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Bozeman, Montana, United States

• Brought a design system from concept to reality, supporting four apps on iOS, Android, and web platforms. • Built a team, evangelized, and ensured executive buy-in on the need for a design system. • Partner with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to align strategy, analyze products to determine trends, champion design and experience quality, onboard users, and educate teams on accessibility.• Established and manage the design system contribution program.• Champion design excellence across the product and engineering organization.• Create detailed designs, prototypes, and interactions to gain alignment and support engineering partners.• Manage and create components and variables for a robust Figma library.• Contribute to and manage design system documentation, including best practices, standards, and accessibility considerations.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Led the product design team behind Cedar, REI’s Design System, focusing on driving systematic decisions and alignment across platforms and teams. • Influenced and crafted team goals• Articulated design decisions and problems being solved• Defined, designed, and prototyped new patterns and components• Provided insightful feedback and direction for team members across the community• Tested and validated the system with internal and end users• Wrote and edited documentation to support users of the design system

Seattle, Washington, United States

Crafted design strategy, led stakeholder meetings, initiated feedback sessions, created and maintained design system, and conducted usability studies. Collaboratively worked with project management, data scientists, and engineers, to delivered machine learning-powered dashboards for e-commerce, and hospitality companies.

Kent, Washington

Part of a team building the design system, focusing on identifying needs, assisting the community, designing and testing new components, and writing documentation.

Led a team of designers working on products that help store associates, merchants, and suppliers do their jobs and empower Walmart corporate associates to gain insights into logistics, products, and content creation.• Elevated strategic thought, design processes, and UX best practices• Created prototypes, wireframes, user journeys, and high-fidelity visual designs• Evolved and iterate design systems• Conducted user interviews, testing, and focus groups• Provided team member development through leadership, meaningful feedback, timely critique, and ongoing mentorship

Greater Chicago Area

Served as a hands-on Design Lead across multiple accounts managing an interdisciplinary team of visual and user experience designers, content strategists, and front-end developers. Created prototypes, wireframes, user journeys, & high-fidelity visual designs and conduct user & stakeholder interviews, visioning sessions, and workshops. Developed designers as thinkers, leaders, & innovators, elevated strategic thought and design processes within the Design Group, provided team member development through leadership, meaningful feedback, timely critique, and ongoing mentorship, helped win new business and grow existing accounts, and championed a Diversity & Inclusion initiative to foster a healthy work environment

Chicago, Il

Chicago, Il

Designed & concepted 100+ page brand book for All-Bran, a Kelloggs' company.

Madison, Wi

Created multi-channel campaigns, illustration, branding, video, print and digital design for government, local, state, & national companies.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Specialized in branding, information graphics, and experiential, print, & digital design work for local businesses and government.

Ba, Arts Management

Associate, Graphic Design