Jan 2021 – Nov 2024 / Remote (Full-time)

• Created and maintained Polymer, an internal design system with over 600 unique components to efficiently maintain complex surfaces, responsive layouts, and templates for parity between design and engineering.

• Prepared and maintained hundreds of surfaces for engineering and product teams in real-time by leveraging advanced Figma libraries, branching, prototyping, presentation, and development modes.

• Collaborated with product and engineering teams to translate rough ideas into well-thought concepts. Led sessions to wireframe, prototype, and finalize high-fidelity designs for production work.

• Designed directories/profiles in use by over 150 customers internationally—including from freelancers, agencies, SMB, and enterprise customers such Stripe, Atlassian, MailChimp, Zapier, Klaviyo, and Notion.

• Worked with product teams to plan and iterate on new versions of key products, including self-service flows for new customers, vendor/agency directories, and private label marketplace products for enterprise customers.

June 2017 – Dec 2020 / Missoula, Montana

• Streamlined workflows between design and development teams to rapidly produce high-quality user experience designs and interfaces for over 50+ custom client websites for customers including local businesses, national companies, and international organizations.

• Managed design and creative direction for multiple ongoing projects while working with project management, development, and sales teams to meet demanding deadlines and deliver quick turnaround.

• Developed an extensible child theme for use on WordPress sites featuring the Gutenberg block editor with compatibility for plugins including: WooCommerce, Gravity Forms, and WP Forms. Themes were managed in a Bitbucket repository for easy internal access by development team members.

Oct 2015 – June 2017 / Missoula, Montana

• Created digital and print designs for client projects such as the Missoula Winter Brewfest, Philipsburg Brewing, Green Hanger, River City Roots Festival, and the Missoula Downtown Partnership.

• Managed large WordPress websites for clients ranging in size from SMB to international corporations using tools like Local, Bitbucket, and SourceTree/Git to manage production, staging, and local development environments.

• Introduced logo and branding process to improve reduce project timelines and increase the value of deliverables, resulting in fewer rounds of revisions and more predictable outcomes.

Sep 2015 – Dec 2023 (Part-time) / Missoula, Montana

• Produce artwork annually for the International Mass Timber Conference, including yearly reports, marketing materials, web assets, banners, signage, and promotional items at the event.

• Created artwork for Missoula Marathon and annual events for Run Wild Missoula between, including promotional materials, race apparel, medals and ribbons, signage, and social media assets.

• Performed regular WordPress theme development, site management, maintenance, and troubleshooting for client websites hosted on Bluehost, WP Engine, GoDaddy, and Namecheap.

Jan 2015 – Dec 2023 / Remote

• Partner with clients to develop compelling and functional branding materials including fully custom logos, business cards, letterhead, labels, signage, packaging, social media assets, and web designs.

• Consult with small businesses and startups to differentiate/position themselves by clearly communicating their values, products, and services to drive growth.

• Created brand, packaging and label designs for Ferndale Farmstead Creamery, a small family-owned business that can be now found in regional retailers and Costco in the pacific northwest.