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Senior Lead Designer
Portland, OR
Sep 2010 - Jul 2017 (6 years 10 months)
Clients: Nike, Lyft, Whole Foods, Columbia
Supervise, mentor and direct a team of designers. Deliver top-notch creative at all levels including conceptual, art direction, design direction, presentation, copywriting. Freelance and hiring recruiter working with schools, contract agencies and other team members to keep best available talent in-house.
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Senior Freelance Designer
Portland, OR
Oct 2009 - Sep 2010 (11 months)
Clients: adidas
Support internal team members on all design facets including conceptual exercises, production of large-scale graphics, visualizing and executing retail displays all while maintaing client brand guidelines.
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Senior Designer
Vancouver, WA
Jul 2008 - Aug 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Clients: various in-house brands including L’il Critters Gummy Bear Vitamins and Vitafusion Adult Gummy Vitamins
Researched competitor brands, concepted new ways to promote our products through innovative marketing campaigns while maintaining graphic standards.
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Senior Graphic Designer/Art Director
Clarkston, GA
Oct 2006 - Jun 2008 (1 year 8 months)
Clients: Manheim, Sto
Directed a small studio of designers on learning the creative process from sketch to reality. Wrote copy, built web graphics, led design for several high-end marketing campaigns.
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Production Designer
Portland, OR
Sep 2003 - Aug 2006 (2 years 11 months)
Clients: Nike, Smith Optics, Transworld, Magic32
Managed all print production design including advertisements, retail executions, large-scale graphics. Brainstormed and created successful brand campaign for Magic32 (one of my proudest accomplishments). Wrote copy for several accounts including Nike Basketball and Skateboarding, Palmer Snowboards, Magic32, Hotel Max.