Work Experience

Creative Director → Culture, Denver, 2020–current
Providing design-build services, including artist management, with select in-house build capabilities, for wayfinding and experiental graphic design for the goal of connecting individuals to the places they live, work, and play. Clients include Twitter, Pursuit, Cascade Public Media, Snobahn, RES Americas, Gusto, SSR Mining, and Capella and Schnitzer West, Trailbreak Partners.
Design Consultant → 2013–current
Providing design services, specializing in signage, wayfinding, environmental graphics, with a focus on empathetic and sustainable design strategy. Clients include PROJEX, Gusto, Gensler, Thrive LLC, CNN, Inc. (on-air graphics), the Oak Tavern & Millions Cafe (Cincinnati), Seraphim Ranch.
Designer → Gensler, Associate, San Francisco, 2013–2019
Wayfinding, signage, strategy, and brand design on multi-disciplinary teams focused on workplace, aviation, and community project work, as well as internal process strategy. Clients include AMD, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), T-Mobile, FivePoint LLC/Lennar, Related Companies, Alaska Airlines and Tishman Speyer. Research projects include Gender Neutral Restroom Signage (with SFO) and Socio-Economic/Ecological Performance Index (SEPI), a mutli-year internal research project and measurement tool. Internal role as Design Performance Leader, focused on project delivery, sustainability, and well-being.
Designer → Clearstory SF (formerly KKA), San Francisco, 2011–2013
Wayfinding and signage design for complex civic, transportation, and healthcare systems. Responsible for all design phases, from schematics through construction administration. Experience programming multi-level and secure facilities and creating detailed construction drawings. Projects also included anaylsis and strategy planning documents, including a comprehensive existing signage analysis of the San Francisco Airport and Phase 1 The Better Market Street Analysis and Recommendations. Experience with copy editing. Clients include The Port of San Francisco, City of Sacramento, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Kaiser, County of Marin, the Presidio Trust, and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
Contract Designer → WD Partners, 2015-2018
Retail and environmental graphic design, specializing in grocery stores and restaurants on an international, multi-unit scale.
Graphic Designer → University of Cincinnati Campus Services
Owner, Southside Floral → Wedding Florals, 2015-2018
Internships → Hunt Design, Infinite Scale Design Group, American Greetings

Organizations + Involvement

Lincoln Elementary PTSA, Communications Chair → 2021-current
QMS Memorial Fund → Partnership with DPR + Denver Parks Trust, 2021-2023
SEGD SF Chapter Chair → 2015-2018
SEGD Member → 2011-2019
AIGA Member → 2006-2011
University of Cincinnati Honors Scholar → 2004-2009

Events

7x7 Pecha Kutcha Style Panels (organizer) → 2016, 2018
Diversity Without the Lip Service, (City Within a City & Student Workshop, organizer) → 2018
What+How, industry education evening (organizer) → 2018
North Bay Volunteer Day (organizer) → 2018
SF Design Week, Multiple Events (organizer) → 2015-2018
SF Market Street Prototyping Festival (participant, team) → 2016
Behind the Scenes, SFMoMA (organizer) → 2016

Awards + Media

Socio-economic Ecological Performance Index (SEPI), Gensler → 2018