Services & Experience

EXPERTISE
Multimedia Design, Brand Identity, Graphic Design, Packaging, Motion Graphics, Illustration, UX/UI, Product Design, Photography, Video Editing, Copywriting

PROGRAMS & TOOLS
Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Procreate, Canva, Squarespace, WordPress, Shopify, CapCut, Videoleap, Google Workspace, Slack, and AI tools including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, DALL·E, and Kaiber

FREELANCE, 2017-Present

Creative support and art direction for a variety of mission-driven, emerging, and personal brands.

Clients: Temple Code Signatures, Embodied Feminine Leadership membership program, Ayuma, MintHNT wireless network, Bioform Technologies bioplastic engineers, Yacumama Eco-Village conscious permaculture community, The Wellbeing Sequence online transformation program, Tactus Limited product and apparel brand, EleStory fashion line, Recovery Partner online addiction recovery program, Nick Good Transformations, Coast Creative digital marketing agency, CREAOS film studio, Charm City IT, Eamon Armstrong, Holistika wellness center

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lead Designer, Turner Duckworth
2014 – 2016, San Francisco, CA
Developed and presented identity systems, packaging, brand strategy, and marketing assets for global consumer brands.
Clients: Coca-Cola, Visa, Google, Amazon, Samsung, Xfinity, Oreo, Johnson's, Leo Burnett

Graphic Designer, Pixar Animation Studios
2009 – 2014, Emeryville, CA
Designed graphics for sets, props, and character assets to support storytelling, enrich cinematic worlds, and maintain the audience's suspension of disbelief across six feature films. Selected work was later adapted by Disney for marketing campaigns, merchandise, Disneyland attractions, Chronicle Books' Art of series, and traveling exhibitions.
Films: Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Brave, Monsters University, Finding Dory, Inside Out, and multiple short films

Design Intern, Target Corporation Creative Studio
2008, Minneapolis, MN
Pitched concepts and completed designs for core brand campaigns, events, billboard displays, and gift cards.

Graphic Designer, FSC Marketing Communications
2006 – 2007, Pittsburgh, PA
Developed advertising campaigns, brand identity systems, print and digital collateral, and publications.
Clients: Transitions Lenses, Heinz, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and a number of local enterprises

AWARDS
Distinguished Alumni Award, SCAD, 2015
Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Susquehanna University, 2015
Five ADDY Awards, 2009

SPEAKING & JUDGING
Visiting Speaker, The Green School, Bali, 2019
Visiting Speaker, IDEO, San Francisco, 2015
Keynote Speaker for Alumni Weekend, SCAD, 2015
Visiting Speaker, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, 2015
CMYK Designathon, Competition Judge, UCAL Berkeley, 2014
Visiting Speaker, China Academy of Art, 2012
Visiting Speaker, UCAL Berkeley, 2011
Alumni Speaker, SCAD, 2011
Visiting Speaker, China Academy of Art, 2010

EXHIBITIONS
Portraits, Pixar Art Gallery, Emeryville, 2014
The Art of Monsters University, Pixar Gallery, 2013
The Art of Brave, Pixar Gallery, 2012
The Art of Cars 2, Pixar Gallery, 2011
Change-Point, MFA Thesis Show, 2009
Savannah Secession, SCAD, 2009

PUBLICATIONS
Print Regional Design Annual, 2015
Logo Lounge Volume 8, How Books, 2013
Logo Lounge Trends Report, 2013
The Art of Monsters University, Chronicle, 2013
Logo Lounge 7, How Books, 2012
The Art of Brave, Chronicle, 2012
The Art of Cars 2, Chronicle, 2011

EDUCATION
2009, Master of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
The Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA

2006, Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing, Studio Art Minor
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA