With a wide-ranging background in creating resonant designed experiences in print, online, and in the built environment, I love working with internal and client teams to develop the genuinely collaborative effort it takes to make beautiful and effective works. Design is not just how it looks, it's how it works.

Worked with internal teams and client partners to create innovative and engaging experiences for some of the world's biggest brands.

Senior designer creating interior and exterior branded environments, brand identities, and more, from concept to collaboration to presentation to production.

Projects include brand identity in print and built/EGD, for entertainment and retail venues in the US, the UAE, and Japan, for clients and studios including The Jerde Partnership, Venice and Hunt Design, Pasadena. I collaborate with design studios, or with my own clients, to develop branding concepts and implementation for elite projects worldwide. Responsibilities include concept development, client presentations, lettering and illustration, and production artwork for print, new media, and design development for construction. Clients include retail such as Starbucks, institutional such as the US Navy, CalTech and the UAE government, and industrial firms including solar energy.

Developed brand identity campaigns and signage implementation for premier retail and hospitality properties in the western United States, Japan, and China, including feature signage for the W Hotel, Macao. Involved in all aspects of design from concept development and presentation to overseeing construction documentation. Developed strategies for dynamic media, including vendors, content providers, financing, and community involvement. Clients included national and global architecture firms and financiers, and premier brands including the W Hotel.

Over a couple of summers, I wrote and taught indoor drumline shows. My responsibilities included teaching high schoolers warm up exercises, drum technique, and listening, as well as marching technique and the drill for the show. In 2005, we made it to the Percussive Arts Society international high school competition.

Created global marketing materials, architectural design presentations, and promotional collateral for clients including financial institutions, developers, and local and national governments. Collaborated with senior architectural designers to create conceptual environmental graphic design work; presented work to clients, governments, and senior financial and development partners, and generated design intent documents and oversaw print production.

Developed and implemented advertising design and brand identities for national and global clients including Reebok, Salomon Snowboards, Aspen Ski Resorts, and more.