I am an award-winning graphic designer and art director with experience leading creative for corporate, academic, and nonprofit clients. With a solution-driven mindset and audience-first concepting, I develop and execute visual content from ideation to launch and beyond. 

Let’s work together.

Specialties

Print and digital design
Branding
Custom photography
Illustration concepting
Project management and budgeting
Print production and purchasing
Financial Services
Science and Healthcare
Nonprofit and Fundraising
Academic
B2B

Awards

2020 Content Marketing Award
TD Ameritrade Institutional Content Program

2018 Gold Hermes Creative Award
Clinical Lab News
American Association for Clinical Chemistry

2018 Content Marketing Award
Thrivent Magazine
Thrivent Financial 


Experience

Visual Design Specialist
Kemper
2020-Present

Worked with enterprise partners in collaboration with writers and developers to create exceptionally branded multidisciplinary content; designed and evolved new brand guidelines; optimized email templates for marketing campaigns; stood up project intake and management process for the brand and creative team.

 

Art Director
Imagination
2015-2020

Worked with clients to translate their strategic visions into stunning publications; partnered with content specialist (writers, editors, photographers, illustrators, developers, social media managers) to create integrated, effective experiences in print and digital environments.

Graphic Designer
DePaul University
2010-2015

Collaborated with academic and operational departments across the university to concept, create, and maintain original content, including university magazines, social media campaigns, video series, and event collateral; designed and evolved sub-branding for the Department of Advancement’s $250M capital campaign.

 

Communications Coordinator
Campaign for Better Health Care
2008-2009

Led complete website redesign; defined, built, and managed templated marketing content; established social media presence and initiated viral fundraising campaigns; organized statewide events, wrote press releases, created press kits.


Education

 

MA, New Media Studies
DePaul University
2009-2012

BA, History
Illinois Wesleyan University
2002-2006