• Oversee design studio driving vision, strategy, design, and execution for brand identities, websites, corporate collateral, packaging, event graphics, annual reports, and social media. • Deliver lasting, innovative design solutions across multiple platforms, unifying branding, print, and digital; reshape visual experiences to achieve business goals.• Grew client base to 30-40, spanning global technology companies, retailers, architecture and design firms, start-ups, schools, nonprofits and PR agencies. • Coordinate multiple projects at a time with a scalable team of production vendors, photographers, writers, freelance print and web designers, and developers.• Partner with founders and marketing leads to realize client’s business goals; manage all client engagements, overseeing project strategy, creative concepts, budgets, design development, and production.

• Expanded visual language of brand assets at a growth stage startup. Created a high volume of materials to support both customer facing and internal initiatives including collateral, digital marketing, web, logos and event graphics. Quickly immersed into new subject matter in order to deliver informative, effective content.• Collaborated cross-functionally with senior leadership to develop conceptual illustrations of intangible services.• Initiated projects to strengthen the brand and prepare for growth, including designing a new logo architecture for an expanded product line.

• Built and drove rapid growth of a full-service design agency which created marketing collateral, branding, ad campaigns, event materials and product packaging. Served technology, nonprofit, restaurants and start-up clients. Notable clients include Hewlett Packard, Cisco, SGI, Quantum, Metro Furniture (a division of Steelcase), and the San Francisco Opera.• Directed design of visuals, messaging, and deliverables for trade show presence resulting in the acquisition of the start-up client.• Strategized a new customer experience for a technology service program resulting in the program becoming profitable for the first time.• Hired and managed 10 creative team members. Fostered a positive creative culture while directing the design process from strategy through concept and production. Oversaw account management, creative development and led presentations to clients.