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Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Craft branding and signage for novice and established political professionals.

Create visualized dots of government trivia designed to enrich, enlighten, and entertain curious political hopefuls.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Teaching two classes at UC Blue Ash: Computer Graphics for Non-Majors (CMDS1085), and Design Aesthetics 1 (CODE1010).

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Teaching two sections of Design Drawing (CODE1000) in DAAP.

Arlington, Va, Us

NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a free, eight-session educational program for adults with mental health conditions who are looking to better understand themselves and their recovery. Taught by trained leaders with lived experience, this program includes activities, discussions and informative videos.

Arlington, Va, Us

Ending the Silence is a presentation that helps audience members learn about the warning signs of mental health conditions and what steps to take if you or a loved one are showing symptoms of a mental illness.

Arlington, Va, Us

Give lectures designed to destigmatize mental illness at medical schools and other educational institutions throughout Ohio. In Our Own Voice Program Leaders work to humanize the rampantly misunderstood topic of mental illness by showing that it's possible—and quite common—to thrive while living with a mental health condition. (I have also fundraised for NAMIwalks, and I donate to similar entities including Active Minds and MIT's MindHandHeart.)

Spearhead strange scholarships at various educational institutions.

Give hands-on lessons in all sorts of artistic endeavors such as political cartooning.

Mentor inventive people across a myriad of competitive disciplines.

Design projects include a stationery design system for the MIT Juggling Club, graphic designs for a politician based in Massachusetts, logos for a competitive unicycling organization, and Soundcloud musician rebranding.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Tutor various age ranges on subjects including Digital Media, Graphic Design, AP Studio Art, and Web Development.

Windsor Mill, Maryland, Us

Windsor Mill, Maryland, Us

Worked within the Human-Centered Design (HCD) team, collaborating with a myriad of government employees in order to reimagine the face and functionality of Medicare.gov. The government recently categorized my team and our work as 'Exceptional.'My overarching team was the Medicare Innovation & Emerging Technologies group. Our portfolio includes the Procedure Price Lookup tool, DME Supplier Directory, AMA API, Office Pricing API, Imaging API, Ontology as a Service, Procedure Bundles, Machine Learning, AI, Advanced Data Analytics, and Behavioral Health strategic initiatives.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Taught Design Aesthetics 3: Computational Aesthetics (CODE2012) to sophomores in DAAP. This course introduces basic concepts and skills with regards to procedural thinking, parametric design, and generative design. Through a series of exercises, students develop an understanding of the coordinate system and objects for computational drawing, and extend those concepts to design generative and interactive visual systems. Students also engage with reading and discussion in order to critique emerging design aesthetics in computational and digital media technologies.

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Led design efforts for various Pure Romance products, most notably the Pure Sale app with 18,000 highly opinionated users. (Yes, it's true—I was in charge of an app that helped women sell each other adult toys. Fun stuff!) Made this and other attractive products even more attractive in terms of form (UI) and function (UX). Duties frequently involved numerous design disciplines including interaction design, web design, print design, environmental design, and motion design.

Greater New York City, Ny, Us

Helped make construction estimation software more functional and aesthetically appealing. Created processes for solving UX and product problems, often conducting user/stakeholder interviews. Worked with multiple teams including developers, client support, and customers. Workflow included wireframing, mockups, high-fidelity prototyping, and front-end development. Process often incorporated visual design, information architecture, interaction design, user research, and content strategy. Also generated employee engagement installations for the HR Team, script layout visuals for the Sales Team, branding aesthetic suggestions for the Marketing Team, and collaboration initiatives between the company and local universities. Was nominated for the Top of the Stack Award, and later won the Pendo Onboarding Award—for a color psychology-centric series of educational tooltips—at Pendomonium '18.

Greater New York City, Ny, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Helped brand the new Computing in Education Group. Continually pushed design and branding for the Active Learning Labs. Projects included branded stationery, wayfinding signage, and webpage redesign.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Rebranded the Active Learning Labs.

Palo Alto, California, Us

Submitted proposals for revisions to various DMA curricula.

