I am a multidisciplinary visual designer who helps companies with their branding and marketing efforts that flesh through to products, packaging, website, sales collateral and more. I like to use analytics, data and strategy to design solutions that not only create brand awareness but also create sales and revenue. I approach a brand with a holistic approach, keeping in mind every form of communication; environmental, interface, print, social and digital alike. I am an expert in a company’s logo & branding identity, responsive web design, advertising (print & digital), packaging, responsive product application UX/UI design & development and sales & marketing collateral (print & digital). Services include brand development*, analysis* & messaging framework*, logo refreshes and overhauls, brand identities, business cards, letterheads & envelopes (old school classics), responsive website strategy, design and development*, campaign development*, copywriting*, marketing and sales collateral (print & digital), printing* and digital advertising*, tradeshow booth design and handouts (printed and soft/hard goods*), paid marketing*, printing*, UX/UI design & development* of online (IoT) and native device applications, photography (product & lifestyle), videography*, packaging (labels for jars & bottles, cartons, pouches, tubes, POS, end-cap displays and boxes), product shelf research, development of flavor color pallets, packaging dieline sourcing, flavor illustration sourcing and flavor image photography (on packaging). *Services provided by strategic partners (creative co-op). I enjoy good coffee, painting & sketching, lifting weights & jogging, yoga, hiking & camping, power pumps, house plants & gardening, a good conversation and a vibrant office space. I engage my audience with AmberEnergy Podcast, speaking engagements, a blog and giving back to my community through my non-profit, Tutus & Tequila.Let's design magic together!

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I worked through Unify Consulting to consult the Google's Data Centers, Energy Location & Strategy (ELS) Teams, Data Management Teams, Data & Analytics team. The work we did will exonerate their user's experience (Data Center Stakeholders, Business Development and Contract Advisor Teams) & and increase their team's Business Intelligence (B.I.) Analysts developer efficiencies. We used cross-team collaborated to create a “best-in-class” internal branding, digital products and marketing for the Data Management Teams, Data & Analytics team.By creating a beautiful and smart brand, platform and marketing for their team to use, Unify and I helped the Data Management group increase team and brand awareness as well as save stakeholders and developers time by displaying the data and information in a simple and easy to digest way and making the process of building dashboard products more quickly - saving Google time & money. We collaborated with other Unify Consulting partners and Google stakeholders to create a branded design library system on a digital data Google g3doc site that included pages for brand guidelines, two team logos, template example dashboard, components, layout and typography. By creating this g3doc we saved the client and their team time and energy in rounds of review creating, building and editing their dashboard products from data created by the Tools and Analytics teams. The work we did together will increase usability and traffic to their teams Google Hub group site, technical documentation g3doc site and digital dashboard products as well as their team's B.I. Developer Analyst dashboard product creation efficiencies. This is good branding and marketing practices internally and externally at Google. I enjoyed my time working as an Art Director and Co-Project Manager to help orchestrate the timing of projects for design, development, internal and external team reviews and delivery of assets and projects.

Worked with a global team of product marketers, demand generators, designers and copywriters to create consistent B2B marketing solutions. Our team worked in phases to assimilate Ekata, an acquiesced company, into the Mastercard brand standards. Organized digital collateral and brand assets.

Collaborating with researchers, strategists, industrial designers, copywriters and designers to communicate and deliver innovative solutions to complex problems in human-centric design.

Problem solving, concepting, designing and producing e-commerce solutions for Marc Jacobs Beauty and Ole Henriksen websites.

Working with the team on a Microsoft Office GEP.

Rolling up my sleeves and diving into various T-Mobile projects.

Designed print and digital collateral for the everyday business as well as for a ten city roadshow tour. Going beyond the project brief, contributed in strategy, messaging and objectives of the company to increase sales and brand awareness. Deliverables included providing visual solutions for responsive landing pages, PowerPoint presentation designs, sales slicks, promotional and testimonial videos, social media and display ads, blog updates, and working with the Marketo promotions team to create more engaging emails. I had the opportunity to push the brand guidelines to create a fresh new look.

Collaborated with designers, developers and information architects to create responsive UX/UI designs and redlines for AT&T’s new B2B platform. Participated in the user accessibility testing for the business console flowing user paths, logging bugs with developers. Their new business console will allow users to order, manage and deploy applications and services.

Focused on several Microsoft Cloud Global Engagement Platforms (GEP’s). GEP’s include Mission Critical Intelligence, Azure, Biz Apps, Mobile Application Development and Digital Transformation. Work included strategizing, concepting and designing for brand refreshes, events, illustrations for infographics, social and display banner efforts, eGuides and e-mail nurture streams.

