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San Francisco, California

Berkeley, California, United States

I work with housing nonprofits, labor unions, grassroots community organizations, and local candidates for office to develop graphic assets for web and print, including social media graphics, pamphlet layouts, fundraising collateral, and visual design patterns.

San Francisco Bay Area

Designed digital and print collateral for internal and external campaigns. Developed visual design for annual stewards conference.

San Francisco Bay Area

Helped organize and facilitate undergrad History of Interaction Design course. Provided project feedback to students via one-on-one meetings. Implemented course content workflows.

San Francisco Bay Area

Conducted extensive research and trend analysis on digital product experiences in various domains. Articulated POVs in our approaches to new projects. Helped facilitate full UX audit and redesign of a client product, including concepting, sketching, wireframing, and visual design. Codified visual design for workshops, case studies, and capabilities decks.

Piedmont, CA

Taught alignment-based fitness classes in four formats to clients of all ages and ability levels. Formats were orthopaedically based, and continuously evolved to support best practices in kinesiology. This experience proved instrumental in my development as an effective communicator, with an empathetic, flexible demeanor. Years of honing my craft taught me.

Oakland, CA

I created print design materials and managed portfolio publications for this small architecture firm. As the primary point person for daily operations, I liaisoned with clients, tradespeople, and permit technicians over the course of projects. The challenge in working with this legacy firm was to facilitate production and organization methods that balanced.

I helped develop the brand positioning and branded environment design guidelines for a new business being started by this firm. I researched and interviewed existing makers and fabricators in the area to gain insights on the surrounding creative community, and to determine how best to position the business for contribution to this network. I maintained the.

Berkeley, CA

San Francisco Bay Area

I produced creative content for publication on the museum’s social media channels, and analyzed digital engagement on various platforms. I documented exhibition previews for the media, as well as artist talks and events.

Beacon, NY

Led gallery tours to local K-12 students based on works of my choice. Developed supplementary materials for education and tour programming. Created press release packets for upcoming exhibitions.

Poughkeepsie, NY

Organized studio space and materials, installed student works in campus gallery. Researched product data, organized digital media collection.

Berkeley, CA

Provided archival support for accessions and consignment print collections. Assisted in the planning and execution of organizational and gallery events.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Interaction Design

Received a Graduate Merit Scholarship to pursue a hybrid course of study in Interaction Design Received All College Honors Awards in 2019.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Fine And Studio Arts

Coursework in fine arts, art history, media studies, and creative writing

Certificate, User Experience Design

A ten-week part time course covering the UX design process, from user research, wireframing, usability testing, and feature prioritization.

Certificate, Visual Design

This eight-week project-based course charted the visual design thinking process from initial mood board to high fidelity prototype, with.

Painting

Summer art residency at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, NY, with a focus on painting