☻ Grew the agency’s contracts from single-service delivery clientele to full-service partnerships, increasing a contract’s revenue by 50% for one contract after several months of remediation.☻ Charted courses for a global healthcare security corporation’s acquisition of companies, organized and strategized the consumption of their digital properties’ contents through several migration and re-platforming projects. As technical lead, headed product decisions for its core web platform establishing myself as the key contact between executive stakeholders and both the agency’s and client’s production teams.☻ Spearheaded the agency‘s rebrand initiative in 2020: from proposal to implementation. Researched, ideated, and designed a refocusing of the brand‘s digital strategy which resulted in an award-winning website.

In addition to the responsibilities/experiences listed under "Lead Designer & Developer":☻ Managed and mentored four engineers of varying experience and skillsets: led one-on-ones, performance reviews (via PIPs and Level-up Plans), resource forecasting, and recruiting efforts and technical interviews.☻ Conducted web performance, accessibility, and UX/UI audits and planned/remediated their optimization initiatives. One project resulted in a score increase in Lighthouse performance from 20 to 80.

• Cross-discipline and -functional support across design (UI/UX) and engineering.• Technical leadership on large multi-site Drupal platform instances with dynamic theme builders.• Account leadership and product ownership on various projects with direct communication, consulting, and ideation support for client stakeholders and teams.

Support for: Branding, Concept Development, Design, Web & Applications UI/UX, Copywriting, Web & Application Production, and Video & Photo Retouching & Grading. Experienced in providing: Design & Dev Management, White Paper/General Document/Spreadsheet Fabrication & Design, Illustration, and Custom Typography.

• Art direction and design for several major metro area and national brands advertising campaigns• Web and application content strategy, research, discovery, and design (UI/UX)• Providing direction and critique for art director crew• Client support and consulting in assistance to Account Executive team

• Provide data-driven user experience consulting and design – from discovery to devOps – to a wide variety of clientele for an engineering-focused, Drupal-certified, digital agency based in Oakland, CA and Boston, MA.• Manage a team of designers, ensuring alignment with company goals as they relate to accessibility compliance and engineering-first approaches.

• Partnered at an independent accounting, bookkeeping, and tax planning/preparation agency.• Kept books, prepared financial statements, and ran payroll.• Prepared and filed quarterly and annual personal, sole proprietorship, rentals, and corporate income tax returns.• Services focused on small and new-to-market entities, non-profits, sole proprietors, and creatives that were skeptical of the IRS.• Additionally, I provided consulting in advertising and marketing production, and personal assistance for some clientele.

• Provided art direction, print and layout design, consulting, and illustration for: ◦ A 40k+ subscriber quarterly magazine on Scandinavian culture, travel, and lifestyle, ◦ A nearly 160-year-old American-Swedish newspaper, ◦ Advert videos, apps, and websites, ◦ And many books, novels, pamphlets, booklets, posters, shirts, and more.• Worked closely with the owner and editor-in-chief to plan the development and execution of countless projects and advertising partnerships.

Provided management role expertise (in a team of 6) in User Experience and Interface design for a wide range of digital products via several platforms: iOS, Android, web, and kiosk. Industries focused mainly on biotech/chem, automotive, and engineering corporations.

Provided management and art direction level editorial and digital design support for this branding and advertising agency focusing on non-profit organizations and government-fueled initiatives. Though a short stint, the team and subject matter of work brought tears to my eyes to leave.

My first agency job was what one would expect, but with the added bonus of taking place in a small advertising boutique. As the only designer — besides the design partner — and the only production resource, I was the last gate defender for what was shipped out of the agency. Extensive experience was had, both practically and conceptually. This experience was the foundation for my work and skills.

Kim’s in St Marks’ clerks were known for their extensive knowledge of music. At the Greenwich branch we were known for our extensive knowledge in film. I was a comfortable fit, being a film and music geek myself.

Assisted in small ideation and production projects for Peter Buchanan-Smith during the summer of 2005.