Me, in my own words.

I have a degree in Visual Communications from Brown College. While in college, I worked as a digital press operator at a print shop, where I received hands-on experience in printing techniques and processes. After graduating I went on to work as their graphic designer/production artist, allowing me to guide a project from conception to finished printed piece.

I went on to pursue a production artist position at Catapult Marketing and later Carmichael Lynch, where I was able to build my digital skillset, including HTML coding and motion graphics. Being able to work with talented people every day on award-winning work is something I really enjoy. Following my time at Carmichael Lynch, I joined Target. It was there that I worked on small creative teams, filling a variety of roles on projects that can last from a few weeks to a few months. Following Target, I spent almost two years working in the tech industry at Strava, where I learned Figma on-the-job as part of the brand design team. I am currently freelancing as a senior production designer.

Outside of my day job, I enjoy creative projects. From fun-and-goofy photo and illustration work to freelance production and design assignments, I keep my design skills sharp. I also enjoy traveling, cooking, photography, and playing video games. I enjoy running, having completed my third full marathon in October.

Experience

Freelance Production Design—June 2024–Present

Cambly—Sept.–Dec. (4-month contract)
Design systems, templates, digital asset management, internal marketing, Figma components, brand guidelines auditing

Cox Enterprises—June–Sept. (3-month contract)
Event marketing design, print and digital production, internal marketing materials design

Strava—Sept. 2022–June 2024

Production Designer, Contract
Collaborate with visual designers, copywriters and project stakeholders to produce and deliver final creative assets for brand and product marketing campaigns. Adapt and extend brand and campaign design systems to a variety of surfaces including email, web, social and print. Build out creative assets for a variety of sizes, specs and languages.

Target—Jun. 2019–Sept. 2022

Production Designer
Extend design layouts for print and digital marketing channels throughout Target’s portfolio of exclusive brands. Collaborate with creative and marketing teams on executing layout revisions, establishing toolkits and style guides as well as creating presentation decks. Manage all project assets, oversee retouching and create keyline ready-files while working closely with partners.

Carmichael Lynch—Sept. 2016–Jun. 2019

Studio Production Artist 
Produced press-ready final art for assorted print projects, including packaging, advertising, collateral and assembly of mock-up/prototypes. Retouched photos, preflighted final files, and created mechanicals. Participated in discussion and application of workflow process improvements.

Catapult Marketing—Jan. 2015–Aug. 2016 

Production Artist
Created, edited and updated print keylines and digital projects using pre-established design style guidelines and packaged files for vendors. Collaborated with creatives, project management and account executives to meet tight deadlines with shifting workloads. Modified or touched up photographs and illustrations based on project needs.

Cornerstone Copy Center—Nov. 2012–Jan. 2015

Production Artist/Graphic Designer
Created, edited and proofed design projects and prepared files for digital and offset printing. Managed projects while working in a fast-paced environment to ensure deadlines were met in a timely manner. Worked on client-focused projects from concept to completion on my own or with a small team.

Education

Brown College—2010–2013

B.S., Visual Communications
Associate's Degree earned in 2007, returned for Bachelors in 2010.