Resume

Design Director

June 2021–present

Responsibilities:

• Lead and direct digital projects from ideation through quality assurance

• Research, write and deliver design strategy, manage large stakeholder groups, quantitative and qualitative research and analysis, and present cohesively to external stakeholders including c-suite team members

• Contribute to and direct design concept ideation and design systems based on project strategy with team of designers

• Scope projects based on client goals and budget, work with project management to create appropriate project plan, determine deliverables, and keep projects in scope

• Design and facilitate presentations and workshops

• Create and present extensible design systems and style guides

• Oversee fellow designers and give direct and actionable feedback

• Create cohesive content strategy, restructuring, content modeling, taxonomies, and voice and tone guidance for client content teams

• Organize and restructure information architectures based on strategic project goals and user experience research 

• Collaborate often with development team, working closely with front-end developers on animation and quality assurance with back-end developers on CMS structure

• Audit digital projects for accessibility and offer cross-departmental guidance on best practices and advancing the company’s a11y culture

• Use each design project to advance our clients’ digital brand presence 

• Collaborate with marketing team to analyze user experience pain points and present areas for large revenue improvements for high profile clients

• Bolster communication and transparency processes across internal teams 

• Drive new business by building lasting, co-creative relationships with client teams that lead to additional projects and word-of-mouth recommendations

Senior Designer

August 2018–June 2021

• Lead small, medium, and large scale projects from discovery through quality assurance

• Assist with project definition tasks and stakeholder interviews

• Create and present design concepts

• Plan, create, and support flexible design systems and style guides

• Organize and restructure information architectures based on strategic project goals and user experience research

• Identity & brand design

• Facilitate usability testing

Designer

2013–2018

• Wireframes and Information Architecture

• System design

• Primary illustrator for company blog, Cognition

• Assist with project definition tasks and stakeholder interviews 

• Identity & brand design

• Interactive prototypes

• Conceptual design

• Facilitate usability testing

• Quality assurance

• Creating editorial calendars and writing for social media

Co-Chair, Co-Founder and member of Steering Committee

2017–Present

• Co-founded GRASP, a non-partisan group of politically-involved neighbors dedicated to connecting residents with elected representatives and political candidates

• Plan community meet-and-greet events with local candidates for US Congress, PA State House, PA Lt. Governor, City Council, City Commissioners, and more.

• Help make candidate endorsement decisions and organize volunteers for canvassing and voter registration

• Offer pro-bono design of all digital and print material for organizational branding and event promotion

Elected Committeeperson

Ward Officer: Secretary
(steering committee)

June 2018–present

Elected member of Philadelphia’s First Ward Executive Committee (divisions 11 and 20) for four-year terms. I register new voters, canvass for endorsed party candidates, organize get-out-the-vote efforts, and work at the polls on election days.

I serve in the elected role of Secretary on our Ward’s Executive Committee. I lead internal and external communications and bolster transparency with our constituents. I work collaboratively with my fellow elected representatives to create clear, thoughtful, and welcoming messaging aimed at inspiring my neighbors to vote in local elections. I offer pro-bono website design and development, newsletter creation, and professional guidance to boost our ward’s critical role in local and national elections.

Lead Interactive Designer

2010–2013

Responsibilities: Conceptual, interactive, print, and identity design, information architecture and user experience design, iPhone, iPad, and Android app ideation and design, illustration, hand-lettering, interactive prototypes, development quality assurance, HTML email development, client communication and collaboration

Select clients: Alliance for Downtown NY, Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP), Hidden City Festival, LAGOS, Sprout Children’s TV Network, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians.

Designer and illustrator

2007–Present

Capabilities: UX/UI design, content strategy, editorial and brand illustration, print design, branding, project definition and strategy, workshopping, signage and wallpaper design, and event identity.

Select clients: A List Apart, The Mütter Museum, The Trestle Inn

Design Intern

2008

Responsibilities: Illustration, print design, new project development

Education

B.F.A. in Graphic and Interactive Design

Tyler School of Art

Studies: Interactive design, illustration, animation, printmaking, ceramics, art history, sociology, writing

Recognition

• 2021 Gold Winner, Muse Award for Nonprofit Website: American Astronomical Society (aas.org)

• 2021 Silver Winner, Muse Award for Nonprofit Website: Results for America (catalog.results4america.org)

• 2021 Silver Winner, Muse Award for Law & Legal Service Website: Harvard Bluebook (legalbluebook.com)

• 2020: Webby Winner, People’s Voice Award for Association Websites: American Astronomical Society (aas.org)

• 2019: Graphic Design USA, American Graphic Design Award: Jovia Rebrand and Site Design (joviafinancial.com)

• 2019: Gold Winner, Muse Award for Education Website: Gettysburg College (gettysburg.edu)

• 2016: Webby Honoree, Mobile sites/apps: Harvard Extension School (extension.harvard.edu)

• 2012–2016 Best Costume Awards: Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby

• 2014: Appy Award Finalist, Reference Category: apeAPP (iPhone/Android App)

• 2013: IAC Award, Best Family Mobile Application: Sprout Family Challenge iOS app

• 2012: W3 Silver Award, Mobile Travel Application: Downtown NYC iPhone App

• 2011: Gold Horizon Interactive Award, Website Consumer Information: The Trestle Inn website

• 2011 Gold Horizon Interactive Award, Utility Mobile Apps: Downtown NYC iPhone app

• 2011: Bronze Horizon Interactive Award, Educational Mobile App: Build a Bird iPhone/Android app

• 2010 Interactive Media Award, Best in Nonprofit: Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians