Employment
Graphic Designer, Pratt Industries 2021-2022
Worked in the retail specialties division of the 5th largest paper and packaging company in the United States, creating graphics in Adobe Creative Cloud for websites, marketing collateral, consumer products, and packaging.
Collaborated cross-functionally with structure, marketing, sourcing, vendors, and sales on a day-to-day basis to successfully meet project management goals and timelines.
Developed new smart home product concepts and presented ideas to company stakeholders, including management and engineers.
Graphic Designer, Alarm.com 2018-2019
Worked in the Design Studio of a publicly-traded technology company (NASDAQ: ALRM), creating smart home security product packaging and product manuals from concept to execution, using Adobe Creative Cloud software to design and prepare files for print.
Collaborated with marketing, engineers, and the creative director to ensure product packaging design layouts complied with company brand standards and production specifications.
Developed new smart home product concepts and presented ideas to company stakeholders, including management and engineers.
Graphic Designer, iluma Agency 2013-2017
Designed hundreds of creative deliverables for web and print in a fast-paced digital advertising and marketing agency, such as websites, landing pages, emails, social media graphics and videos, branding, advertisements, presentations, infographics, brochures, vehicle wraps, window graphics, illustrations, flyers, posters, and displays for B2B and B2C, including top nationally recognized companies (e.g., Orangetheory Fitness, Dunkin’ Brands, The Melting Pot, Sylvan Learning Center, and more).
Collaborated with a cross-functional team of web developers, account managers, and digital marketing strategists by multitasking and prioritizing projects to meet tight deadlines and exceed client expectations.
Utilized Adobe Creative Cloud software, performed light front-end coding, organized and maintained design files, fonts, and other design assets to hand off files to web developers and designers.
Increased data collection capabilities by 200-300% by redesigning landing page forms and introduced new software for tracking customer behavior to measure the design effectiveness of landing pages and websites.
Education
UX/UI Certification, 2019 Georgia Institute of Technology
BFA Graphic Design, 2013 Florida Atlantic University
UX/UI Projects
Streamify, a mobile app that searches for movies/tv across all streaming platforms.
SOPO Bicycles, a responsive website redesign for a non-profit.
CIA, a responsive website redesign for a government agency.
Tools
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, XD, InVision, Sketch, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, HTML5/CSS, GitHub, Bootstrap, Pen and Paper, Trello, JIRA, Basecamp, Teamwork, Slack, Zoom, Teams, Webex
Skills
Verbal/Written Communication, Interpersonal, Time-Management, Detail-Oriented, Multitasking, Organization, Prioritization, Team Player, Independent, Creative, Typography, Color Theory, Composition, Advertising, Marketing
UX/UI
User-Centered Design Research
User-Centered Design Research Design Thinking, Project Management/Planning, Qualitative/Quantitative Research, Evaluations/Annotations, User Interviews, Affinity Diagrams/Empathy Maps, User Personas, Key Insight Analysis, Defining Problems, Ideation/Brainstorming, UX Scenarios/Journey Maps, Storyboards, User Flows, Information Architecture, Collecting/Analyzing Data
Visual Prototyping
Sketching, Wireframes, Low/High-Fidelity Prototypes, Usability Testing, A/B Testing
User Interface Design
Color Theory, Typography, Iconography, Visual Hierarchy, Grids/Composition, Patterns, Animations, Accessibility, Interaction Design, Mockups, iOS/Android
Web Prototyping
Responsive Mobile/Desktop, Front-End Development