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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Mentor, manage, and inspire a creative team to create award-winning, meaningful digital and printdesigns. Oversee day-to-day tasks, assign projects and workload, train and coach team members,and handle escalations.Lead creative projects from proposal to production:- Pitch and present innovative work to clients, including branding, UX/UI design and strategy,packaging design, campaigns, visual identity, research, naming, and brand strategy.- Review all creative to ensure it aligns with the project objectives while aligning with the scopeof work; find project efficiencies to increase firm revenue; consult with the research team todirect successful in-the-field and digital research initiatives, work in collaboration with internaland external teams for to ensure project requirements are being met.- Manage and meet demanding deadlines while juggling multiple projects and clients.- Act as a main point of contact for clients; lead internal and external meetings.- Partner with agency owners to establish and manage relationships with partners, prospectiveclients, existing clients, and vendors (developers, printers, engineers, researchers, videographers,photographers, etc.).- Serve on the Employee Experience Committee which has a mission to create positive change,support professional development, implement new processes, and pitch ideas to the owners.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Mentor and manage the creative team; inspire and provide direction in design critiques while supporting professional growth; manage creative projects from proposal pitch to production; design and pitch various work to clients including branding, packaging design, packaging structure, UX/UI design, visual identity system, research, brand and product naming, brand strategy, proposals and more.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Collaborated within a team and autonomously to create and establish identity systems, packaging design, packaging structure, brand naming, and web design for a diverse clientele spanning various industries; offered guidance and constructive feedback to the design team.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Collaborate with companies and design firms to be an extension of their existing teams to create print and digital designs in various industries (medical devices, restaurants, health care, and more); Provide consultation on existing websites and brands, present research and recommendations in the form of UX/UI audits, design audits, and brand hierarchy/strategy.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Develop and evolve existing brands in the web space; work with clients, art directors, project managers, and web developers to design websites; create marketing collateral using existing and non-existing brand standards; kept strict time management while following a project from ideation to production design.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Worked on a team and also independently to develop and design identity systems, packaging design, packaging structure, brand naming, and web design for a wide variety of clients and industries; provided direction and feedback to others on the design team.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Worked together with copywriters, marketing professionals, project managers, and fellow designers as part of a marketing team; created a comprehensive marketing campaign spanning a year, accompanied by relevant design materials.

St. Paul, Minnesota

Engaged in collaboration with architects, the marketing team, principals, and interior designers to produce 3D and 2D designs for both internal and external marketing materials, as well as finalized documentation and presentations.

Expanded comprehension of design within three-dimensional environments; delivered guidance and constructive critique in the creation of architectural models, 3D designs, and other elements; instructed students on the utilization of a laser cutting table and the accompanying software.

Designed and coded a website for Leisings Landscape Co. in 2011; redesigned and updated the site in 2013 to promote services more effectively.