2004-2007
Firebelly Design
senior designer

Responsibilities: Worked closely with clients, managed multiple projects simultaneously, negotiated with vendors, directed a design team, delivered presentations and public speaking, co-wrote marketing briefs and proposals, evaluated and advised design research methods, conducted brainstorming sessions, promoted design collaboration and improved communication

Work: Branding, corporate identity, website design and development, communications strategy, annual reports, advertising and campaigns, collateral materials, information design, book design, environmental graphics, photography, illustration, copy writing, brand standards manuals

Clients: LaSalle Bank, Chicago Foundation for Women, Anheuser-Busch, J. Walter Thompson, Leo Burnett, A:M Energized Vodka, Jupiter Aluminum/Oxygen Corp., JDL Development Corp., The University of Chicago Law School, Specialty Blades Inc., Awakening Organics, Howard Brown Health Center, Tony Fitzpatrick, Verde Design Studio

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2003-present
Another Chicago Magazine (ACM)
co-art director

Responsibilities: Partnering with the managing editor to design a biannual 200 page publication, managing printers and vendors

Work: Redesigned identity and publication, created advertising, developed promotional materials and produced illustration

Synopsis: Asked to redesign the 20+ year-old independent creative writing and poetry magazine in the hopes of improving falling subscriptions and weakening interest from the writing community. The first redesigned issue sold-out, while subscriptions and buzz are increasing with each new issue.

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1999-2004
The Newberry Library
art director

Responsibilities: Closely collaborated with the Marketing Director, Vice President of Development, Library President and department heads to create and implement institution-wide branding and strategic planning, managed projects, negotiated with vendors, collaborated with exhibit designers, worked with board members, delivered presentations and public speaking, volunteer work and event organizing, worked with historical artifacts

Work: Brand implementation, corporate identity, logo design, annual reports, advertising, collateral materials, publication design, information design, book design, environmental and exhibit graphics, interactive design, typographic revival, photography and illustration

Synopsis: The Newberry is a world-class research library and cultural institution that has been open to the public since 1887, so it was surprising to learn that branding was a new concept for them. With very limited resources, I set out with the Marketing Director, determined to (re)shape the Newberry's image and expose the institution for the wondrous, inspiring and invaluable humanities resource that it could be for the public at large.

1999-2004
Freelance Design

Work: Corporate identity, web design, collateral materials

Clients: Flow Pilates & Yoga, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago Printers' Ball, Top Notch Builders, Jackie of All Trades, Lakeshore Brass, Lisa Foote Photography

1999
Illinois Institute of Art
teacher

Responsibilities: Create a course schedule and curriculum, demonstrate and teach a class of students the basics of rendering with markers

Synopsis: Upon graduation I taught a weekly marker rendering workshop for undergraduate students of different majors.

1998
CAPPS Digital Studio
production intern

Responsibilities: Serviced Leo Burnett by working with Production Designers, Art Directors and a team of Production Assistants to create presentations, comps, print-ready artwork and just about anything else imaginable with an Xacto knife and some spray mount, all while tracking labor and materials in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment

Clients: Kellogg's, Walt Disney, Marlboro, Heinz, Fila, Hallmark and The New York Stock Exchange