The People's Graphic Design Archive is a crowd-sourced virtual archive that aims to expand, diversify, and preserve graphic design history. I volunteer to write about design and create the corresponding visuals for social media.

I design materials to support education programs for the American Women’s History Initiative (AWHI). AWHI works across the 19 Smithsonian museums to create more holistic and critical narratives. As the nation’s museum complex, it’s crucial to represent and include communities throughout the country — especially those historically undeserved. I conceive strategies and implement design concepts for accessible educational resources by creating graphics for online and in-person audiences. A highlight reel of deliverables include: illustrations for a tarot card deck, augmented reality exhibition, posters, digital education framework, virtual museum exhibitions, and a women’s history exhibition at the White House in March 2023.

I'm overseeing the 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 National High School Design Competition. Responsibilities include: • Outreach to underrepresented populations to serve the entire country as the nation’s design museum• External relations and communications• Format and manage the back end of the submission platform• Organizing the internal selection committee process to be as impartial as possible• Creating spreadsheets of data analytics to track and optimize the program• From 2019 to 2021 there was a 55% increase in completed entries in the program• Data visualizations to articulate the evolution of the program for sponsorship and engagement analysis• Monitoring the budget• Facilitating the mentorship weekends and teaching design activities • Updating the museum websiteDesign Challenges: What would you design with data for your community? (2023) What would you design for a more peaceful and just world? (2022); What would you design for a healthier world? (2021); What would you design to help more of us feel included? (2020)

Design Justice as Practice is a 7-month long professional development program for graphic designers and illustrators who are building social justice driven design practice. Training topics include: Anti-Oppression and Bias, Trauma Informed Design, Disability and Design, Designing for Social Movements, and De-centering Whiteness in Visual Design.

I filled the formidable shoes of the sole in-house graphic designer for 6 months while they were on leave. During the Peter Krueger Internship Program I supervised one direct report for 10 weeks. I collaborated with the following departments to create graphic deliverables: marketing & communications, cross-platform publications, exhibitions, and curatorial.

I received a fellowship for NPR's 'How I Built This Summit' in support of the art business startup focused on parity in the art market. I designed brand standards, user interfaces, conducted user experience research, and built prototypes while freelancing for a few subsequent months.

Designed deliverables ranging from digital and print to new business decks; projects run the gamut: infographics, full mobile apps, websites, logos, social posts, brochures, augmented reality interactive wall graphics. Clients include Pfizer (Corporate Responsibility, Viagra, I&I, PRxP), Biogen, Merck and Merck Animal Health.

Tritan Collective is a tri-pronged agency that empowers fledgling startups by designing branding, facilitating funding and making marketing collateral to actualize their product roadmap. I helped design apps, laid out decks and assisted with branding on a contract basis.I elected not to renew my contract after 3 months.

I collaborated with the CEO, marketing, and sampling departments to propel the luxury textile house Cowtan & Tout’s quinterly collection launches into the hands of interior designers. Contributions entailed assisting with collection launch timelines, visual merchandising, windows, and showrooms (real-life UX), designed trade show booths and managing logistics, presenting to publication editors, and assisting laying out ads for publications such as T Magazine & Architectural Digest.

Pomegranate Gallery is the SoHo gallery established by the contemporary sculptor Oded Halahmy. I organized exhibitions, book the space for events and elevate awareness of the gallery.

I created the curriculum and taught the course ‘Print Marketing for the Music Industry’ to Music Business majors at the University of Central Oklahoma’s ACM@UCO. This branch of the London University ACM: Academy of Contemporary Music was founded by Scott Booker – the manager of the three-time Grammy Award winning band the Flaming Lips. ACM@UCO is accredited through the state school the University of Central Oklahoma and ACM: Academy of Contemporary Music in London.

Maternity leave cover for the creative director in the Marketing and Communications department.

STAPLEGUN is a full-service advertising agency with clients in a diverse range of fields: Healthcare, Consumer, Energy, Nonprofit and Food Service. Clients include Devon, At The Beach, The University of Oklahoma, Dell, RibCrib, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Oklahoma Agritourism and Delta Dental. Along with other client work, I acted as lead Art Director for print and digital ads for our largest retainer client At The Beach – a national company.A project I was really able to spread my wings on was the collateral for the Boots & Ball Gowns event. I met with the client, acted as a liaison to vendors and designed all of the creative deliverables.In addition to Art Direction I also occasionally moonlighted as voiceover talent. Exhibited in the Cage spot below.

I produced an event to feature 15 under-represented artists in the Oklahoma City community. The Exchange was generous enough to lend the space for an evening and it was a raging success. Stunning art, delicious catering and a live DJ rounded out the evening. Poster design by David Bizzaro designed the poster and photography by Anna Lee.

The Exchange was an event production agency that contributed to the creation of a vibrant art community in Oklahoma City when it was a cultural desert. I aided with collateral branding for company as a whole, assisted with event production and visual displays. For the mixology event MIX I created art inside of aquariums with spigots that were revealed as the concoctions were consumed - with beautiful and delicious results.

Consistently exceeded sales goals by analyzing client lifestyles to wardrobe for special events and daily wear. Assisted in the operations of the highest traffic arch store in the region by calculating GMROI and reporting to corporate.

Toyscapes is a non-profit events company that produces events were the proceeds go to benefit Educare. I designed exhibit material, online media and assisted with production for events OK CityScape and lego fashion show Block Party.

Captain of all administrative and creative functions. Design, branding and painting by contract.

Designed, laid out and created pre-press files for entertainment media visual packaging.