CONTACT

EXPERIENCE

UNC SCHOOL OF DATA SCIENCE AND SOCIETY - Design and Brand Manager

December 2024 – Present, Chapel Hill, NC

Designer and Brand Manager for the School of Data Science and Society at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

MIEL CREATIVE STUDIO - Senior Graphic Designer

January 2023 – March 2024, Durham, NC

Senior Graphic Designer at Miel Creative Studio, marketing and design for B Corps, nonprofits, and other purpose-driven organizations. Diverse client industries include climate technology, higher education, regenerative agriculture and community organizations.

IBM - Visual Designer

May 2021 – December 2022, Research Triangle Park, NC

Working on a web production Agile team for IBM.com. Handling all visual design requests, page migrations and quality assurance review. Collaborating with product owners, writers, UX designers and web developers to complete projects. Also working on various marketing projects like interactive eBooks and presentations.

CAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM - Graphic Designer

January 2011 – December 2020, Durham, NC

Art Direction & Design (print and web) for the Carolina Theatre of Durham, a historic non-profit theatre hosting concerts, comedy, lectures, independent film and film festivals. Lead designer doing all art direction, design, production and managing freelance designers.

PERFORMANCE BICYCLE - Graphic Designer

September 2008 – December 2010, Chapel Hill, NC

Graphic design for the largest cycling retailer in North America. Booklets, catalog, logo & brand development, illustration, packaging, retail signage, emails and graphics for apparel and bicycles.

EDGE ADVERTISING - Junior Designer

January 2007 – September 2008, Washington DC

Worked as an intern and then junior designer on various branding & design projects for small business, educational institutions, political organizations and cultural arts non-profits.

VIDANT HEALTH - Contract Designer

September 2005 – December 2006, Greenville, NC

Contract graphic designer for a large, multi-hospital healthcare organization. Large variety of mostly print work including brand development, advertising, and corporate communication.

EDUCATION

EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY - School of Art & Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Graphic Design

2003 – 2006

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

1998 – 2002

CERTIFICATIONS

Google UX Design Professional Certificate

Currently Enrolled

IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner

July 2021

IBM Agile Explorer

July 2021

TECH SKILLS

EXPERT

InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
UX/UI: Sketch/Adobe XD/Figma
Canva
Acrobat Pro
Microsoft Office
Google Docs
Project Management: Jira/Trello/Ayoa/Basecamp/Asana/Monday

INTERMEDIATE

Presentation: Keynote/Powerpoint/Google Slides
CMS: WordPress/Drupal/AEM
Email Marketing: Constant Contact/Mailchimp
AI: Midjourney, DALL-E, Chat GPT
Digital Illustration
Agile/Scrum
Dreamweaver

SOME EXPERIENCE

Premiere Pro/Rush
Adobe Animate
After Effects
Photography
HTML/CSS

SOCIAL MEDIA

Fluent in all major forms of social media

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
TikTok
Snapchat
Instagram
YouTube
Pinterest