We craft stories and create brands. Ground up design for emerging startups. Logo & brand design, website design, product design, icon and system design, marketing collateral both print and web and fundraising decks. Our brands exist across the supply chain, ESG, crypto/NFT and storytelling media spaces.Figma, Photoshop, Procreate, AE, Blender, Rive, Spline, Verge3d.

I’ve worked along side clients as well as global agencies to produce a wide variety of work. I’m highly versatile in both medium and style. I’m a full service designer, illustrator and motion graphics artist.My work has been seen in Time Square, across the internet, published in art books, shown in classrooms and in board meetings. I have recurring clients who know that I’m dependable, produce a high quality of work and meet all my deadlines. My skills include brand / web design, logo / iconography, digital illustration (raster & vector), 3d design and motion graphics animation.Clients:SF New DealHokaUGGSobol: Acai Bowls & BeyondMosaic Learninghttp://www.nkalivas.com

I supported Verizon Media Group's in-house agency working on both client specific sales mocks and active post-sale campaigns across all verticals and devices. I also supported collateral and event design for Verizon’s sub brands including Tech Crunch & Engadget. I hosted trainings for other full-time employees on Maya and was a leading contributor to the development of our AR and VR suite. Normal workloadformats and features included AR, VR, 360, full-screen mobile, standard display, video, weather, news feeds and product galleries.Skills include post production video editing, photo retouching, typography, interaction, UI/UX and iconography.

Front-end development for www.emrco.com

My starting title was Interactive Designer at Collective’s creative group. I designed anddeveloped display ads (desktop, mobile, & tablet) for Collective’s clients. We worked mainly inflash but slowly progressed into HTML5 as the industry changed. Within the first month thecreative group was downsized to just myself and a project manager and I was promoted toVisual Designer. We took over all ad creation in the US; standard banner and rich mediaexecutions (IAB expandable & full screen interstitial), across all devices. We headed UScreative through a full HTML5 transition while at the same time taking on marketing and HRassignments. We aided these departments by creating both internal and external promomaterial. Such projects included but not limited to: shirt design, sales materials,presentations, event collateral, one pagers and infographics.

Started as a designer and promoted to Senior Designer at AOL Advertising.com group (LIFT Creative) three years on the job. I designed and developed display ads for AOL’s creative needs(desktop, mobile, and tablet) with an emphasis on user experience and user interaction. OurUI/UX reflected our studies in demographics, psychographics, behavioral variables, andfirmographics. I created static, interactive, and rich media executions in both Flash & HTML.Working hand and hand with clients like P&G, Unilever, Target, Walgreens, Honda, Ford, VISA,Paramount, and Universal. I managed anywhere from three to ten projects a day and oftenalong side three different art directors. I produced AOL’s ad products, including: PremiumFormats (Devil/Pictela), Mobile (Celtra & Medialets), FeedPoint Dynamic Banners, AOL RichMedia, MapQuest, ADR, and AOL Mail.

Worked on and off as a freelance animator at a Baltimore design firm, Ignition 72, creatingboth flash and 3D animations for selected clients. Some projects include... flash tween based2D animations, frame by frame logo animation (www.muttles.com) and 3D web intros usingCinema 4D.

Intern for SquidFire t-shirt company. Worked in studio helping print, package, and ship products. Frequently worked conventions setting up, breaking down booths, and selling shirts.