Experience

Art director, streetsense

Washington, DC (April 2022-present)

freelance Designer + Brand Strategist, GREATER GOOD STRATEGY

Washington, DC (April 2022-present)

Lead Designer, EVERFI

Washington, DC (March 2021-April 2022)

  • Assist with creative direction alongside the Art Director

  • Provide project management for ongoing projects

  • Propose large-scale process improvements and efficiencies

  • Oversee the evolution of the core brand, including proving structure and guidelines 

  • Notable clients: Facebook, HSBC, Minnesota Vikings, NHL, JPMorgan Chase, and more 

Senior Graphic Designer, EVERFI

Washington, DC (April 2018-February 2021)

  • Part of a design team of three, serving an international company of more than 600

  • Design materials for customers, partners, industry professionals and internal stakeholders

  • Develop design concepts and campaigns for multiple projects, including print, UX/web, social media, experiential design, motion graphics, etc. 

Digital Media Designer, NeighborWorks America

Washington, DC (August 2012-April 2018)

  • Part of a design team of two, serving an organization of more than 300

  • Designed materials for elected officials, funders, industry professionals, consumers, internal stakeholders and a network of more than 245 organizations

  • Worked in a variety of media, including infographics, UX design, social media, motion graphics, presentations, publications and reports, email marketing, etc. 

  • Served as the Art Director for four annual conferences, attended by more than 3,000

  • Managed freelance designers

  • Ensured adherence to brand standards across digital and print 

  •  Brand and design manager for a full-scale website redesign

  • Created graphics published by Black Enterprise Magazine and HousingWire • Designed graphics for a Telly Award-winning video

Freelance Designer, mryn co.

(September 2012 - present)

  • Design materials including, but not limited to, logos, reports, infographics and presentations

  • Consulted on brand refreshes, web design and user experience

  • Notable clients: Rational 360, Janssen, Funders for Housing and Opportunity, Mann Global Health, YMCA of Metropolitan Washington, Paragon Public Relations, and more

Design Intern, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, DC (Summer 2011)

  • Designed print materials

  • Edited podcasts

  • Managed 5-8 volunteers

  • Created and managed 100+ wiki pages

Education

General Assembly, Washington, DC (2017)

  • 40-hour User Experience Design (UXD) course covering the process from research to high-fidelity design

Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York (2012)

  • B.A. in Graphic Design and English dually awarded by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the College of Arts and Sciences

  • Graduated Cum Laude with distinction as a Newhouse Scholar

Expertise

  • Graphic design

  • Art Direction

  • Brand maintenance and strategy

  • Social media

  • UX design

  • Motion graphics

  • Photography

  • Branding

  • Digital strategy

  • Marketing

  • Communications

  • Adobe Creative Cloud

  • Figma

  • Sketch

  • InVision

  • Wrike

  • Google Workspace