Art Director, UX Designer, Sr. Graphic Designer
About Me
Award-winning agency experience in graphic and web design with over 20 years of delivering smart, sustainable marketing and branding solutions
AMCP MarCom Gold Award - January 2008
IABC Silver Inkwell Award of Excellence - January 2008
IAVA W3 Silver Award - January 2008
Marketing Sherpa Gold Winner - January 2007
Merit Award: Mid-States Graphic Design - December 2000
Merit Award: AIGA Nebraska - December 2000
Skills
JiraDigital MarketingHTMLCSSFigmaGoogle AnalyticsEmail MarketingWeb DesignBrandingAdobe PhotoshopUI UXDigital DesignAdobe IllustratorIllustrationMagentoPhotographyAdobe Creative CloudPaid MarketingInVisionHTML CSSadobe indesign
Education
BFA, Visual Communications & Design
Experience
• Develop my responsive UX designs using HTML and CSS
• Art direct multi-channel marketing campaigns
• Develop branding for companies of all sizes and industries
• Design packaging, merchandise, signage, and other marketing collateral
• Design, animate, and develop custom responsive emails
• Illustrate products, murals, and tattoos
• Paint traditional media
• Past agency and freelance clients include Terminix, Lennar Homes, Sleep.com, USGA, Capital One, Nature Box
• Conceptualize, design, and code marketing landing pages
• Design social media campaigns, marketing emails, streaming channel ads, and affiliate banners
• Collaborate on design for indirect partners and library collections
• Designed marketing campaigns across all communication channels
• Managed brands for Charlottesville Parks & Recreation, City Markets, Meadowcreek Golf Course, The Grill at Meadowcreek, and Access Arts Charlottesville/Albemarle
• Coordinated and managed all digital assets
• Design and code web pages and responsive email marketing
• Design print collateral and product packaging
• Manage digital assets
• Lead the rebrand of the Problem Solvers brand
• Brands included Plow & Hearth, HearthSong, Magic Cabin, Problem Solvers, Viva Terra, ReUseIt
• Design for catalogs and shipping boxes
• Skin wireframes for websites and microsites
• Design and code responsive email templates
• Troubleshoot collateral design and prepress processes
• Correct and manipulate images for packaging covers