WORK EXPERIENCE
LOEB & LOEB LLP
Graphic Designer
December 2017 - December 2019 | Chicago IL
Manage 20+ projects independently at a time for the firm, individual attorneys, and their external clients while meeting deadlines and expectations
Deliver a wide range of creative products while maintaining brand standards and ensuring cohesion across all touchpoints
Strategize and design event and firm branding projects
Conceptualize, create, and implement print/digital collateral, event graphics, newsletters, infographics, video assets and editing, and miscellaneous client work for 400+ attorneys throughout 8 offices in the United States and Asia
Collaborate with event coordinators, the marketing director, attorneys, and external vendors to move each project from concept through completion
LIFEWAY FOODS
Digital Designer
July 2016 - December 2017 | Chicago IL
Strategized and designed a Chicago-wide ad campaign that covered 72 screens and 36 printed signs over the city transit system
Strategized, ideated, and implemented Amazon Enhanced Brand Content ads utilizing a modular design system for 3 key product lines
Conceptualized and created collateral for 3 to 5 events per month, web assets, monthly e-newsletters, and print/digital communications for our Brand Ambassadors program
Created, styled, and photographed recipes and products for social media, the website, and printed content with the digital marketing team
Organized and ran a photoshoot with our brand partner KOVAL Distillery
Served on a social strategy committee and created a variety of visually engaging content including product and recipe photography, infographics, animations, and stop-motion videos
Assisted in a 2-day commercial video shoot for national television
ELEVATE PACKAGING
Freelance Designer
June 2017 - July 2018 | Chicago IL
Conceptualized, created, and implemented marketing collateral and PowerPoint presentations
Designed and set up client’s packaging layouts for print
Re-defined the visual identity utilizing a large color palette, new typography, and digital illustration style
AHALOGY
Pin Designer, Cooperative Education
January 2015 - May 2016 | Cincinnati OH
Developed brands’ presence on Pinterest by sourcing brand-specific content, creating digital assets, and writing copy in their brand voice
Worked on the following accounts: Avocados From Mexico, Bounty Paper Towels, Crest Toothpaste, Kellogg’s Rice Krispies, The Kroger Co., and Pop Secret
SKILLS
SOFTWARE
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects, Premiere, AutoCad, Sketch, Dreamweaver, working knowledge of HTML and CSS, Microsoft office, and PowerPoint
TECHNICAL
Design, digital photography (natural and controlled lighting), food and product photography, food styling, hand illustration, digital illustration, watercolor, painting, and creative copy writing
Design
Branding and identity, digital/web graphics and communications, packaging, marketing collateral, event graphics, social media content and strategy, layout/typography/print design, print production, design research, user-centered design, and strategic thinking
EDUCATION
University of Cincinnati
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
Participated in the Cooperative Education Program
BS in Graphic Design
May 2016