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Ottawa, On, Ca

Responsible for bringing new media formats to legacy and emerging surfaces, including Marketplace, Groups, and Shops• New Facebook Experiences: Spearheaded the development of an independent workers’ marketplace in buy-sell groups• Live Shopping: Developed innovative tools for merchants to showcase products and sell goods using live video

Marketplace and Commerce: Lead product designer on real estate and motors verticals. Quickly pivoted to introduce live tours and homesharing during COVID-19 pandemic

Independent studio with services including web and mobile UX design, branding, illustration, and art direction

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Generated $6M+ in revenue by transforming company’s nascent interest in design sprints into a full-fledged arm of the business.• Facilitation: Ran several Google Ventures design sprints with multiple Fortune 500 teams, including Quicken Loans and Ford Motor Company• Mentorship: Built career progression framework and regular rituals for design team and actively contributed to the professional development of more junior designers• Design Ops: Implemented scalable processes for web and mobile design projects• Lithia Motors: Lead strategy and product design to build and ship a user-facing white-labeled product for dealerships to buy and sell used cars and for customers to price and sell their vehicle to dealerships

Seattle, Washington, Us

Designed multiple key features for referral marketing SaaS that directly contributed to its acquisition by Apollo Global-owned West Corporation• Conducted stakeholder, partner, and customer interviews to align across disparate needs• Held journey mapping sessions to identify pain points and product opportunities• Developed a unified open-source design system to more efficiently scale engineering efforts

Southfield, Michigan, Us

My responsibilities include branding, design for 3 mobile apps, 4 product focused websites (b2b and b2c), marketing strategy and materials. I managed in house creatives as well as freelance and contract employees. Achievements• Developed the Everdays brand and guidelines.• Design and maintain 3 apps.• Manage and design marketing collateral (i.e. websites, print materials, and event materials).

Lead the creative department and worked closely with the EVP and CEO. I developed processes for the design, marketing, and development team. My responsibilities: UX, UI, illustration, advertisement, marketing deliverables, app design, web design and team management.Achievements• Developed the branding for three companies under IZI Mobile (Comet, Tagly, and Requiem) .• Design and maintain 3 apps.• Manage and design marketing collateral (i.e. websites, print materials, and event materials).

Boulder, Co, Us

Worked with the owner of Oblique designing logos, web sites, infographics, and branding. Clients that I worked with through Oblique: Rise Orthopedic, Dish Network, Red Fox, Can Shed, Mark Young Construction, All-State Cremation, and Carrier Mausoleums Construction. My responsibilities ranged from client meetings, concepting, planning time lines, and assisting content management for existing clients.• Worked on branding for 8 Companies• Strategy and Design for a variety of companies• Website Design for companies ranging from non-profits to international software companies• Illustrated infographic for Dish Network

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Worked with the ECD on projects ranging from; icon design, logo design and refresh, print collateral, signage, and packaging. Clients that I worked with through School: Jockey, Silver Peak Apothecary, Bacardi, and Toyota.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Brand driven design, layout, and concept brainstorming for Microsoft retail store's events, promotions, product launches, and costumer experiences.

Bs, Graphic Design

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