Currently focusing on User Experience and User Interface design for mobile applications and solutions. Expanded skill set includes: interaction design, product design, front end development, art direction, visual design, and illustration.

Conceptualizing and developing mobile solutions to enable a luxury transportation provider to dispatch chauffeurs to passengers on demand. Produced a new mobile application for fleet drivers which implemented improved user experience and new functionality that resulted in higher reliability, productivity, and consumer satisfaction during chauffeur trip dispatches. Designed a new mobile application which enables consumers to request, schedule, and manage both on demand and future chauffeured trips from transportation providers. Overhauled company and product logos and marketing collateral to better reflect business identity and promote brand image.

Conceptualized and designed mobile solutions that enabled Bechtel employees and customers to easily and intuitively access data on mobile devices. Consulted with project owners and prospective users to create user stories that lead to the proposal or development of new mobile applications. Provided user flow diagrams, user interface design, and visual design to be implemented in application development while collaborating with developers to produce applications with an emphasis on user-centered design. Researched emerging technologies for future implementation in new products, applications, and solutions.

Conceptualized and designed new advertising units and products that enabled technology brands to increase social media amplification and drive greater consumption of positive earned media content. Managed and art directed a team of on site and external contracted designers. Lead design on campaigns promoting brand elevation through the partnering of earned media and traditional advertising in ad units, storefronts, and product pages for technology based clients. Provided support for marketing and sales teams with graphics, mocks, and design recommendations for new campaigns and updated campaigns. Lead testing of prototypes and new products and provided results and recommendations for next steps. Provided graphical updates to the Netshelter.com web site.

Developed and designed CNN mobile applications for the Apple iOS, Symbian, and Android platforms. Created original graphics, illustrations, and interactive content for CNN publishing, marketing, and advertising. Implemented the new stylistic guidelines for original, illustrated content that appears on CNN.com. Created interface and user icons, badges, and avatars used in social media initiatives for both CNN and partners such as facebook and foursquare. Designed original homepages and internal pages for CNN sites such as Heroes 2011, Global Public Square with Fareed Zakaria, The Rick Sanchez Blog, and CNN Mobile landing pages.

Created original graphics, illustrations, animations (Flash and video), and photos for HowStuffWorks articles, video, marketing, and advertising. Art directed junior designers, hired and trained graphic design interns, and acted as the liaison between design and external departments. Storyboarded and then created video titles, bumpers, and animations for HSW video featured in Regal theaters and on broadcast television. Authored numerous published articles featured on HowStuffWorks and wrote copy for online advertising campaigns. Launched and created original content for Stuffo (an early entertainment division of HowStuffWorks).

Created graphics for print, web, advertising, and identity for Green Olive
Clients. Authored and developed original proposals used to gain new design contracts.

Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art (May 2002)