Personal design studio that covers the full range of design, from web and print to UX/UI and illustration. We have special focus in identity packages and full website design.Clients have included: Mercer Island Farmer's Market, High J Orchards, Stella Farm, Evergreen Equestrian Center, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Absolute Equestrian, Novella Farms, Lake Washington Saddle Club, Bridle Trails Park Foundation, and Sharkey Farm.

DIRECTOR, PRODUCT DESIGN: Supported design team through enormous growth, assuming responsibilities from a Senior IC to Product Design Manager for team of 5 designers over 1.5 years while still producing designs as IC. Released two pivotal products during tenure and earned promotion to Director to oversee newest product offering, Training & Coaching. Currently oversee 3 designers and contribute to growth and strategy of product design team as well as process improvements for increased efficiency. - Drove 0% to +70% product accessibility as SME and design lead on WCAG 2.0 AA compliance efforts- Increased monthly viewership over 400% and new page creation 350% over 2 years with Smartpages platform release- Built 0 to 1 Training & Coaching product, contributing to 20%+ of revenue 1.5 years after releasing for general availability- Grew team of 4 to 16+ designers over 3.5 years in order to scale with business- Acting Head of Product Design for Dec 2022 - April 2023, managing a team of 3 managers/directors and 13 IC product designers

• Design lead for Highspot's Training & Coaching feature, from initial explorations to GA. Lead a team of 2 designers on the Training & Coaching team while also contributing design assets as an IC.• Involved in the hiring process for senior and principal product designers, and a product design manager.• Implemented a weekly product design critique and standup to help collaboration and communication in our growing product design team.• Helped transition the design team into JIRA from Smartsheet/Trello.• Improved process and communication throughout the product team.

• Acted as the only product designer for approximately 5 months.• End to end design from research and requirements, to visual design and visual QA/testing.• Worked with a team of front end developers to make the product WCAG 2.0 AA compliant (accessibility) through testing and implementing new design patterns, such as a "skip to" control and identifying landmarks for screen readers.• Made improvements to the mobile and tablet app, such as a redesigned online/offline toggle, explorations into management of offline content, and a new app splash screen.• Designed a new Slack app integration.• Designed a new Dynamics CRM integration.• As the design lead, I launched the new "web builder" tool to GA - "Smartpages" - this involved working with a team of developers and PMs to manage the entire project process, alignment of the team on the GA goal of allowing non-technical users to be able to create beautiful Smartpages, formulate northstar goals and designs, click-stops to reach the northstar, and many alignment syncs with the team. The Smartpages tool is one of the cornerstones of the Highspot product, with a huge adoption rate.• Helped hire and mentor other senior product designers and visual designers.• Fostered camaraderie on the design team by implementing a weekly design team critique.

UX DESIGNER: Served as UX specialist on project teams. Produced briefs, business requirements, sitemaps, user flows, usability test plans, wireframes, high-fidelity comps for prototypes, specifications for developers. Gained experience with both B2C and B2B projects, responsive websites and portals, product development, complex and challenging information architecture. Conducted quantitative and qualitative usability testing. Acted as team product owner to help manage complex designs, maintain vision, and assisted team to collaborate and stay informed and focused.- Upheld design integrity for large projects by improving, simplifying, and standardizing design processes and systems- Saved client money on project by conducting quantitative and qualitative usability testing prior to development- Reduced complexity of client’s external marketing website and internal portal by auditing information architecture

UX DESIGNER, TEAM LEAD: Oversaw end-to-end UX product design. Conducted requirement gathering workshops and user research activities including user flows and user journeys. Defined goals and success metrics, wrote briefs, user stories, and information architecture documents. Employed Agile process for quick iterations under ambiguous and constantly shifting priorities in high-energy environment. Articulated design decisions to product owners and executives. Created prototypes and high-fidelity comps to obtain end-user feedback via usability studies. Performed occasionally as front-end developer, using Visual Studio to turn designs into functioning code, utilizing Bootstrap framework and HTML5/CSS3/LESS.- Contributed to success of small startup agency by acting as project manager, designer, and occasional developer- Earned promotion from junior level to team lead within 2 years by managing multiple complex projects and clients

• Managed the graphic needs for Allrecipes International, spanning 18 localized sites in 12 languages.• Worked directly with site producers and account managers for each international site.• Planned, researched, designed mockups and produced wallpapers, banners, widgets, for social media, sales and ads operations, and internal promotions.• Time management, communication, and organizational skills were extremely advantageous in this role, as the only designer for many months for the international team.

• Focused on interjecting the brand and associated brands into email, banner, and site design.• Provided the print-perspective for the catalog design.• Involved in all aspects of planning, research, inter-department collaboration, and design and printing of the catalog.

• Lead the redesign efforts to update the career section of their site, including research, user experience, and photo direction.• Designed banner ads optimized for web and created comps for new webpages.• As an email designer, I made every email play in to the Blue Nile brand and get their message across succinctly.• Coordinated between multiple departments successfully with excellent communication practices.• Juggled multiple projects and deadlines at a time by being extremely organized and managing time effectively.(Hired from contract production role to permanent designer role Jan. 2013)