• Managed team of in-house designers producing all marketing assets for a variety of platforms including email, social content, and store collateral• Responsible for coordinating and overseeing campaign visual direction and photo shoots, clearly expressing the brand look of the company• Created visually-stimulating, highly-engaging, branded assets for a wide variety of uses—printed and digital—for use across a wide variety of platforms• Highly organized and proactive with proven ability to manage multiple tasks, and coordinate the work of junior partner to meet deadlines

• Defined and presented campaign visual direction with C-Suite management and then executed with creative team memebers • Managed email marketing design team• Consistently hit project commitments, dates and deliverables• Conceived and built polished visuals, storyboards, and prototypes as needed to best serve project needs• Collaborated closely with other studio discipline leads, including v360 and still-life photography team• Manage client relationships either independently or in partnership with directors

• Lead the overall branding of west coast publications for Tiger Oak Media• Art directed and designed Seattle magazine, Seattle Bride and Oregon Bride magazine covers, features & department layouts with support from an assistant art director• Managed the art department and production teams for Seattle magazine, Seattle Business, three Bride titles, plus several custom publications• Produced photo shoots: hired the creative teams, concepted the visual direction, worked closely with the photographers and stylists, directed on set, and retouched final images• Managed the the art department finances and continually stayed under budget

• Conceptualize, design, layout and handle production for the magazine and related marketing materials• Collaborated with design, editorial, advertising, and other Seattle magazine teams• VERY strong design aesthetic with proven portfolio• Modern, progressive, thoughtful and refined approach to design solutions• Strong composition skills and color sensitivity• Strong verbal and written communication skills related to design• Excellent production skills• Work well independently and as part of a group• Able to multitask and handle tight turn times

• Partnered with VP Marketing, Senior Editor and Editor to define and establish the conceptual and design direction of the magazine• Concepted and designed covers, features & department layouts• Assigned and Art Direct photography and illustrations within budget• Color corrected all images and final composed pages with pre-press vendor• Oversaw printing, including attending press checks

• Co-art Directed first-ever issue of Vogue Living, working closely with Senior Editor and Editor-in-Chief.• Designed cover, features & three front & back-of-book departments.• Monitored quality of still-life photography.• Managed a team of three designers, directing day-to-day designing and typography.• Color corrected final images for publication.

• Intricate in 3-month redesign implemented in 2004• Designed features plus front & back-of-book departments• Contributed in finding new photographers & worked closely with them in developing concepts for celebrity shoots and still-life.• Managed a team of two designers.

• Worked closely with initial design team for the first-ever Teen Vogue issue.• Organized & scanned all artwork for layouts.• Apprenticed under Charles Churchward, Vogue’s Design Director, in preparation for working on Vogue Magazine• Designed various front-of-book layouts.