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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Creating a more cohesive and community-focused experience for 35,000+ busy, high-achieving students through the design and development of new online systems for running, maintaining, and streamlining executive/administrative work for student clubs.Advocating for student users by collecting and voicing feedback and concerns; increasing accessibility across all online channels through platform audits and implementing AODA standards and design practices.Planned, researched, designed, and assisted with the implementation of a brand new online cheque request system for students, accounting staff, and senior leadership to significantly reduce wait times on personal reimbursements.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Liaised with internal stakeholders and external partners to design and develop digital communications strategies, marketing campaigns, and new website layouts.Regulated current web content to identify gaps, ensure consistency, update assets, and eliminate any outdated information; as well as drafted and finalized new web content.Designed, produced, and managed both physical and digital content to AODA standards including website pages and copy, email newsletter templates, conference displays, banners, event materials, and other promotional assets.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

GBDA212: Portfolio and Professional CommunicationsResponsible for a section of 60+ second-year students.Completed rigorous and extremely detail-oriented reviews of student work, including portfolio and resume critiques.Communicated thorough constructive feedback and critiques to ensure students’ future success.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Worked on the Brand and Marketing Experience Design Team for QuickBooks Canada.Led and shipped 3 mobile-first design experiences to promote ecosystem additions, power conversions, amplify online engagement, and increase site value for visitors and returning QuickBooks customers.Prioritized customer-focused design thinking strategies, usability research sessions, and presenting design rationales to cross-functional go-to-market and developer partners to guide iterations and improvements.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Utilized the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite of products (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, etc.) to create digital and multimedia campaign assets adherent to the individual brand standards of 10+ student services and special events.Created social media graphics for a combined audience of over 44k across all individual service accounts and platforms.

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Designed multimedia promotional and supplemental assets for conferences and events.Generated a design system and organizational assets to strengthen, centralize, and better portray the vision and spirit of the brand.

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Designed lo-fi and hi-fi screens that better reflected the brand and increased usability by simplifying and modernizing the look and contentReorganized website structure and worked closely with organizational leads to design effective solutions for user interactions and the display of information

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Collaborated with the events and marketing team leads to coordinate marketing strategies, collect design feedback, and discuss the launch of initiatives such as Bootcamp and Project Program.Facilitated weekly progress checks and debriefings to ensure high quality and timely fulfillment of asset requests.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Designed and created assets for social media to promote student engagement – including feed posts, event covers, and Discord emotes – using Figma, Illustrator, and After Effects to grow a combined audience of 4.6k across all social platforms.Created wireframes and mock-ups in Figma for the website redesign.

Honours Bachelor Of Global Business And Digital Arts

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