Currently lead design and people operations for multiple design system and product design projects by managing senior and mid-level designers and offshore development, as well as leading UX/UI strategy and design system architecture while partnering with researchers, developers, project managers, sales, and client stakeholders to ensure optimal results for all new component, feature and website releases.Key Achievements:• Established BORN's design system practice in 2018 generating over $1M+ in contracts for design system projects and consultancy.• Led the design and build of two design system products as a full-time embedded contractor for Conn's HomePlus from 2020-2022, enabling faster and more consistent development for more than 37 feature enhancements and optimizations.• Orchestrated the design of 60+ school websites in under four months for Inspired Edu by creating a flexible, white-label component library.• Served as Interim Creative Director in 2017 by providing engaged leadership to 12 UX and UI designer direct reports, including senior-level producers.• Created employee-focused onboarding program with surveys, 30-60-90-day plans, skills matrixes, and personalized development plans.• Advanced organizational goals by training US, UK, APAC design teams and five client teams on several design programs and design systems best practices.Key Clients: Conn’s HomePlus, Delta Faucet Company, Gerber, Honeywell and Inspired Edu

• Interim project manager for a large multi-brand responsive e-commerce project (3 websites). • Lead the team through the completion of the UX, Design and FED phases. • Responsibilities include frequent communication with the client, lead deliverable meetings, manage resourcing/schedules/project plans, report daily hours and burndown charts, manage budgets, create outsource work orders, manage 3rd party/freelance resources, create estimates and documentation for change requests, and complete weekly PMO reports.

In this role, I am mentoring designers all over the world by providing 30min-1hr career advice, portfolio reviews, and design leadership services free of charge. I currently volunteer my time to mentor 6 designers and the list just keeps growing!

Contracted to teach 1 lesson per semester and mentor students 1-2 hours per week.As a contract UX/UI instructor at Eleven Fifty Academy, I teach a class of 40 students on user interface design principles, legal guidelines, color, typography, layout, wireframing, prototyping, and responsive design in accordance with the CIW curriculum. I also mentor students about real-world UX/UI methodologies, deliverables, and general career and job searching advice. I also host presentations on design systems and career-building do's and don'ts.

As a Senior UX/UI Designer and Project Manager, I led design projects including rebranding, website redesign, and contributing to business development by creating print, web, video, and campaign pitches. A few of my key contributions include:• Designed brand identity, responsive websites, email and advertising campaigns, and created collateral in partnership with the creative director.• Delivered on UX strategy with competitive analysis, sitemaps, wireframes, stakeholder interviews, website audits and recommendations, and heuristic evaluations.

In this role, I spearheaded design and group management with four designers including website art projects focused on lead generation, e-commerce, and portfolio.• Art directed, designed, and presented responsive website projects for lead gen and e-commerce clientele• Created comprehensive online identities that can be carried through to offline engagements• Led a number of pitch-designs for new business opportunities• Managed a group of 4 designers (mid-level, junior designer & intern)• Performed visual QA using basic HTML & CSS• Key clients: AMF Bowling (including all seven sub-brands), Mood Fabrics, Fragrance.com, Paul Stuart, Lemoyne College

• Led the creation and presentation of all website and branding initiatives for clients• Built all project timelines and maintained respective budgets• Maintained sites using applicable content management systems (CMS) and conducted full content integrations• Created platform-specific training manuals for each client

• Designed all assets for TSMMA teams, fight leagues, and competition brands including TSMMA Pro/Amateur Team, Asylum Fight League, Ring of Combat and Challange of Champions• Worked closely with the marketing team to design targeted, corporate advertising campaigns

Created advertisements for The Charles Seller Foundation - Talent Time rendition of Gypsy (The Musical)

Tutored students for graphic design and computer science courses.

Created flyers, posters, and advertisements for various Spectrum LGBT events.