CTM is one of the top-ranked international corporate travel companies in the world and have been growing at a steady pace. Rebranded acquisitions and updated their brand guidelines. Daily tasks included designing digital and print collateral such as website and social media banners, tradeshow booths, magazine ads as well as corporate documents.

GLG and I have had a working relationship since 2011 on various projects that have included T-Mobile landing pages and website marquees, PSSC rebranded to Eviva’s brochure and print collateral, Trilogy International Partners website, Microsoft’s OEM micro-site, NACR’s website re-design, Umpqua Bank’s Facebook social media content and updated Boy Scouts of America’s website.

I worked with Brenthaven October 2013 and again May 2016. Designed various digital and print collateral ads along with packaging product tags. A big project included coming up with fresh email campaign designs that produced a better click through rate to drive more sales.

Collaborated on the design and launch of the 2016 brand guidelines (including Brand Central web pages) as part of the Microsoft’s Brand Studio Team (Central Marketing Group). Additionally, created story-telling projects and concepts for brand related events, posters and program questions.

SportsArt is a global fitness equipment manufacture. Created their brand guidelines to include logo usage, color, font, typography, product photography, spec angles and brand image style. Supported international marketing and sales efforts by designing print ads, sell sheets, brochures and trade show materials. Improved their social media presence, directed four promotional videosand created consistent customer e-mail campaigns through MailChimp. Collaborated with the director of technology on the UX/UI design of Senza, their touchscreen console for their treadmills, cycles and ellipticals. Designed a responsive website and dealer portal utilizing Wordpress to showcase their product lines and story.

Designed creative solutions for the User Experience Team, working on T-Mobile’s internal applications used by in-store retail representatives. The project is known as ReMo for Retail Mobile.

Designed a single page micro-site using jump links and later a responsive website about their Resort Development Solutions. The goal was to have these websites look like “sister” sites to PointB.com. The goal for these websites was to be intuitive, friendly and simple. In addition, created social media campaigns, website updates and digital banners. Check it out at http://pointbconstruction.com/ and http://www.pointbproperty.com/. I have also helped with some social media campaigns.

Collaborated with the creative team on various projects including the Spring 2015 Look Book.

Created digital assets, redlines and layouts of a 120 page style-guide for Windows.com as it launched into a responsive layout. Contributed to a web content accessibility study. Designed and produced the Windows 8.1 Preview Product Guide for print for the June 2013 launch convention.

Created online and print marketing collateral for Seattle Sun and Desert Sun Tanning Salons. Worked closely with the printers receiving quotes, invoices and making sure monthly POP kits were delivered to salons.

My role was in package design as well as marketing collateral solutions for PowerA and its licensors (such as Lucas Film Ltd., Xbox, Sony and Nintendo) for mobile and gaming products. Our industrial design team created new innovative products, which marketing and my team packaged. This was accomplished with the use of commercial quality printers and die-cut tables to create mock-ups. Our final designs then appeared on shelves in many national retailers such as Best Buy, Target, Toys-R-Us, Fred Meyer and GameStop.

Designed from wireframes landing pages for Target, Pokémon, SIFF, Xbox, Sounders FC, Microsoft and Roundabout Theatre.

Designed websites, e-mails, animated gifs, print ads, brochures and posters for T-Mobile, Xbox and Microsoft.

Designed solutions for info graphics and page layouts for Zaaz’s clients Interface and Microsoft.

Created visual solutions for various projects such as producing web optimized images for the Parklane website.

Concepted new packaging designs for Oh Boy Oberto jerky flavors.

Contributed to the concept, design and mock-up collateral for the credit division as well as designed concepts for their internal marketing calendar.

Created beautiful solutions for Disney/Amtrak, Disney/National Parks Service “Trails and Rails program,” Symantec, Oh Boy Oberto/Bit-O-Luv, Microsoft, Xbox, Savers/Value Village, Starbucks VIA Ready Brew, Brita, Calportland, CIRI, Camfed, Experian, Foundation Bank, Nylon Films, Ostrom’s Mushrooms, Partnership for LA Schools, CASA, Quaker, Charles Schwab and Seattle Animal Shelter.

Created interactive assets and website landing pages for Microsoft.

Designed and produced print solutions for brands such as Hewlett-Packard, Dreamworks, Kaiser Permanente and Providence. Additionally, custom made hand-bound special Japanese side-stitch books featuring Kung Fu Panda 1 (2008) and 2 (2011) for executives of Hewlet-Packard and Dreamworks.

Interned for the creative department which included broadcast, interactive, print and studio, learning about the various roles of an advertising agency. Participated in the day-in-the life of a producer, account manager, project manager, designer and broadcast assistant, learning skills such as how to create a successful pitch.

I got the opportunity to help out the Wade King Student Recreational Center's marketing team while still in college at Western Washington University.