FREELANCE SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER + ART DIRECTOR
In-house, agencies and direct clients  |  San Francisco Bay Area  |  2018-present
   Art direction and design for digital, print and environmental endeavors. Projects include corporate identity systems, event branding, print collateral, tradeshow graphics, packaging, digital campaigns, microsites, landing pages, and more.

FREELANCE SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Salesforce  |  San Francisco  |  2017 - 2018
   Teamed up with creative directors, illustrators and writers to develop engaging exhibit graphics for Dreamforce and other large-scale national events
   Partnered with Associate Creative Director for Third-party Events in devising extensive branding for Salesforce Connections event, drawing 20k attendees
   Collaborated with animation and digital team to create compelling digital graphics for web and outdoor viewing
   Developed print and digital concepts for national Salesforce Equality campaign

SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
BlackRock | San Francisco  |  2014 - 2017
   Lead designer on national and global campaigns; collaborated with internal teams to develop award-winning print collateral, event branding, direct mail, microsites and landing pages
    Appointed as co-lead designer to develop concepts for national iShares rebrand
   Teamed with game developers to produce UI assets for annual iShares Fund Frenzy, a national online competition drawing 4k players; additional assets included microsite, landing page and branded giveaway items
    Led the UI design on microsite and mobile experience for the iShares Personal Investor Education site
    Designed annual Desk Reference series, a major global direct mail initiative involving complex print and microsite deliverables reaching 7k recipients

FREELANCE SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER + ART DIRECTOR
In-House, agencies, direct clients | San Francisco Bay Area and Italy  |  2000- 2018
Clients: Clif Bar, Dropcam (Nest), eVault (Carbonite), Quantcast, Rauxa Direct, Safeway, Snapfish, Xilinx, Inc.
   In-house art director for Xilinx, Inc.; refined and advanced corporate rebranding efforts; produced environmental graphics for U.S. headquarters; concepted and produced packaging, annual reports and event branding
    Designed and produced award-winning packaging for a line of Norwegian distinctive men’s undergarments; coordinated and oversaw production of 250 SKUs
   Headed digital marketing effort for Safeway’s Fresh to Your Door grocery delivery service; created campaign mascot and established brand guidelines; partnered with web team to develop landing page, emails and site ads
    Partnered with creative director at Clif Bar to develop preliminary line of packaging for Mojo Bar, including wrappers, carrier and POP stand; produced dielines and mechanicals
    Challenged life skills and opened design perspective through living in Parma, Italy, working for design studios and direct clients creating packaging and print collateral

SKILLS + TOOLS
Fluent: Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office
Working knowledge: UI/UX design; CSS/HTML; Motion Graphics

EDUCATION + TRAINING
B.S. Applied Art & Design
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Certificate of Completion, UX Design
General Assembly, San Francisco
Introductory classes: Sketch; Adobe After Effects; Adobe InDesign eBook publication

INTERESTS + ACTIVITIES
Volunteer Design Teacher: YMCA After School Program and AIGA SF: Studio 5
Literacy Volunteer: San Francisco Unified School District

ACCOLADES + AWARDS
GDUSA Gold Award, Package Design
GDUSA Gold Award, Print Design
GDUSA, In-House Design Award

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