SENIOR DESIGNER

Vendini, Inc. (May 2013–August 2015, San Francisco, CA)

UX & UI design of SaaS web and mobile applications, and creative direction of marketing and product initiatives for live-events business software company. iOS apps, HTML5 web apps, UGC template systems, brand guides, websites, emails, packaging, tradeshows, presentations.

 

SENIOR WEB DESIGNER

MTV Networks, Nickelodeon Games (Sept. 2008–March 2013, San Francisco, CA)

UX, UI & Interaction design, game assets & promotions, features, advertisements, integrated marketing, microsites, presentations and branding for casual games properties shockwave.com, addictinggames.com, nick.com and nickjr.com.

 

ART DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL

Freelance (2001–Present)

Creative direction, user interface, visual design and web and print production consultation for:

Donnerwood Media (2008, 2013, San Francisco, CA)
Visual and interaction design for meez.com — a virtual world for teens featuring avatars and games. Creative direction, UX/UI and implementation for stealth visual-humor app and social network Quippery.

McCann Worldgroup (2008, San Francisco, CA)
Account pitches and production mechanicals for Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Nortel, and Cathay-Pacific.

Stone Yamashita Partners (2007, San Francisco, CA)
Produced booklets, monographs, and environmental graphics for Nike, Coca-cola, Target, and Alcoa.

AKQA (2006, San Francisco, CA)
Designed RFP responses and pitch decks. Produced building wraps and an SMS-enabled bus station kiosk.

IODA (2006, San Francisco, CA)
Designed websites and presentations for this digital music-label aggregator.

Giant SF (2006, San Francisco, CA)
Designed and produced creative-development work for healthcare/pharma accounts.

Finger Design (2006, San Francisco, CA) 
Designed publications for Oakland International Airport, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), and SMWM Architects (Mission Bay UCSF).

Discovery Channel Store (2004–2005, Oakland, CA)  
Designed and produced point-of-sale, window graphics, signage, catalog graphics and packaging for this 200‑store retail chain.

Shaklee Corporation (2001–2002, Pleasanton, CA)
Oversaw the migration of a 50-product line of nutritional supplements to a new brand identity. Designed ads, brochures, presentations, forms, and direct mail.

Eurythmy Studios (2001, Oakland, CA)
Designed and produced collateral and web graphics for Nortel Networks, Genesys Telecommunications Labs, and Kinetics Labs.

 

STUDIO MANAGER

Kane & Finkel Healthcare Communications (San Francisco, CA)

2003–2004

Designed layouts, identities and technical illustrations. Produced ads, collateral, packaging, and exhibits for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. Managed studio operations.

 

LEAD PREPRESS OPERATOR

Nomad Design & Printing (San Francisco, CA)

1998–2001

Managed digital imaging operations serving arts, entertainment, and corporate clients. Hired, managed junior operators. Founded online postcard service rocketpostcards.com.

 

LAYOUT EDITOR & SENIOR ADVERTISING DESIGNER

New Times, Inc. S.F. Weekly (San Francisco, CA)

1997–1998

Editorial layout, advertising design, pitch decks. 

 

COMPOSITOR & ILLUSTRATOR

Editorial Inc. (Rockport, MA)

1995–1997 

Produced book layouts and illustrations for nonfiction titles from Allen & Heath, Bantam Press, and McGraw-Hill.

 

Education

Wesleyan University

B.A., Studio Arts, Honors

 

Skills

Advanced Adobe CS

Keynote

HTML5 / CSS3

Invision / ProtoIO / Axure

JQuery

Angular JS

PHP