The brass tacks 📌

Consistent work history filled with a wide variety of projects.

Ranging from museums, children’s hospitals, stadium fan activations, corporate customer experience centers, and more.

Dimensional Innovations

Associate Creative Director

2022 - Present

Leading projects with an emphasis on technology, exhibit design, and children’s hospitals. I provide guidance and ideas to designers actively working on the project, leading client-facing presentations and communication, and collaborating with project leadership and implementation teams. While doing this I also enjoy a hands-on approach and frequently dive into UI/UX details myself.

Senior User Experience Designer

2019 - 2022 (2 years, 8 months)

Vertical-focused senior designer for healthcare and museum experiences. Typically providing technology design guidance and ideas to Creative Directors that specialize in architecture and industrial design on larger projects. Leading and mentoring design teams to take projects to completion, while also frequently diving into UI/UX details needed for development.

Lead User Experience Designer

2017 - 2019 (2 years, 8 months)

Expanding my previous role on the growing technology team, I've moved into leading more projects, having more of a client-facing presence, and art directing project development. I still frequently engaged in concepting sessions, thinking through user flows, wireframing, and designing custom user interfaces.

Interactive Designer

2015 - 2017 (2 years, 7 months)

One of three designers that pioneered the technology team at the time, with a primary focus on custom touch screen design and immersive experiences. Other tasks include experience-based spatial design for colleges, museums, sports stadiums, corporate offices, and miscellaneous clients.

Interactive Design Intern

2014 – 2015 (8 months)

Part-time support for digital projects. Often designing touch screen interfaces and supporting content assets.

VMLY&R

Graphic Design Intern

2014 (4 months)

Art director intern for the summer internship program at VMLY&R headquarters in Kansas City. Worked on two teams, 4 weeks of mobile website design, 4 weeks on social posts for Gatorade. Ended by pitching a team intern project to CEO and executive staff.

Kansas city art institute

Communications Department Graphic Design Intern

2014-2015 (10 months)

Designed various print campaigns used around campus. Most notably the 2015 graduation invitations, a campaign for student interviews, and posters/programs for Art Sounds, a collaboration between KCAI & UMKC.

Foot Traffic

Graphic Designer

2013 – 2014 (12 months)

Sole designer on staff, regularly designed website and email graphics, catalog design, photographed and edited product shots, and managed social media.

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Graphic Design Intern

2013 (5 months)

Distinguished Durwood Intern, worked on a variety of print projects ranging from branding, invitations, signage, and more.