Palo Alto, California, Us

I have taught weeklong Graphic Design courses at Southern Methodist University (Plano, TX) and Harvard University (Cambridge, MA). My most rewarding moment from these experiences was when a student in Plano told me that I was her favorite teacher of all time.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Transitioned to temporary employee—after several months as an intern—working under the Mathematics & Computation research group. Designed educational materials for MIT App Inventor users ranging from novice to expert. Also helped rebrand MIT App Inventor, creating numerous pieces of promotional office 'swag' along the way.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

App Inventor is a visual blocks language for building Android apps. Responsibilities included designing educational materials that acclimate users to the interface's possibilities, and working on a rebranding proposal. Had the privilege to pursue all of this while working within the beautifully bizarre Stata Center.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Worked with the Learning Design & Research Librarian on various tutorial design tasks in the Research & Writing Services unit of Gutman Library.

Allston, Ma, Us

Contributed to various educational technology startups, including i-Lab VIP Program inductees. Worked on concept development and facilitated cyclical design/development iterations. One project entailed branding consultation for a mentoring organization known as EddyBangBang. Another project entailed consultant storyboarding and animation work that supplements a class project prompt for students in Professor Ruth Lingford's Animating Science course. This series of videos aims to eventually make 'edutainment'​ more accessible to schools in Botswana.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Rebranded the Unhangout Project.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Designed support for the implementation of ScratchEd meetups, participatory professional development for teachers who use Scratch. Designed and distributed meetup kits for meetup organizers and subsequently analyzed the effectiveness of the kits through teacher interviews.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Helped teach Design Thinking & Problem Solving (DSGN1070) and Communication Design for Professional Practice (GRCD1030) with Professor Thomas Dunne. Graded assignments designed to measure student competencies involving analysis of key issues of visual communication problems, qualitative research, user empathy, ability to work productively in a team, and oral/visual presentations of research outcomes. Lectured on portfolio professionalism. Each class had about 100 students.

Provided web design/development, graphic design, and illustration work for clients across the USA.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Final project entailed the conceptualization and implementation of a series of cartoon motion pieces designed to educate adolescent Leukemia patients on their condition. Helped ideate and propose a physical installation designed to promote and distribute these videos to engaged patients and caregivers. Worked with researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to develop a medical adherence device and accompanying mobile application. (I even narrated several lengthy YouTube videos about Live Well. A painstaking but fun and richly rewarding process!) Fun fact: Several of my coworkers were assigned to a particularly fascinating project where they were tasked with inventing an alternative to toilet paper.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Conceptualized mobile applications using captology principles, specifically heeding BJ Fogg's Persuasive Design Behavior Model. Rewrote modal overlay copy using vernacular language and redesigned text with added hierarchy. Created storyboards to visually convey user scenario contexts. Developed, implemented, and taught original storyboarding technique with modular assets. Used data visualization software to visually convey insightful use case relationships. Redesigned pitch presentations for various products. Assisted in the facilitation of user testing. Mainly worked alongside IDEO alumni. Had the privilege to experience all of this while living in the delightfully eclectic neighborhood known as The Tenderloin.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Assisted in a freshman digital media course called Communication for Professional Practice (GRCD1030). Graded assignments related to web design and development—including proper use of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—and provided feedback on design principles and efficient web development.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Conceptualized, designed, and redesigned print and digital marketing materials for the university. Also captured and edited photographs to be used as stock imagery.

Chattanooga, Tn, Us

Daily duties largely entailed funny and/or sentimental Photoshopping of customers and their loved ones. Also stretched canvas and created custom prints, aided in portrait photography sessions, and displayed my own fine art pieces for sale in the storefront.

New Bremen, Oh, Us

Lived in an ice cream parlor turned motel turned rental hall.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

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San Bruno, Ca, Us

Achieved Partner status back when doing so was quite difficult. Series has been praised for its outlandish originality and has been featured on The Adult Swim UK Blog, iCrazyB****TV, The Bosco & Sodi Pop Show, and various other entities, and has garnered numerous YouTube ranking awards.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Helped paint the Newport History Mural, Van Gogh Van, and Warholian Marilyn Monroe Car.

Mariemont, Ohio, Us

Earned a raise for experimenting with novel dish drying methods.

Athens, Ga, Us

Was offered a job after a few minutes of art- and design-centric conversation with the owners.

Learned various intricate skills in a fast-paced environment while learning to withstand the scorching weather while learning an accent which we were instructed to use at all times.

Chicago, Il, Us

Honed my small talk skills, rapidly transitioning from introvert to ambivert in the process. Developed a lifelong passion for hearing and listening at the same time.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Bagged groceries, corralled carts, swept floors, and made customers smile whenever possible.

Master Of Education (Edm), Technology, Innovation, & Education

Master Of Design (Mdes), Interaction Design

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Communication Design (Minor In Information Technology)

Honors Diploma