“Successful communication depends on how well we listen, rather than how well we push our opinions on the person seated before us.” — Kenya HaraSignals Project Marketing division: Communicating and working with clients and Signal's product development and project teams. Exploring and applying research to identify key design problems and generate the most effective print, digital and environmental design solutions.

“A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.” — William Feather.Mogo is a financial technology company that leverages technology and design to bring social responsibility and accessibility to financial services. As a communication designer at Mogo, I collaborate with teams to strategize and execute digital and print designs to communicate current events with Mogo's services and partners to key stakeholders. Design projects include iconography, diagrams, digital editorial, e-newsletters, promotional materials, and campaigns.

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” — Charles R. SwindollLiving with primary lymphedema myself, I was passionate in designing the promotional campaign for BCLA's annual conference "Lymphedema Awareness Day". I developed the concept messaging, art direction and designed print pieces that were distributed across general clinics, research centres, hospitals, pharmacies, and community centres across British Columbia.

“Design wisdom is a fabric that emerges from the intersection of scientific and designerly ways of knowing and doing.” —Elizabeth N.-B. SandersCurrent is an award winning multi platform design journal that showcases creative, practice-based and applied research. It functions as a site for design researchers, design academics, students, professional designers, entrepreneurs, and the business community to reflect on contemporary design thinking—products and processes.As the communications manager I report to the Managing Editor and coordinate all groups and keep track of tasks and deadlines. I maintain correspondence with contributors and managed invitations to presentations. I archive all materials and communicate with each team to keep track of process and documentation. I research design competitions and prepare submissions for both Current’s print and digital journal. As a print and digital designer I report to the creative directors and create specific layouts and article spreads in the journal.Below are awards presented to the Current 06:+ 2015 Applied Arts Student Awards. Winner in the digital category.+ 2015 Society of Publication Designers Competition. Merit Winner in the print spread and digital entry for the article “Anonymity & Authenticity: Everyday Canadian Design.”+ 2015 Salazar Awards. Honorable Mention in the Print category.

"Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse."​ ―Patrick SwayzeA partner collaboration between Emily Carr University of Art + Design and the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) to design a marketing campaign that promotes BCCA's emotional support resources including available cancer support groups, counseling therapies, Cancer Chat, and Cancer Connection. The focus of the project involves developing campaign messaging and visual designs for communication materials that include elevator wraps, posters, pamphlets, business cards, informational slideshow, and an online webpage.The marketing campaign was awarded the 3M Health Care Quality Team Award based on a poll by the healthcare community. 156 patients/families and 205 staff voted on the campaign messaging and the visual design. The "evaluation showed a 300% increase in cancerchat.canada, a 44% jump in perception of emotional support by patients, and a significant improvement in the awareness of the emotional support resources by staff, patients, and families."

"At the end of the day is how the user remembers the experience. Focus on key experiences." ―Shawn BorskyAs a research assistant of Emily Carr's SIM Centre and GrowLab, I designed a user profile building experience for ethicalDeal's new website. As EthicalDeal transitioned into a new green social sampling service to promote healthy living in Canada, we engaged in a collaborative design process where we implemented comparative market and participatory user research, rapid prototyping, and user testing. As a result of our research findings, we developed a user profile building experience to invite previous and new users into ethicalDeal's new social sampling service.

"Whether we find ourselves in a museum, hospital, airport, mall, or street in an unfamiliar city, we depend on systems of visual, audible, and tactile cues not only to lead the way, but also to keep us safe." ―David Gibson I held the position of lead designer of the wayfinding of "the Show," Emily Carr's annual graduation show. This project required the team to create a visual system that would engage and easily guide visitors around the different spaces at the Emily Carr campus. Posters, maps, vinyls, and banners were developed in the process.

"The role of the designer is to act as mediator between those who are concerned and involved in their health on a daily basis, and the service provider." ―Design Council, UKIn collaboration with Fraser Health, I worked with a team of designers as a research assistant for Emily Carr's Health Design Lab on the "Patients First!" research and design project. Patients First! focused on creating a culture of patient engagement in healthcare, specifically increasing patient safety in hospitals. We aimed to create a sense of belonging to an existing team where the patient would be an active participant at the centre of what became the "Patients First!" initiative.

"We can never get a re-creation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging." ―Patch AdamsThe objective of this project was to create promotional material for the Arts Club 50th Anniversary Stroll to encourage community engagement with theatre, as well as clearly provide information and wayfinding on the day of the event. As a response to the theatre's goal of expanding its audience beyond its current demographics, the origami brochure was designed to promote the stroll to minority youth and families outside of this community.