

  • Proactive at learning new software and developing skillset


Technical

  • PHOTOSHOP

  • ILLUSTRATOR

  • INDESIGN

  • XD

  • FIGMA

  • GOOGLE WORKSPACE

  • OUTLOOK

  • SQUARESPACE

  • WORDPRESS

  • HUBSPOT

  • JIRA

  • BASECAMP

  • CVENT