WORK EXPERIENCE

Digital Designer ◆ June 2021 – Oct 2021

Firstly/Strategic Financial Solutions ◆ New York, NY

  • Optimized emails for mobile and dark mode, with an average increase of 17% in unique opens of the weekly newsletter
  • Art directed and storyboarded a marketing animation for the app
  • Developed social media graphics and templates, with a weekly average of 9.7k organic and 282k paid impressions and a major increase in the conversion rate (up to 9.5% on paid posts)
  • Led internal branding initiatives, including creating an image library, sub-brands, and a form to streamline project management
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer ◆ April 2021 – July 2021

Constructive ◆ New York, NY

  • Designing bespoke sub-brand report as launching point for extensive marketing series
  • Expand and develop on brand templates in rapid response publication of wide array of report and research documents
Senior Graphic Designer/Art Director ◆ May 2019 – present

Freelance ◆ Brooklyn, NY

  • Collaborated with the CA Domestic Workers Coalition on print and digital collateral for 3-5 languages, Feb – June 2021
  • Concept to completion front-end development and design of a Writer/Comms Strategist’s personal WordPress site, Dec 2020 – Feb 2021
  • Designed and illustrated NYC Comedy troupe branding package, 2019
Senior Graphic Designer ◆ October 2019 – October 2020
Graphic Designer ◆ June 2017 – October 2019

Center for Reproductive Rights ◆ New York, NY

  • Art directed rebranding of organization-wide materials
  • Art directed and mentored in-house and freelance designers with a focus on social media, email, and web graphics
  • Developed and reviewed layouts of print and digital materials from concept to completion
  • Led design on events collateral for international conferences and US based benefits, prioritizing humanely and sustainably sourced products
Graphic Designer ◆ March 2016 – March 2017

Rocketrip ◆ New York, NY

  • Collaborated on designs for email templates, web pages, and application designs in Sketch
  • Developed and designed sales and marketing presentations
  • Presented and executed expanded brand illustrations and icons for internal and public facing brand refresh
Visual Designer ◆ February 2015 – January 2016

Optym ◆ Gainesville, FL

  • Designed wireframes and interface details for company applications
  • Created icons and graphics for marketing collateral
  • Designed graphics and illustrations for internal brand expansion
Assistant Web Designer ◆ November 2011 – December 2014

9/11 Tribute Center ◆ New York, NY

  • Led redesign of organization website including responsive design training and management of consultant relationships
  • Overhauled e-commerce footprint with a new platform and photography
  • Designed collateral for exhibits, websites, and general marketing use
Artist’s Assistant ◆ March 2012 – January 2014

Lorraine O’Grady Studio ◆ New York, NY

  • Designed and researched armor for conceptual performance
  • Conducted in depth historical research of typography for art series
Junior Designer ◆ September 2011 – March 2012

Subsidiary Design ◆ Brooklyn, NY

  • Developed branding for summer education program
  • Iterated layouts for a website of a local gym

PERSONAL PROJECTS

Illustration ◆ 2011 – present
  • Ink and watercolor portraits, 2016 – present 
  • Digital animal series, low-poly and collage, 2015 – present
Comics ◆ 2010 – 2017
  • Illustrated and wrote a comic featured in the Huffington Post as part of the Nasty Women Exhibition, January 2017
  • Illustrated and wrote web comic, Inspector Scrambles, from 2014 – 2015
  • Illustrated, wrote, and self-published a memoir/biography comic, “Speak Up: David Wojnarowicz, A Role Model for the Unheard” which was funded to 140% on Kickstarter, 2013