My Resume
Creative director, and brand/UX designer with experience leading design teams from start-up to IPO, and across multiple industries including Enterprise, SaaS, and B2C products. Specialize in brand creation, end-to-end user experiences, marketing strategies, and eCommerce optimizations.
Work Experience
Nitro Software
October 2015 - June 2021
San Francisco, California
Creative Team Lead/Front-End Web Developer
- Promoted to Creative Team Lead after 2 years, and led a team of multiple designers and a copywriter that maintains our design system (in Figma) and produces all creative assets including multiple web properties, customer onboarding and experience, sales and marketing collateral, and other internal needs
- Served as the lead front-end web developer (ExpressJS, Nunjuks, HTML, CSS, Javascript, JSON), leading design and development of all company webpages
- Named employee of the year (“Sean Stewart Award”) in 2017, after leading a 6-month brand evolution process to redefine the company brand, including a complete rebuild of the website using ExpressJS.
- Work with company leadership (Sales, Marketing, eCommerce) to build and execute strategic plans to increase traffic, and improve user engagement and conversion
- Led several initiatives to enable non-technical employees to be less dependent on engineering—e.g., templatized, fully customizable customer microsites for Customer Success; email and landing page templates for Demand Generation
Traba
August 2013 – August 2015
San Francisco, California
Creative Director
- Managed user experience and design by creating wireframes, user flows, and final design aesthetic
- Created all marketing materials including print, video and web pages
- Built entire front end of the website using HTML, CSS3/SCSS and Javascript/jQuery
Stress Refuge
October 2011 – January 2017
Louisville, Colorado
Senior/Lead Designer
- Designed UI/UX and final design aesthetic for DeStressify, a mobile app for Android and iOS phones and tablets
- Built visual design of DeStressify mobile app using LESS
- Designed and built DeStressify marketing website using PHP, Javascript/jQuery, and CSS3
Sounds True
October 2008 – June 2014
Louisville, Colorado
Web Art Director
- Created user interface wireframes and visual designs for an e-commerce website, online interactive courses, online membership programs, Sounds True Radio, and mobile apps for both iOS and Android platforms
- Built Magento template pages and unique WordPress themes, using HTML, PHP, Javascript/jQuery, and CSS3/SCSS
- Art directed day-to-day projects such as email marketing campaigns, online banner ads, and product pages
LIFEinaVAN Studios
January 2007 – December 2011
Los Angeles, California
Co-Founder and Creative Director
- Co-founded company, defined the company brand and produced all print/web design and development work using Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress, PHP, HTML, CSS, and Javascript/jQuery
Education
University of Colorado
2004
Boulder, Colorado
Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Emphasis in Painting and Photography
- Played on the University of Colorado Men's Club Volleyball Team