Dreaming up colors never seen before
I am currently the Director of Creative Services for Miami University. Formerly a Creative Strategist and Creative Talent Lead at TiER1 working across a variety of clients and projects. Traditionally trained as a print designer and self-taught interactive designer with experience in UI/UX. I have worked across multiple mediums, helping to solve problems and grow businesses using intelligent collaboration, creativity, and innovation. With experience in everything from design and photography direction to social media campaigns and responsive websites.
I attended the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati during which I completed 6 co-op quarters of design internships. I’ve had the opportunity to intern at Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, D3, Inc., Walmart.com, and FS Creations and work at POSSIBLE (now known as Grey Midwest), Miami University, and TiER1.
I am also working at Miami University (OH) as an adjunct professor where I taught UX/UI fundamentals to Communication Design majors covering topics from UX basics, wireframing, site maps, persona development, color contrast accessibility, and more. Inspired by teaching, I turned my creative drawing prompts from class into a drawing prompts website.
I’m a current AIGA member, annual designer for the Southwest Ohio GiveCamp, regular at IXDA Cincinnati meet-ups, and was a panelist at the 2018 Cincinnati Design Week EMERGE workshop. I am a certified Enterprise Design Thinking: Practitioner (IBM) and have a certificate in Conducting Usability Testing from the The Interaction Design Foundation.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Creative and Art Direction, Branding, UX/UI, Print Design, Brainstorming, Design Thinking, and Creative Talent Management
Busybody of Graphic Arts (aka Skills)
Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat Professional, XD, Microsoft PowerPoint, Teams, Word, JPEG Mini Pro, and FontExplorer X Pro. Occasionally venturing into Figma.
Well versed in virtual collaboration and facilitation in Miro.
Expert in creative direction, user experience/user interface design, color contrast accessibility, typography, brand identity, print design, interactive pdfs, virtual brainstorming or discovery sessions, design thinking, and photography direction.
Awards, Recognition, Memberships, and Volunteering
View the list of my awards, recognitions, and memberships, and volunteering.
Portfolio Access
All visuals contained within the site are used for portfolio display purposes only. The images may not be re-used or re-purposed in any way. For restricted projects in my portfolio, please contact me for the access code. Download my resumé here as a pdf.
Current and Previous Clients
