• Develop the overall creative look and feel of the user interfaces for web and mobile education services and applications. • Lead creative sessions for project kickoffs and present design strategy and solutions to internal and external stakeholders. • Develop and facilitate creative process to arrive at engaging solutions.• Participate in vendor selection and identification of key resources. • Managing resource, project scheduling and management and trafficking of produced design assets. • Coordinate between writers, designers, video producers to usher the creative vision across completion of the project. • Manage day-to-day operation of creative artifacts and teams.• Provide quality control over concepts and projects in all phases of development. • Work closely with technical PM to outline the critical path and dependencies for complex projects to be delivered on time without compromising the vision and user experience. • Partner with front-end developers and create HTML and CSS-friendly designs. • Partner with Product Development / UX to ensure designs map / adapt to technology requirements.

• Produced event-based interactive experiences with combined budgets over $2.25 million.• Worked with multidisciplinary teams of designers, developers, and fabricators.• Main client point of contact responsible for articulating solutions, and change management.• Ensured a smooth transition of projects through the entire production process.• Critiqued deliverables to ensure all project components maintained a quality and consistency.• Actively managed the day-to-day production process for assigned projects.• Maintained project capacity.• Managing team members assigned to each project.• Clients include Verizon (with Wasserman Media Group) and Toyota (with Burrell Communications).

Team leader responsible for managing a group of producers working on a series of interactive experiences with a budget over $1 million. Met regularly with designers and art director to assess progress of creative elements and to confirm that all work met with project's strategic goals.I managed digital projects across cross-functional internal teams, which included: conducting regular meetings to review project needs, risks, and issues; following up with account, creative, design, and production teams to ensure proper implementation of project plan; providing design direction and project guidance; managing client changes and disseminating to appropriate team members in a timely fashion; interfacing with internal and external clients as well as third-party vendors; ensuring quality of final deliverables.As senior producer I performed these duties on a daily basis. I also created and maintained project plans and schedules and oversaw development through all phases of digital projects.Additional responsibilities included developing experience summaries, content outlines, site architecture, and related requirements on an intermittent basis. The position required a strong understanding of the technical aspect of digital media and the ability to effectively communicate expectations, ideas, and questions to internal team members as well as to clients.Clients include College Football Hall of Fame and the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Pursued and built expertise and successful niche markets with the nations most prominent museums, cultural organizations and educational institutions. Clients include the Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, The Phillips Collection, Brooklyn Museum, Jersey City Museum, Liberty Science Center, the Folger Shakespeare Library, Atlanta History Center, Harvard University, Princeton University, Colgate University and many others. DUTIESEstablished creative processes, design strategy, and visual style for the firm.Ensured high standards for the design and functional aspects across all projects.Supervised creative staff, managed multidisciplinary production team, and mentored interns.Designed, produced, and supervised a range of traditional and new media initiatives including branding, print collateral, publications, websites, touch-screen interactives, blogs, podcasts, and a mobile application.Maintained a strong general knowledge of new media technology in order to advise clients on the best options to meet their project requirements.Assisted clients in assessing their project's requirements, researching possible solutions and reporting on appropriate technology recommendations. Organized and helped facilitate focus groups to aid clients in determining internal staff perspective and insight on projects with organization-wide impact.Experienced client POC responsible for monitoring and tracking project budgets, scope of work, change management and contract compliance.Presented creative solutions to clients and conducted demonstrations of completed projects at regional and national trade conferences.Wrote functional requirements, design specifications, documentation and training manuals for digital projects.Led training sessions on the use of a custom content management system and web-based site administrative tools.Pursued new business, met with prospective clients, and pitched creative solutions.Led recruitment efforts

During a one year sabbatical replacement position, I taught a number of different courses including letterform design, typography and design systems in the Graphic Design program. In addition, I oversaw two independent studies and taught a continuing education class in PageMaker.Through my teaching I worked to promoted the philosophy and culture of graphic design as visual communication with a focus on critical thinking and a particular emphasis on the discovery process.Helped students master traditional and digital methods and encouraged them to be well-rounded in order to adapt to the increasing influence of technology on the industry.

Designer for brand and identity consulting firm based in New York City. Responsible for creative development of assigned projects including corporate identities, marketing communications material and standards manuals.

Freelanced for 6 months for CSA right out of school. Responsible for initial design comps and graphic production assistance for projects ranging from glossy promotional book for high end hotel in NYC to comprehensive design standards manual for international publishing company. Great company and a great learning experience for a young designer.