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Partnering with Brand Messaging and leadership to shape the organization's design language while building strategy and ideation for a transformation from an info site to a utility site.Representing #MakeItBay at community events and policy discussions.Connecting people.

Spearheading the design and Webflow build of makeitbay.org

Producing stories to entertain, empathize, and teach without preaching.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

One of 8 inaugural fellows in the Plenty of Pie Talent Incubator, a producer pathway training program.During the program I began developing an original comedic action-adventure feature.

Remote First, Us

In this fixed engagement I helped Puzzle define new patterns, test updated workflow systems, create training materials, and maintain a relentless focus on delivering customer value while shepherding roadmap features from discovery and pencil sketches through wireframes, hifi handoff, and iterative collaborations with eng.

Seattle, Wa, Us

In this fixed engagement I helped Think Twice conceive a modernized landing page for their e-commerce and knowledge center website.I drove current-state analysis, user testing, wireframes, and hi-fi design. Wireframes for updated flows tested at +80% task completion and -100% reported confusion, and modular hifi components can be reused and rearranged endlessly as they experiment to drive metrics on the three stated goals for their sites.

Seattle, Washington, Us

During a one-year FTE stint at this Enterprise company, I focused on one of their platform's products that delivered admin services to group leaders. I drove a UI-only reskin of several acquisitions, I wireframed, tested, and sold the product team on a plan to merge six siloed products into a single tool to enhance their reach and scalability, I contributed to the internal style guide, and I audited production design system components for accessibility, all while building relationships across many departments and delivering bug fix and new feature designs as surfaced by the Product team.

Oakland, California, Us

In this fixed engagement, I coached 6 brilliant scholar-interns on design, presentation, and working professionalism through 1:1s, group work, and leading workshops during a 5-week summer internship collaboration between SMASH Rising and Nautilus Biotechnology.I led workshops in pivotal work-related skills, fostered relationships with key company partners at SMASH and Nautilus, managed on site logistics for the scholar-interns, and led 130+ SMASH Rising staff and scholar-interns nationwide in GV Design Sprint and basic Figma training before going onsite with the Nautilus pod.

Martinez, California, Us

I spent a week helping the city staff an early drop-off location for mail in ballots.Prompted by an offhand comment from one voter, I conceived and executed a signage redistribution plan that netted +400% ballot drop offs vs the incumbent plan we were given.

I consulted on an 8-week fixed engagement to prepare mission-critical interactive prototypes for a fashion marketplace product ahead of their scheduled launch event.I also created frameworks to track JTBD and a backlog of fast-follow v2 improvements for a future PM to run with.

With a 3-person consulting team, we helped a gen-AI company attack 2 goals: 1) increase daily users, and 2) decrease usability complaints.We created a style guide and restructured the native app's information architecture and navigation display.1) Daily users: up 4000%2) Usability complaints: down 100%The founder was then able to exit and sell the core technology, and thanked me personally for my implementation notes on the designs.

I worked with the UX Wizards leadership to spearhead initiatives, lead workshops, and learn by doing. We did a lot of things together, and only a few are listed below.• Conceived, designed, tested, coded, and evolved a page of the Design System website; implemented a click-to-copy feature.• Led workshops to upskill other designers.• Managed a production team for the UXW yearbook; delivered 24 days ahead of schedule.

After participating in a session, the Habit Factory leadership asked me to return as a Creative Coach. During this fixed engagement I provided coaching and resume/portfolio review to 30+ aspiring creative professionals.“Your presence is refreshing. You bring a focussed, mature perspective, and you approach feedback from a strategic viewpoint.""Sharp, genuine feedback has been immensely helpful."

A friend and mentor was pitching a $100M real estate deal to local politicians, prospective financial partners, and local business groups. He hired me to rewrite his slide decks for the three distinct audiences.

I cared for my Grandma during the bleach-your-groceries part of the COVID-19 pandemic, then I moved back home to start a bootcamp for UI/UX.

I bought a business license, furnished a space, created a website on Weebly, and began seeing massage clients out of my Richmond, CA office.I specialized in injury recovery with a very effective blend of Orthopedic Massage and Myofascial Release, and was building a business at a $129/hr price point.I closed the doors of Richmond Orthopedic Massage for good when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

I've worked on set in film, tv, corporate video, commercials, and live performance with companies including:Monday Night FootballIBMSalesforceMcKinseyGilead PharmaceuticalsIntelCalifornia Academy of SciencesLinkedInSafewayFoodsCoBottleRock Music FestivalYerba Buena GardensABC7-KGO SFI know how to work as an individual contributor toward team success.

