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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Increased usability and discovery within the Getty’s event and exhibition ecosystem by redesigning outdated pages and restructuring the section’s information architecture.Enhanced the navigability of the Getty’s archival collections database by identifying key user problems through testing and designing advanced features to meet researcher’s needs.Strengthen design efficiency across the Getty by consistently refining the overall UX process and collaborating with cross-functional teams, including 10+ developers and key internal stakeholders across multiple departments.Maintain the Getty’s visual brand identity across all applications and create new components for our robust design system.Design new pages for getty.edu and new features for the Getty's applications on both web and mobile.Conduct user research – including usability tests and interviews – and analyze findings to inform design decisions or determine areas for improvement within the Getty’s existing applications.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Secured stakeholder buy-in and funding for a full site redesign by spearheading an information architecture evaluation of the museum’s decade-old website and creating a new site map proposal.Elevated the in-person visitor experience by designing clear and engaging instructional and visual materials that aided physical navigation, deepened understanding, and increased interest in the work on display.Drove interest for museum programming by leading the visual identity design for 12 distinct exhibitions and translated into a range of print, outdoor, and digital formats.Designed and produced all instructional and visual materials for exhibitions including labels, text panels, vinyl lettering, and digital prints. Collaborated across multiple departments and with external vendors to produce invitations, brochures, and quarterly newsletters.

Greater Chicago Area

Refined navigation and broadened access to complex materials by leading the website migration and redesign for UIC’s Office of Institutional Research.

Greater Chicago Area

Taught foundational color theory to first-year Bachelor of Design students using both digital and analog tools. Focused on color interaction and application in a variety of media and helped students refine their portfolios at semester's end.

Greater Chicago Area

Raised awareness and understanding of UIC’s Office of Technology Management by creating internal and external marketing materials utilizing the university's design system.Created new templates and reformatted existing graphics to conform to the University’s new branding guidelines.

San Francisco Bay Area

Improved wayfinding throughout the museum and developed informational materials to enhance the visitor experience.Increased visibility for museum activities by researching, executing, and reporting on promotional partnership opportunities.Acted as creative partner for the design team when collaborating on exhibition marketing campaigns.Prepared creative briefs and developed production timelines for marketing projects.

San Francisco Bay Area

Managed the relationship between our agency and the client on the Cisco account. Conducted competitive analyses and research on global market trends. Brainstormed digital, print, and outdoor campaign concepts with creative teams to best reach our target audience. Collaborated on campaigns from the briefing stage all the way through to production and final delivery.

San Francisco Bay Area

Worked on firm’s long-term marketing efforts including the writing, editing, and graphic needs for the redesigned website and brochure. Prepared landscape design and urban planning proposals under deadline.

San Francisco Bay Area

Planned and executed a range of weekly performances, art exhibitions, and special events, managing everything from program and signage design, event set-up, volunteer management, artist liaison, and box office, along with follow up and outreach activities.

Greater New York City Area

Oversaw the development of multiple fashion-focused iPhone apps. Responsible for outreach, graphics, data collection, and publicity efforts.

Greater New York City Area

Managed office of emerging photography agency and worked on outreach, client contact, designing mailers and promos, creating estimates and invoices on QuickBooks, and maintaining the schedules of the agency’s photographers.

Greater New York City Area

Wrote marketing reports and blog posts, conducted trend research, and helped brainstorm potential collaboration ideas for new art-branding company.

Greater Boston Area

Researched art objects for an upcoming publication, photographed, scanned, and took inventory of recent department acquisitions, and helped archive fashion plates from the collection.

Florence Area, Italy

Gave tours of the museum villa and its collection to students and their families and maintained and updated the art collection catalogue.

Greater New York City Area

Created storyboards and lookbooks, organized the fashion closet, and assisted with various administrative tasks for the fashion and marketing assistants.

Greater Boston Area

Worked on graphic design projects, formatted PowerPoint presentations, and copyedited marketing and educational documents for luxury retail consulting firm.

Greater New York City Area

Created press clippings, managed sample traffic, executed store pulls and returns, and conducted media monitoring.

Ba, Visual Communications

Activities and Societies: Fashion Business Association

Ux Design Certification, Ui Specialization

Intensive UX training program specializing in methodology that includes user research, user journeys, user personas, testing, information.

Master Of Design (Mdes), Graphic Design

Summer Workshops, Graphic Design

Study Abroad, Fashion Merchandising & Communications