I'm a multidisciplinary designer from Chicago with 16 years of experience. I've designed solutions to complex challenges for many industries including public sector, health insurance, and non-profits.
Created, documented, and maintained large-scale design systems for multiple BCBST products.
Employer: Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee
Role: UI Designer
Platform: Web, iOS, Android
In collaboration with product, brand, and UX team members, designed and iterated through improvements and additions for the BCBSTN app in alignment with business goals.
Employer: Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee
Role: UI Designer
Platform: iOS, Android
Redesign of the City of Chicago's dated 311 system. Award winning upgrade that reduced request scheduling time by 83% and case closure time by 12%.
Client: City of Chicago
Role: UI/UX Designer
Platform: Web, iOS, Android
Redesigned several student and faculty applications into a single app for Chicago Booth University. Increased faculty and student course management efficiency.
Client: Chicago Booth University
Role: UI/UX Designer
Platform: Web App
Designed a multi-purpose firearm background check system for the Washtington State Patrol. Improved response time and background check clearance rate.
Client: Washington State Patrol
Role: UI/UX Designer
Platform: Web App
Designed new information and service portal for Santa Clara Water District. Allowed residents to easily request and track water related services.
Client: Santa Clara Valley Water
Role: UI/UX, Web Designer
Platform: Web, iOS, Android
Led brand and marketing design for advertising agency Womensforum. Aligned with business team, creating high-impact graphic and video artifacts.
Employer: Womensforum
Role: Graphic Designer, Video Editor
Platform: Web, Video
Designed Hubspot based marketing website for mHUB. Increased visibility of site content as well as ease in content and marketing efforts.
Client: mHUB
Role: Web Designer & Developer
Platform: Web
2024 - Present
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee | Remote
Creating, maintaining, and documenting complex scalable design systems for multiple products via Figma and Supernova DSM. Collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams (product, UX, brand) to prototype solutions for iOS & Android app. Iterate designs based on user and stakeholder feedback and business requirements.
2018 - 2023
Catalyst Consulting Group | Chicago, IL & Remote
Providing end-to-end user-centered design leadership as part of cross-functional agile teams. Designing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes in Figma for mobile (iOS and Android) and responsive web applications. Translating user feedback and user research into innovative design solutions. Creating digital and print marketing materials including PDFs, Word and Powerpoint templates, and videos. Giving direction and feedback to junior designers and interns.
2017 - 2018
Womensforum | Chicago, IL
Fulfilled all visual design needs, including web interfaces, infographics, logos, various print materials, banner advertisements, and video and motion graphics. Also minor development and content work for the website and client facing projects as needed.
2015 - 2016
Straight North | Downers Grove, IL
Designed websites for in-house CMS, Wordpress, and Drupal implementation. Designed Google Adwords advertisements, internal and client collateral materials, and assisted with HTML & CSS web development.
2011 - 2015
Weblinx | Oswego, IL
Designed website GUIs, built sites using HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript/jQuery, and made templates for CMSs like Joomla, Drupal, and Wordpress. Also designed logos, business cards, and advertisements (both digital and print).
2010 - 2011
Advanced Media Network | Woodridge, IL
Tasked with daily editing and scheduling of videos for use on media screens, as well as designing new digital screen layouts, business communication pamphlets, and single page digital ads. Also installed and maintained on-site computers and screen displays.
2009 - 2011
Remote
As a freelance designer, I did a variety of projects for single persons and small business alike. Projects ranging from logo designs to full websites.
Bachelors
Digital Arts and Design
2007
(Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma)
(Analytics, Design Systems, Mockups, Prototyping, User Flows, Wireframing)
(Accessibility, Email, HTML/CSS, Wordpress)
(Asana, Jira)
(Logos, MS Office Templates, Style Guides)
(Editing, Motion Graphics)