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Portland, OR, US

Designs and pitches visual identity systems and art direction treatments for large events, campaigns and initiatives.Creates logo systems, spot illustrations, marketing collateral, iconography, social media templates, digital ads, data visualization, office murals and print design rooted in conceptual meaning.Builds creative guidelines and documentation.

Created blog art, email design, digital ads, data visualization and iconography. Partnered closely with the product marketing team to create and animate feature launch imagery and designed elements for a global UI refresh and brand acquisition.Designed print pieces, shirts and office art. Curated and branded a new customer welcome kit. Lead a brand color.

Greater Chicago Area

Freelance design for organizations focused on social change. Clients include: QUEER ILL + OKAY, Early to Bed, Brave Space Alliance, Chicago Trans Beach Party, Trans Liberation Collective and Northern Illinois University.

Greater Chicago Area

Designed slide deck templates for sales, iconography, spot illustration, social media graphics and UI snippets and marketing collateral. Redesigned the company logo and marketing website homepage along with internal product pages. Created design software training videos.

Worked under artist and designer Matthew Hoffman with two other artists. Built and installed large-scale art installations across Chicago, supported our orders and online store, prepped files for laser print production and assembled artwork, photographed and retouched product photos, designed and printed custom apparel and worked on odd studio tasks.

Worked with staff to develop branding, logos, fliers, postcards, and brochures. I also communicated with clients, marketed an international trip along with various conferences and workshops.