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Allendale, Michigan, United States

Lead and manage the design team in all creative projects; external and internal. Work on various client website design, product, and continuous improvement projects; including customer-facing websites, dealer portals, b2b applications, and more. Work with brands all over the world, in various time zones and countries. Work closely with project managers and developers to improve and streamline the designer/developer collaboration throughout the project process. Handle, prioritize, track, and maintain multiple projects at the same time, working on each appropriately to meet scheduled deadlines. Spearheaded the redesign and refreshed branding of the company to establish the agency as a more wholistic design, brand, and interactive development agency.

Grand Rapids, Mi

Work with a variety of clients on a range of projects; brand identities, websites, brochures, posters, t-shirts, fliers, etc. Notable projects include brand design for Woodpreneur and Hustle for Good.

Grand Rapids, Mi

Conceptualized, created, and edited logos, designs, page layouts, illustrations, and other creative assets for a wide range of projects; brand identities, websites, apps, videos, animations, brochures, and more. Lead UI/UX reviews of all interactive projects. Worked with the creative director, the design team, or alone to develop the look and feel of each project. Adapted skills and aesthetics used to best fit the needs of each project, from clean and minimal designs to colorful and playful designs. Prepared necessary assets for development (in appropriate sizes and file formats); including (but not limited to) processing images, icon fonts, videos, emails, and banner ads. Managed and maintained thousands of creative assets for current and past projects; including conceptual iterations, design variations, and final deliverable files. Handled, prioritized, tracked, and maintained multiple projects at the same time.

Grand Rapids, Mi

Conceptualized, visualized, and put together designs, page layouts, illustrations, and other creative assets for a wide range of websites, games, and other interactive media. Worked with the project manager, other designers, or alone to develop the look and feel of each project. Adapted skills and aesthetics used to best fit the needs of each project, from clean and minimal designs to colorful and playful designs. Worked on online tools, public sites, e-commerce sites, mobile games/apps, back-end tools, and more. Prepped necessary assets for development (in appropriate sizes and file formats); including (but not limited to) processed images, icons, sprite sheet animations, emails, and banner ads. Managed and maintained thousands of creative assets for current and past projects; including conceptual iterations, design variations, and final development files. Handled, prioritized, tracked, and maintained multiple projects at the same time.

Grand Rapids, Mi

Taught two classes, Portfolio and Introduction to Illustration. For both classes, demonstrated the software; Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash, as well as other design and illustration skills necessary to complete given assignments. Presented the material in a visual and upbeat way to make the learning process fun and help students retain the information and skills being presented. In Portfolio, showed students how to use Adobe Flash (or other online site creation tools; WordPress and SquareSpace) to design, code, and deploy a fully functioning site about them and their work, for use after graduation. In Introduction to Illustration, worked with students to develop their own creative and visual problem solving skills through one-on-one brainstorming sessions and constructive critiques.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Illustration (Digital Media)

Design & Illustration

Attended for first two years of study, then transferred.