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Collaborate with Art Director and creative leadership to establish define, evolve, and apply a consistent UI language throughout the product, and produce supporting visual mockups in Figma. Including iconography, in-game signs and feedback, menus, and UI animations.Work with UX and creative leadership to concept, develop, iterate, and share out creative work with stakeholders and partners.Implement feedback that pushes the work forward while also making recommendations on strong design directions that prioritize WCAG standardsCollaborate with other relevant disciplines to ensure that all design requirements, content prioritization, and technical implementation standards are metImporting, implementing, and testing game assets using Git

Season 1 of Adult Swim’s Teenage EuthanasiaAs an animation assistant, I cleaned up hand drawn frames of animation, providing in-betweens where necessary. I also provided lip sync for all of my assigned scenes.As lead animator, I created pose-to-pose character animation working from supplied key poses and designs in Adobe Animate (Flash), providing hand drawn animation when necessary.

Chicago, Il

Art directed, designed and conceptualized brand expressions for The Second City Inc. and its 10+ sub-brands across a variety of mediumsProject types include mobile-first social campaigns, OOH advertising, print, motion graphics and social video content, events, and experiential and interior design.Design or strategy lead on roughly 3,500 projects in 5 years (2.7 assigned per business day).Oversaw day to day project management and production requirements for multiple projects from concept to completion.Worked collaboratively and frequently presented ideas within cross-functional teams including executives, writers, web developers, and strategists.Maintained relationships and managed budgets with outside vendors and contractors.Led pitch design on 8-figure new business initiatives.

Greater Chicago Area

Clients Include: Wells Fargo, SunTrust, Sears, and Amica InsuranceCollaborated with design and editorial staffs in order to select suitable art for each project.Researched and obtained stock art and royalty-free photography and/or illustrations.Executed design and layout of a variety of print and digital work (including banner, display and social ads), following existing templates, or creating new ones where necessary.Frequently coordinated with the design and content teams on schedules and production to meet deadlines.

Chicago, Il

Assisted the senior graphic designer and art director for marketing campaigns for all locations of the Second City and Second City Training Centers.Collaborated with the senior graphic designers and marketers to conceptualize and design the show art used to market the Second City revues and theatricals.Designed in-show prop and set design elements to the Second City revues and theatricalsDesigned multiple variations of print and web marketing collateral for all locations of the Second City and the Second City Training Centers including brochures, OOH advertisements, display, banner, and social ads, and newsletter templates.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Animation

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Graphic Design, Senior

Activities and Societies: MU Improv, AIGA