Enthusiastic developer with a background in graphic design and more than ten years of leadership experience.

Now focused on merging a well-honed sense of design with a passion for systematic problem-solving, in order to produce inspired web applications that perfectly balance form and function.

Software Engineering

• Upshot | Chicago, IL

  Front-End Web Developer, 2021-Present

  • Build, deploy, and maintain a variety of digital products, including websites, emails, and display ads, for clients such as Corona, Smithfield, Ace Hardware, and Aspen Dental. Involved in every stage of a product’s lifecycle, from the hand-off of creative files to post-launch monitoring and updates.

  • Regularly utilize a host of services—Amazon Web Services, Heroku, Cloudflare, Wordpress, Contentful—to manage and update live applications.

  • Contribute a technical perspective to creative brainstorms and reviews.

Graphic Design and Creative Direction

• Great Wolf Resorts | Chicago, IL

  Creative Services Manager, 2018-2020

  Overhauled the internal creative department, following a corporate relocation to Chicago. Quickly formed a team of four designers and project managers to produce marketing materials for 19 resorts.

• Aisle Rocket Studios | Chicago, IL

  Associate Creative Director, 2017-2018

  Revived appliance brand Jenn-Air with a suite of updated customer communications, while leading four art directors and copywriters spread across three cities.

• Conversant | Chicago, IL

  Lead Senior Art Director, 2017

  Established new brand guidelines and communication templates for parent company Epsilon, while mentoring fellow art directors and implementing Workfront, a newly-adopted project management tool.

• Jack in the Box | San Diego, CA

  Creative Services Manager, 2014-2017

  Guided a team of three designers in generating marketing materials for more than 2,000 restaurants.

• AECOM | San Diego, CA

  Graphic Designer, 2011-2014

  Provided comprehensive design services for the company’s three Southern California branches.

• Upshot | Chicago, IL

  Art Director, 2007-2011

  Developed artwork for more than 20 local and national marketing campaigns, for clients such as Kraft Foods, MillerCoors, and P&G.