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Work

 

Designer, Hornall Anderson, March 2010 - June 2010

Seattle’s largest branding and identity firm with national and global clients
such as T-Mobile, Safeco, and Madison Square Garden.

Designed packaging and developed brand strategy for Hewlett Packard.

Designer, Microsoft Surface, January 2010 - March 2010

Microsoft Surface is a multi-touch computing platform that responds to natural hand gestures and real world objects.

Part of the team responsible for designing the interface and interactions that will become the brand standards for version Toronto.

Designer, Microsoft Zune, July 2009 - Present

Zune is a Microsoft entertainment platform and portable media player.

Part of the team responsible for the design, production and quality-control of Zune Web 4.0. Designed page templates and interactive tools that integrated Zune's new brand standards to the web.

Designer, Hornall Anderson, July 2008 - September 2008

Developed Safeco’s national re-brand after Liberty Mutual acquisition.

Designer, RMB Vivid, March 2007- June 2008

Seattle-based graphic design firm focused on conceptualizing, managing and implementing comprehensive design systems.

Led design teams from strategy to development in work ranging from print to web.

Designer, Getty Images, February 2006 - March 2007

The world’s leading creator and distributor of visual content, with imagery ranging from contemporary creative to news, sports, entertainment and archival.

Responsibilities include web design and updates, selecting images that showcase the Getty collection and helping the successful transition to the new Getty Images website.

Designer, Experience Music Project, December 2004 - February 2006

Museum combining interactive and interpretive exhibits to tell the story of the creative expression that defines music.

Designed membership and educational materials, exhibit signage, posters, event invitations and advertising collateral for projects including Bob Dylan’s American Journey, DoubleTake and the Oral Histories Project.

Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, 2001-2003

Selected slides for large lectures, prepared course materials, and led open classroom critiques for groups of up to 30 students per session. Role required a thorough knowledge of the history of graphic design and an understanding of the basic principles of visual communication.

Designer, Marx McClellan Thrun, 1999 - 2000

Milwaukee advertising and design firm specializing in B2B creative communications and web and corporate identity design.

School

Master of Fine Arts, VCD, University of Washington, 2003

Dean’s List student

Awarded Gonzalez Scholarship (2001-03) for academic and artistic achievement.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration/Communication Design

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI, 2000

Dean’s List student.

Three time award winner of the Frederick C. Layton Scholarship