Experience

Marks, an SGS company

Designer // July 2018–Present

  • Creates strategic packaging and branding solutions

  • Builds and articulates strong rationales for designs based on market research and audits, understands how to dissect and learn from brand architecture and communication strategies 

  • Generates highly evolved designs and takes ownership of projects to ensure completion in a timely manner and exceeds client’s expectations

  • Contributes ideas and lead strategic & conceptual brainstorming sessions as well as internal project work-in-progress meetings

  • Presents work to clients through creative storytelling, linking design to consumer insights, brand/strategy stories

  • Collaborates closely with a team of designers locally and provides assistance in other Marks’ offices globally

  • Assists team members in other departments: strategy, client services, engineering, and production

  • Keeps up with new software skills and industry events/trends

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Newell Brands

Graphic Designer // May 2017 – July 2018

  • Created strategic packaging and in-store displays for Contigo, Bubba, Rubbermaid, and Coleman

  • Led ideation/brainstorming sessions and projects from concept to completion per creative brief, hitting deadlines

  • Presented concepts to the Brand Team and Design Leadership

  • Art directed photoshoots and created pre-pros

  • Prepared final files for production

  • Developed patterns and conducted trend/market research for products

Jr. Graphic Designer // Sept 2015 – May 2017

  • Designed packaging for Contigo and Bubba

  • Worked on digital design for Contigo; email marketing, web design, banner ads, social media graphics and videos

  • Developed pattern and trend research for products

  • Created POP/POS display graphics

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Freelance [Independent]

Designer // Feb 2012 – Present

  • Skratch Labs (email design, photo retouching), Canstruction Chicago (email marketing , graphic design), Sharon Moy (logo design), Michael Mann Media & Marketing Agency (branding & web design), Biriyani Guys (logo design), Prosperity Cleaning (logo design), Allegheny Watershed Alliance (logo design), Imerman Angels (infographic), NAMI Connecticut (information design), Acupuncture & Wellness of Merion Village (branding & web design)

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SlapStik Entertainment LLC

Graphic Design Intern // Feb 2012 – May 2012

  • Created digital graphics for online magazine

 

EDUCATION

Columbia College Chicago // BFA Graphic Design, Dec 2014

SKILLS

Fast Ideation, Conceptual Thinking, Design Strategy, Leadership, Innovative Design, Creative Storytelling, Packaging Design, Brand Identity, Mentoring, Project Management, Sketching/Illustrating, Storyboarding, Digital Design

SOFTWARE

Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Dimension, After Effects, KeyShot, Keynote, Lightroom, Google Web Designer, Dreamweaver (HTML/CSS), SketchUp, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook

Clients

  • Ocean Spray

  • Kroger

  • Starbucks

  • CVS Health

  • Anheuser-Busch

  • Butterball

  • Constellations

  • Diageo

  • Treasury Wines

  • Hain

  • Best Buy

  • Miracle Gri

  • P&G

  • GSK

  • Save a Lot

  • Contigo

  • Coleman

  • Rubbermaid

  • Bubba