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