I moved home from Boston, worked on a few freelance film gigs, and started networking to set up a massage practice in my home town.

Scottsdale, Az, Us

Soon after graduating from massage school, I decided the best way to build my confidence was to crank out tons of reps. Massage Envy promised 5 days a week with a fully booked schedule, and for 3 years I honed my craft by performing 100+ massages/month.• Nominated for Therapist of the Year for New England (38 clinics across MA, ME, NH, VT) in 2016• Awarded Therapist of the Year for New England in 2017• Tapped to replace the clinic's founding Lead Therapist when he left in 2018.Skills transferrable to UX Design and Project Management:• Managing internal and external stakeholder relationships• Problem solving for short, medium, and long term goals with each customer• Building relationships with key customers and internal stakeholders• Maintaining legal and standards compliance with team members as Lead Therapist/Compliance Officer• Representing the company at outside events like the Boston Marathon and PGA Tour• Organizing quarterly all-hands meetings• Testing potential hires for bedside manner and technical skill• Leading learning and development exercises for current staff• Far exceeded Continuing Education learning requirements (36 required, 192 achieved across 3 years)

In addition to working for Massage Envy (shown above), I also worked part time for several boutique and specialty massage providers at different times.They included:• Joint Ventures Physical Therapy, my first job after gratuating. They have a few clinics around Boston and provide PT, Chiro, Massage, Nutrition, Personal Training, Aquatic Therapy, and Accupuncture. Great organization. (Community outreach, Reebok FitFest chair massage, and in-house repeating clients inside the Commonwealth Sports Club in Brookline, MA)• Spratt Muscular Therapies (ShakeOut method, swedish massage, deep tissue, and sports massage in the Seaport Hotel gym)• Soothe (on demand sports and deep tissue)• Zeel (on demand sports and deep tissue)• WaterHouse Wellness (boutique massage clinic in Arlington, MA where I did my blend of MFR and Orthopedic massage)

While going to massage school, I worked part time selling fine men's and women's hats and accessories.I was promoted twice in a year, going from Hatter to Keyholder to Lead Hatter before graduating from massage school and transitioning into Massage Therapy full time.It was a good year of work, then we parted ways with a handshake.

After graduating from USC, I moved to Boston to play music and decompress.For the summer of 2013, I house sat and spent a lot of time walking on the Riverway and making music with friends at Berklee College of Music.Then I got a job washing dishes, made sandwiches and coffee for a while, and then decided to pick up a new skill. I enrolled in massage school at Cortiva and got a part time retail job.

I rigged and focussed lights, operated light boards, and instructed new staff on procedures and operations in multiple venues across USC's campus.

I collaborated one-on-one with a developer to co-create a bespoke application for live visual mixing.I would think of app feature requirements for my live performances, the engineer would build them, and I would test them in rehearsal and live settings."I want RBG mixing with these faders""I want to adjust the size of nodes with a knob""I want to adjust the number of nodes with a knob""I want to adjust the length of the nodes' trails with a knob""I want to adjust the node shape with a button"• Gave feedback and improved the project collaboratively over many iterations• Performed with the app during rehearsals and live performances for up to 500 people

A summer internship, extended to paid employment until class schedules prohibited a return.Worked as an assistant editor and producer's assistant. Duties:• Client management during in-house visits• Interview transcription• Timeline arrangement and story strategy• Spec and build new computer upgrades• VFX compositing on a major motion picture• Documentary research for a planned picture• Anything and everything as needed

As a teen, I led a branding and customization project to add custom drumheads to our school's marching band as part of a larger effort that tripled drumline membership over 3 years and centered it as a cultural institution at the school.To implement the project, I had to:• Gain stakeholder buy-in and funding approval• Graphic design the custom drumheads• Source and install the product• Deploy on time, before a parade event with yearly estimated attendance of 250,000

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Cinema-Television (Production)

Springboard Ui/Ux Design Career Track, Certification, Ui/Ux Design

Certificate, Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage