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Dallas, Texas, United States

Overseeing the management of the creative capabilities of Razorfish's Dallas Studio: 10+ designers, user experience, content strategists, functional analysts, and project managers. Working side by side with the client, engaged in the Scrum rooms and Agile processes to support 6 teams onsite and 2 offshore.Growing and building the Dallas team and portfolio while elevating the creative output and quality. Introducing new tools and processes to facilitate richer cross-functional teamwork that delivers compelling products and services for clients and customers. Mentoring talent, providing clear direction and constructive feedback. Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Project Managers to schedule deadlines and delivery issues. Interviewing and hiring of new talent to fill new roles ensuring that they will succeed through proper onboarding and communication.Clients include Citi, Dove, Microsoft, and Patron.

Greater New York City Area

Worked onsite at Citi in Irving, Texas. Past Clients include Citi, Wells Fargo, Chase, Ford, Lincoln and Yoplait. Leading a team in the development of a new operating system for all Ford & Lincoln vehicles though 2020. Responsible for the execution of all designs, assets, and production material, including the design of a new owner app concept for Lincoln to be released in the fall. All in conjunction with building and maintaining healthy relationships with senior counterparts at Razorfish as well as clients.

Online

Coursework required my class of 13 students to observe human behavior in order to create the architecture, navigation, and design for websites and mobile apps. The course objective for my students was to relay information to a customer to enhance clarity, density, and dimensionality of information display. In addition to developing design strategies for delivering information in an interactive environment.

Greater New York City Area

• Translated complex business requirements and target audience’s needs into personas, journey maps, wireframes, and clickable prototypes for Sony, Marc Murphy, SBE, and Neue House collaborating with UX Director, project managers, visual designers, strategists, and developers • Supported junior employees and crafted copy/UX designs for digital marketing campaigns, new business pitches, and mobile/desktop products (responsive web, iOS) •Contributed to UX team best practices, processes, and project tools

Greater New York City Area

Clients:sbe Marc Murphy Group (LandMarc, Ditch Plains, BenchMarc, Kingside)Sony RewardsBrand AssembyNeuehouse

Greater Detroit Area

Applied conceptual strategy, brainstorm facilitation, and day-to-day scheduling of a project from initial concept to completion. Daily mentoring of junior designers and copywriters. Projects included the re-design of Smuckers, RW Knudsen, Santa Cruz Organic, and Dickenson’s websites as well monthly updates to their homepages.

Greater Detroit Area

Develop pixel perfect Photoshop compsCreate and advance site-wide style guidesConstruction and maintenance of a visual language throughout the site

Greater New York City Area

A communication class for designers and other majors. Educate students on proper techniques of using a digital camera and output of digital images. Developement of course curriculm. Instruction in advanced Photoshop techniques along with the teaching the power of the visual. Develop the notion of their voice and their own perspective and way of seeing.

Greater New York City Area

In charge of all UX reporting Directly to the Director of User Experience and CTO. Took part in the development of Keep.com currently in beta version from wireframe to a working product. Development of Launchrock concepts for velvet rope of keep.com. Worked closely with Senior Designer to develop wireframes into a cohesive visual design and product. Development of marketing concepts from thought to development. Wireframing UI and UX of website. Brainstorming and developing future marketing possibilities for Adkeeper. Storyboarding from concept to completion.• Crafted creative concepts, IA, wireframes, and requirements for Adkeeper later to be renamed Keep• Performed content audit, defined KPIs, and delivered communication strategies• Delivered UX designs (screen flows, wireframes, requirements) for e-commerce desktop and mobile redesign collaborating with visual designers and off-shore development team in India • Define project deliverables, timeline, mobile usability and content analysis

Plan design and manage projects. Working closely with the owner creating real estate marketing materials, book covers, logos, information graphics, and strategic planning. Design responsibilities include banners, ads; email blasts, graphics for all print materials.

intern, splash pages, evites and invites,typeface development

instruct intermediate-level course in digital image making

design banners, brochures, invitations, conduct research

Mfa, 2D Design

Design, Photography, Architecture

Activities and Societies: compiled research for a Latvian Architecture firm, that research was used for the application for Venice Biennale.

Bfa, Graphic Design

Mfa, Photography