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Freeport, FL, US

Cincinnati Area, KY

• Served as the founding design lead on Meridian, the design system for 84.51°. Uphold standards of excellence in design by defining, embodying, and evangelizing our core design principles. Nurture a systems-first.
• ️ Led transition plan for converting a design team of 15 over to Figma from Sketch/InVision.
• ️ Led and participated in the research, design, and documentation for over 30 components; created in Svelte, React, and Angular and designed in Figma.
• ️ Fostered partnership with marketing team; driving consistency for brand holistically with a custom typeface from Mostardesign and crafting a unique, accessible color palette.
• ️ Served as liaison between product teams, systems tech, and design director; defined requirements for new components and enhancements to add to open work or backlog.
• ️ Evangelized and championed a system-first approach; provided mentorship, guidance, and feedback to the XD team, driving growth and maturity of the function.

Cincinnati Area, KY

• Clubessential (a Battery Ventures company) is a comprehensive provider of cloud-based member management solutions that unify club operations through accounting & POS systems, customer relationship management (CRM).
• ️ Define, design, and directly manage overall brand identity system and corporate brand guidelines
• ️ Hire, manage and mentor a team of designers accountable for delivering responsive website designs, SaaS product design, trade show and marketing collateral, mobile apps, and internal engagement programs
• ️ Streamline design positioning within the organization; increased team efficiency by +30% through design systems, leaner processes, research, and rapid prototyping
• ️ Manage overall team KPI's and engagement; ensure design operations is directly fostering growth throughout current and long term business strategy
• ️ Collaborate with Product Management to foster a user-centered design approach throughout the agile product dev process

Cincinnati Area, KY

• Coach and mentored design team, fostered collaborative, results-focused teamwork with cross-functional business units. Assist in defining evolution of corporate brand standards and lead visual design across all brand.
• Serve as team lead under Creative Director; facilitate design critiques for a design team of six and manage overall quality control of project deliverables
• Own design from concept to completion for key accounts; responsible for wireframes, prototypes, and high fidelity mockups for cross-platform implementation
• Led enterprise website projects for The Trump Organization spanning 22 of it's international private golf properties, partnering directly with Trump marketing leadership during RFP process through 16 month project go.
• Directed key projects for Disney, working alongside developers to work through multiple complex web projects with multi-faceted ADA compliance and accessibility requirements

Cincinnati, Ohio

Designed websites, presentations, infographics, logos, illustrations, and email marketing for diverse industries, from oil and gas to healthcare and real estate. Managed direct client relationships and agency partnerships regionally and internationally.