I'm a senior designer with a passion for clever marketing and customer experience. I'm good at both big picture and little details - design, production, project management, client presentations, packaging and working with vendors are all in my wheelhouse. I'm best with variety and a fast pace, and work very well in a remote or hybrid environment.

Creative professional with experience in design, publishing, marketing, writing, editing, administration, leadership, project management and presentation.

Work History

Crate and Barrel
Northbrook, Illinois  |  04/16 - present
Print and digital design including catalogs, mailers, signs, packaging, digital banners and social media. Lead designer and project manager on seasonal furniture signs, media look books, new movers marketing, and design of 260+ furniture resource guide.

McDonald’s Corporation
Oak Brook, Illinois  |  11/12 - 04/16
Full-time freelance designer for McDonald’s corporate and restaurant internal communications, and project manager for annual conventions, including client presentations, art direction and production of large-scale graphics and on-site exhibit management.

Crate and Barrel, Aspen Marketing, Tukaiz Marketing, Compass Media
Chicago Area  |  07/12 - present
Highly-regarded and requested freelancer through Creative Circle and Onward Search creative staffing agencies.

The Wisdom Link
Oak Park, Illinois  |  11/11 - 07/12
Senior Graphic Designer and strategist for intellectual capital development company and its entrepreneurial clients.

Old St. Patrick’s Church
Chicago, Illinois  |  03/10 - 11/11
Graphic Designer of all informational and marketing collateral, including weekly 16+ page newsletter and annual “World’s Largest Block Party” promotional materials.

Starbucks
Skokie, Illinois  |  07/09 - 11/11
Shift Supervisor, responsible for managing barista staff, assigning duties, daily money and deposits, monitoring stock and deliveries and ensuring quality, speed and customer satisfaction. 

The Condo Pros
Scottsdale, Arizona  |  10/07 - 02/09
Associate Creative Director and sole print designer for real estate marketing agency. 
Logo design, brochures, advertising, signs, copy writing, sales center displays, print media placement and correspondence with property developers and financiers.

Real World Marketing
Scottsdale, Arizona  |  08/04 - 06/06
Graphic Designer for small agency focused on automotive, medical and financial clientele. Lead designer on all promotions and advertising for Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Company and annual auctions, with a great deal of direct client communication.

New Times Media (now Village Voice Media)  |  04/97 - 01/04
Marketing Associate Art Director  |  Phoenix, Arizona 04/02 - 01/04  
Graphic Designer  |  San Francisco, California 06/00 - 04/02
Advertising Art Designer  |  Phoenix, Arizona 04/97 - 05/00
Promotional marketing and advertising design for eleven alternative newsweeklies. Project management and close collaboration with clients, marketing and sales staff, publishers, printers and vendors. Sole designer for event collateral and lead designer for weekly production team. Improved and streamlined corporate branding and promotions.

Albertson’s
Tolleson, Arizona  |  01/97-04/97
Graphic Design of all advertising for southwest region of national grocer and weekly ad planning with grocery department directors.

Tucson Newspapers, Inc.
Tucson, Arizona  |  07/96-11/96
Freelance Artist for Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen dailies on a full-time basis out of their office.

Star Publications
Chicago Heights, Illinois  |  07/95-05/96
Graphic Design for a 52-community market and collaborated with sales, marketing and production staff.

Southwest Suburban Publishing
Shakopee, Minnesota  |  08/93-06/95
Graphic Design for nine weekly newspapers. Individually responsible for weekly design of 4-page insert for local grocer.


My Programs 
Creative Suite - Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat; Quark Xpress, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

My Education 
B.A. in Art  |  North Park University  |  Chicago, Illinois  |  May 1992