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
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Certificate of Completion, UX Design
General Assembly, San Francisco
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
GDUSA Gold Award, Print Design
GDUSA, In-House Design Award