Experience
Detail-obsessed and curious Creative leader with branding and advertising experience. Passionate about brand stories. Fluent in B2B, B2C, strategy development, print, digital, packaging, experiential, and e-commerce design.
CREATIVE LEAD (ART & DESIGN) - Freelance
Austin, TX | Present
CREATIVE DIRECTOR - Invicti Security
Austin, TX | January 2021 - February 2023
Global lead of full-time and contract creatives across disciplines including brand / digital design, art direction, copywriting, and web design & development
ART DIRECTOR & DESIGNER - Freelance
Austin, TX | 2020
Agency work for: Indeed, Microsoft, Amazon, Avanir, HUD, and Engineer for the Week
SENIOR DESIGNER - C3 Presents
Austin, TX | May - November 2019 | Contract
Lead designer for Lollapalooza, Voodoo Music & Arts Experience, Music City Food & Wine Festival, Exit 111 Festival, Innings Festival
SENIOR DESIGNER - Drumroll
Austin, TX | June 2016 - April 2019
Clients: Capital One, Amazon Flex, Fannie Mae, Bing, Microsoft, Macerich
LEAD DESIGNER - Kasasa
Austin, TX | February - June 2016
WEB DESIGNER - Ralph Lauren
New York, NY | June 2014 - July 2015 | Contract
GRAPHIC DESIGNER - Warby Parker
New York, NY | July 2013 - April 2014
DESIGN INTERN - EVB
San Francisco, CA | January 2013 - May 2013
Chivas Regal, Silk Soymilk, International Delight, Facebook Studio, Anolon, Kohl’s
Education
Creative Circus (2010 - 2012)
Atlanta, GA | Graphic Design
The University of Virginia (2004 - 2008)
Charlottesville, VA | B.A. Spanish, Foreign Affairs
The University of Virginia Hispanic Studies
(2006-2007)
Valencia, Spain
Skills
On the computer
Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro), Microsoft Office, Google Suite, the Internet, familiar with basic HTML & CSS, Figma, Project management tools (Asana, Monday.com, Basecamp, Jira)
Off the computer
Strategy, mentorship, Spanish, French, Vietnamese (mostly food related), handcrafting, map reading, and general alleyway wandering
Other jobs that taught me about the world
Web consultant at NASDAQ OMX, English teacher in Toulon (France), translation intern for education research magazine in Valencia (Spain), tennis instructor, piano teacher, aunt, Farmwell Station MS G&T pencil company president | 1986 - Present