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Experience

  • KENDAL FLORAL | Graphic Designer

    Current Position - 4.5 Years

    Respond independently to requests from members of the sales team and executive team. Photograph products in a studio setting and edit product photos. Design digital graphics for various platforms, such as social media, B2C storefronts, webpages, and emails. Create print and digital B2B marketing presentations and slide decks. Design floral shipper box packaging. Create other design assets for a variety of clients, including Costco, Kroger, Albertsons, and Ralphs. Improved the expected project turnaround time from weeks to days. Improved year-over-year sales by 20%. Train employees how to best utilize Photoshop to edit product photos. Work with junior designers and social media teams. Communicate with third party vendors to coordinate production of deliverables.

  • JC GOLF | Graphic Designer

    4 Years

    Design all print and digital marketing collateral for 11 distinct golf courses, including flyers, large scale posters, POS signs, emails, web graphics and pages, and social media. Develop branding and collateral for new customer programs. Coordinate with the director of marketing to build out and schedule multiple weekly emails, update WordPress websites, as well communicate with third party SEO experts, web developers, merchandise buyers, printers, and course managers about upcoming and ongoing projects. Trained new designers how best to use and navigate various branding and digital systems.

  • EMS | Creative Director

    2 Years

    Lead and execute all creative projects, including the development of brand style standards for new and existing businesses. Design and update marketing materials for print and digital use, including logos, fonts, tri-fold brochures, flyers, posters, and digital coupons. Manage multiple social media platforms. Build B2C email blasts on MailChimp. Manage digital advertising via Facebook and Google Ads.

  • BROWN & CALDWELL | Junior Graphic Designer

    8 Months

    Work collaboratively and independently alongside marketers, engineers, and other designers to create a variety of effective information graphics, proposals, presentations, and other web/print marketing support to help strengthen the company brand and win project proposals.

  • FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER

    Current Position - 12 Years

    I have worked with a variety of companies in an array of industries, from startups to established businesses. Projects have included logo development and redesign, wedding invitations, print and digital ads, icons, signage, webpages, and business cards. I’ve also designed app and email layouts, product tags, restaurant menus, and presentations.

Skills

  • 12 years experience in the big three of Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign for a wide variety of projects, such as photo editing, vector illustrations, and print flyers.

    Knowledgable in Acrobat and Lightroom.

    Currently learning After Effects and Premiere Pro.

  • 12 years experience in design and delivery of press-ready files to vendors and clients.

    Projects include:

    • Flyers, Posters, Banners

    • Postcards, Business Cards, Brochures

    • Trade Show Collateral

    • POS/POP Materials

    • Product Catalogs, Tags

    • Advertisements

    • RFPs

    • Invitations

  • 10 years of experience designing and developing brand and identity assets for companies in a variety of industries.

    Process includes:

    • Market and Image Research

    • Mood Boards, Brand Colors

    • Logo Design

    • Logo Variations, Icons, Patterns

    • Brand Style Guide

  • 4 years of experience creating a refining B2B print and digital presentations in PowerPoint and InDesign.

    Projects include:

    • RFPs

    • Catalogs and Lookbooks

    • New Product Profiles

    • Company Overviews

    • Employee Training

    • Market Reports

  • 12 years experience designing visually appealing and legible hierarchy in type.

    9 years experience creating unique and custom lettering treatments.

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  • 12 years experience building logical, appealing compositions through the use of grids, visual hierarchy, color and typography for print and web.

  • 3 years experience altering and refining digital photographs in Photoshop for B2C and B2B delivery.

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  • 10 years experience designing for web digital platforms. Projects include:

    • E-commerce Store Assets

    • Social Media Tiles

    • Digital Ads

    • Website Wireframing

    • Website Graphics

    • GIFs

    • App Layout Design

  • 6 years experience building and facilitating up to 10 marketing emails per week to 120k customers.

  • 10 years experience designing static advertisements for print and digital application. 2 years experience with short-form video ads. Have coordinated with SEO specialists and marketers on how to best target digital ads.

    Includes:

    • Flyers

    • Social Media

    • Google Ads

    • Amazon Ads

    • Websites

    • Email

    • Event Programs

    • Magazines

    • Newspapers

  • 12 years experience creating wireframes and webpage mockups.

    4 years experience editing and building webpages with basic HTML and CSS in various WordPress templates for B2C consumption.

    2 years experience working in Squarespace templates.

  • 8 years experience coordinating and collaborating with printing, merchandising, and sign vendors to accurately communicate project specs, delivery, and deadlines.

  • 2 years experience training new employees how to best photograph new products and how to utilize Photoshop to refine photos for final delivery.

Education

  • POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY | San Diego, CA

    BACHELOR OF ARTS - Graphic Design
    Emphasis in Advertising

    • Member of the AIGA

  • EUROTERM | Western Europe

    Euroterm is a 4-month long, art-focused study abroad program that travels to London, Venice, Florence, Rome, Vienna, and Paris.

    Focused on Art History, Museology, Literature, Photography, Life Drawing, Painting, and Poetry.

  • KALAHEO HIGH SCHOOL | Kailua, HI

    High School Diploma

    • Member of the National Honors Society

    • President of the Art Club