Professional Experience
Independent Design Consultant
April 2007 - Present
San Francisco, California
Web site, identity, digital marketing and print design for a broad spectrum of clients ranging from Jamba Juice to Bank of America. Recent engagements include interactive projects for Adobe, Lexus, Toyota and Scion.
Senior Art Director – Avenue A | Razorfish
March 2003 - March 2007
San Francisco, California
Web site, software and identity design for corporate clients, including Fortune 500 companies. Designed and developed marketing/communication campaigns and materials. Clients include Visa, Genentech, Sun Microsystems, AT&T and Hitachi.
Senior Visual Designer – Cooper Interaction Design
March 2002 - March 2003
San Francisco, California
Designed and developed software interfaces for industry-leading clients. Work ranges from user interface solutions for major software developers to visual aspects of conceptual research projects. Also implemented a refresh to the Cooper identity, including a complete redesign of the firm's Web site.
Senior Designer – Waterstone, Inc.
March 2001 - January 2002
San Francisco, California
Served as project design lead for Virgin Atlantic Airways and Disney Travel, Waterstone's two largest accounts. Designed Waterstone's corporate identity system and all collateral marketing materials. Art directed and designed Web sites and digital marketing campaigns for other clients such as Quokka Sports and STA Travel.
Art Director – iXL, Inc.
December 1997 - March 2001
Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, California
Art directed and designed customer acquisition sites, digital marketing campaigns, industry portals, extranets, intranets and e-commerce sites for such clients as Lockheed Martin, PBS, General Electric, First USA Bank and Dupont. Developed promotional marketing materials for iXL and contributed design and creative strategy to business development projects.
Education
Bradley University – Peoria, Illinois
Bachelor of Science, May 1997
Major: Graphic Design
Minor: Art History
In addition to core curriculum, designed two online digital photography exhibits which garnered multi-year sponsorship from Adobe and Hewlett Packard. Assisted in the development and operation of a state-of-the-art multimedia lab. Founded a student-published e-zine with a staff of more than twenty.
recognition & Affiliations
W3 Gold Award Winner, Adobe Marketplace Web Site, October 2009
Profiled in Package & Design Magazine (China), May 2008
Sichuan Designer's Association, Earthquake Relief Poster Exhibition
Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, Logo Design
American Corporate Identity - Award of Excellence, Logo Design
AIGA 50: 6th Biennial Design Exhibition, Web Site Design
The Net Magazine - Site of the Year Award
Member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
Member of the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design