• Highly creative and multitalented designer with extensive experience working in numerous types of industries.

Qualifications:

  • Professionally trained and competent in a wide range of design software.

  • Ability to create professional quality designs by taking an idea from concept through to finished product.

  • Accustomed to performing in deadline-driven, high volume environments. Detail-orientated with excellent troubleshooting skills.

  • Strong interpersonal and customer service skills used to promote positive interactions with team members, clients, service bureaus, agencies and vendors.

  • A strong track record of creating impactful visual communications that build brand identity and engage customers.

Technical Capabilities:

Creative Cloud: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat

Digital and Social Media Design – Landing Pages, Email, Newsletter Templates and Web builders using Canva, Marketo, Iterable, Unbounce, Hubspot, Squarespace and Hostinger.

Basic HTML and CSS

Basic PowerPoint, Word, Excel

Education:

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana
Bachelors Degree in Art

Metropolitan State College Denver, Colorado
Art Teacher Education License

Interests:

• Travel • Films • Books • Cooking
• Art/Design • Photography • Art History

Life Line Screening
Manager of Art and Graphic Design
3/16~3/26 ~ Austin, Texas, Remote

  • Designer working to create high quality, new and unique print and digital designs in the field of preventive healthcare screenings. Primarily for acquisitions, retention, clinical trials and business development teams

  • Handle creative for the entire country, designing print marketing collateral within brand including but not limited to brochures, screening materials, letters, results kit, flyers, leaflets, posters, banners, ads and exhibition signage. Create digital emails, landing pages and newsletters using Iterable, Marketo, Unbounce and Hubspot templates. Work with digital, social media and lead generation teams to create banners, posts, ads, info graphics, pins, cover photos, backgrounds and hero images.

  • Advising clients on strategies to help reach their particular audience by determining the message, look and feel designs should portray.

  • Drive design from start to finish working with design agencies, print vendors, digital agencies and distribution centers to make sure the creative is consistent with our brand.

  • Developed strong time management skills due to the high volume nature, frequency, and structured schedule around print and digital design production.

Hogan Lovells Law Firm
Co-Art Director
10/12~9/15 ~ London, England

  • Manager of team members including designers, marketing and workflow coordinators, and contractors – as well as external providers when necessary to ensure all design work is delivered on time, on budget, of the highest quality and in accordance with the firm’s corporate identity.

  • Responsible for implementing, developing and maintaining corporate identity and house style across the firm including developing design templates and brand guidelines used worldwide. Work closely with members of the firm, and business development colleagues in other offices, ensuring correct implementation of the global brand identity.

  • Play a significant role in encouraging best practice in the use of the Hogan Lovells brand by providing practical advice to colleagues across the firm.

  • Hands-on approach towards the development of all design collateral in both printed and electronic formats. Lead authority on all design related matter in both the design work produced and in the advice and direction given to the design team and firm as a whole.

  • Manage, maintain and evolve the content and structure of the firm’s brand extranet and use of digital asset management.

Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank
Contract Designer
5/10~6/12 ~ London, England

  • Create and design marketing collateral within brand including brochures, advertising, multimedia, exhibition and conference material, flyers, leaflets, posters, banners, signage, presentations and pitch books.

  • Take briefs from clients while advising them on the best possible style and layout for design work within corporate guidelines.

  • Project management, preempting issues, coordinating artwork, print and delivery.

  • Hands-on approach towards the development of all design collateral in both printed and electronic formats. Lead authority on all design related matter in both the design work produced and in the advice and direction given to the design team and firm as a whole.

  • General support as required to other members of the team including workflow.

Baker & McKenzie Law Firm
Creative Director
8/07~6/09 ~ London, England

  • Manage the implementation of corporate identity branding guidelines, and provide brand and corporate identity advice both internally and externally.

  • Create, design and project manage London office marketing material for practice groups.

  • Responsible for managing the design team, supervising their projects and workload, and assisting them with all aspects of design and print.

  • Responsible for managing the firm’s relationships with external print suppliers, negotiating print costs and service level agreements, and keeping track of design and print budget.

Janus Capital Group
Contract Graphic/Production Artist
Denver, Colorado

  • Design, layout and production responsibilities for international asset management firm.

  • Typical collateral designed included customer presentations, public marketing material, sales ideas, literature catalogues and other materials.

  • Responsible for ensuring brand consistency and error-free marketing material based on designer/client specifications.

Christopherson & Co. MKTG
Art Director, Integrated Marketing Company
Denver, Colorado

  • Manager of a team of free-lancers including responsibility for designing, creating and printing a variety of design collateral.

  • Extensive interaction with clients to develop marketing ideas from brainstorming to concept to post-production to print.

  • Manage end-stage process including working with art departments of national magazines, billboard agencies and print vendors to ensure final implementation.

  • Learned leadership, management and organizational skills as head of the team.