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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Austin, Texas, Us

Develop and evolve brand stories, messaging, and visuals either independently, or working in collaboration with client-side design teams. Drive client marketing and sales successes through integrated campaigns, digital marketing, creative direction, graphic design, web, events, photography, videography, social, print, and out-of-home advertising.Providing go-to-market strategy for B2B and B2C brands from concept through final execution.Partnering with local and national brands like Aston Martin, Mama Fu’s, Richard’s Rainwater, Karma, Lifesize, and Dealerware.

Austin, Texas, Us

Lead a team of kick ass in-house and external graphic designers, video editors, and writers to bring the Upland brand to life across multiple touch points and channels. Relentlessly focus on making the work the best it can be.Collaborate with select agencies to help support key initiatives like rebranding, website redesigns, content strategy, and virtual events. Act as product manager and coordinator for all marketing and brand design projects, focusing on connecting the right talent to the right work in a consistent and repeatable way. Expanded our network of design and creative pros by 3x in the first year to surround the marketing team with great talent.Accountable for the ownership, creation, and maintenance our brand guidance, style guides, supporting materials, and asset/document templates. Continuously identify and unlock new ways of operationalizing our brand across the entire business, enabling all teams to take ownership of brand implementation in their respective focus areas.Collaborate closely with product design to translate the brand system and personality into the product design language systems...where appropriate and useful for our users.Facilitate design, project, and campaign iteration at kickoffs. Help our marketing teams focus their ideas into actionable, relevant, and purposeful tactics...that are also novel and relevant. No pressure.When needed, roll the sleeves up and get my hands dirty with day-to-day and high visibility design projects. Help our executive team communicate clearly and effectively in key assets like investor and analyst presentations.

Austin, Texas, Us

Creative Director leading a team of visual designers, motion designers, and videographers who make educational content for online courses.Focused heavily on team development and management to improve the team’s skillsets, performance, and overall collaboration through structured 1:1s, mentorship, and peer-review.Shifted design involvement earlier in the build process, leading to increased collaboration and team alignment.Contributed to quarterly and yearly initiative planning; then translate for team execution. Adjust frequently to shifting priorities and unplanned needs from the business and its partners in a startup environment.Collaborated with the product and marketing teams to conduct customer interviews against the ‘Jobs To Be Done’ approach. Crafted job stories that inform marketing messaging and future product offerings.Lead a cross-disciplinary team to find new ways of selling our products; testing across a variety of channels to identify go-to-market strategies that work in commoditized spaces.

Austin, Texas, Us

Started as a Senior Designer on the marketing team, and was promoted to Associate Creative Director as I helped grow the team and elevate the brand through two subsequent acquisitions.Built a strong and diverse creative team by developing new designers, driving the team to take a user-first perspective, and implementing rigorous project standards.Managed an internal brand refresh in 2018 that resulted in a comprehensive brand system, new website design, and overhaul to the company’s go-to-market assets.Led the delivery of large-scale interactive brand experiences at SXSW in the form of our Social Suite and Social Stage, as well as expanding our global customer Smart Social Summit event series.Produced high-performing, award-winning direct mail campaigns, brand videos, and illustrations in collaboration with product strategists and larger demand generation teams.

Austin, Texas, Us

At Mass Relevance, I was the most senior creative focusing solely on marketing initiatives. I worked on a range of projects including social visualizations for both web and in-venue, product micro sites, creative campaigns, white papers, brand look books, and numerous PDF based assets. From time to time I rolled up my sleeves and dug into a powerpoint or two. I also focused on brand development work and standards as we grew and evolved into a market-leader.In addition to my everyday duties as a designer, I also focused on developing better processes that would enhance our creative workflow and increase project efficiencies within the marketing team. I also acted as a creative consultant to our in-house events, video and client services teams providing support and guidance on various initiatives.While at Mass Relevance, I had the opportunity to work on exciting projects for clients like Twitter, , Mashable, NASDAQ, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and a range of projects for SXSW.

St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

Managed internal creative teams, external vendors, and contractors to create engaging environmental experiences at major domestic and international trade shows. Championed creative services as a business partner by leading project engagements, guiding the requirements gathering process, and navigating complex legal and compliance environments. Responsible for the creative execution of print and digital campaigns focused on driving user engagement, conversion, and sales.Collaborated on UI/UX projects with engineering and education teams to translate the brand into effective mobile experiences that enabled the global sales team.Mentored cross functional team members to develop an atmosphere of creative excellence through hands-on teaching and collaboration throughout the project lifecycle.

Co-owner responsible for brand creation and leading the company’s creative style through the use of advanced photographic techniques.Managed content and sales strategy for web, social, advertising, and events channels.Regularly lead client consultations, sales calls, and after-sale customer care, developing skills like objection-handling, pricing negotiation, and relationship management.

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Key responsibilities included art direction and development of the Xoran brand identity, website design, printed and digital media marketing.Worked in cross–functional teams performing internal process audits, ensuring compliance with FDA and ISO standards for medical device companies.

Bowling Green, Oh, Us

Worked directly with faculty to implement new technologies and teaching aids into class curriculumResponsible for improved learning outcomes driven by our recommended solutions

Bachelor Of Science, Visual Communication & Technology Visual Communication & Technology

High School Diploma, College Prep