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Resume

Work Experience

02.2023 - 02.2024

Hirsch Bedner Associates [HBA]
Graphic Designer

  • Produced and refreshed brand materials for client presentations. Worked with high value clients - Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, JW Marriott, Four Seasons, St Regis, Ritz Carlton.

  • Created a clean and cohesive set of templates for easy reuse.

  • Created modern portfolios and marketing materials.

  • Collaborated with domestic and international clients, working through their feedback to align to their unique needs. Worked within tight and evolving deadlines to support presentations.

  • Streamlined the production process through reusable widely applicable brand materials.

10.2019 - 06.2022

Accept.inc [formerly BoardRE]
Design Lead

  • Established content standards and maintained consistency for all branded materials, internal and external.

  • Supported requirements of incoming requests from the team   including : business templates, press kits, cobranding with new and existing partnerships, advertisements, email campaigns, social media content and photography.

  • Partnered with founders on business growth through fundraising and investor updates via pitch decks and board meeting presentations. Leveraged data from the analytics team for visualizations.

  • Collaborated with customers, partners, lending team, and founders to create a brand messaging toolkit.

  • Established communication guidelines for each party. Used the toolkit for creating marketing, web, and physical touch points for the brand.

  • Coordinated events, including designing materials, staging the venue, communicating with vendors, and establishing event messaging.

  • Active in hiring and management of Design and Marketing team members. Interviewed candidates, onboarded new employees, and established team workflow.

  • Worked with the team to iterate on workflow based on team member feedback. Designed ticket system using Airtable for design requests. Utilized kanban board in Asana for cross-team collaboration on projects.

Graphic Designer

  • Using BoardRE s existing brand assets and guidelines, created collateral such as letterheads, business cards, and promotional materials for buyers and agents.

  • Lead designer on the rebrand from BoardRE to Accept.inc. Collaborated with the founders, marketing team, and web developers to develop and launch the company rebrand. Leveraged the feedback from the team to translate into a rebrand design proposal. As part of the proposal, I created the Accept.inc logo, selected a color scheme, and created initial illustrations and website mockups. Utilizing additional rounds of team feedback and iteration, established a cohesive package of reusable assets approved by stakeholders.

  • Created mockups and prototypes in Figma for Accept.inc s new website landing pages. Collaborated with web developers to refine and evolve. Provided custom illustration package created in Adobe Illustrator. This included hero images for each landing page, as well as supplementary illustrations describing the cash offer process.

  • Gathered approvals from stakeholders using prototypes and delivered assets to the dev team. Gave feedback and design approval to dev team throughout site development.

  • Lead designer on pitch deck presentations for a funding round of $90 million in debt and equity. Created all collateral for investors. Leveraged feedback from investors and founders for continual improvement of the presentations and visualizations.

01.2018 - 09.2018

Murphy Law Firm
Graphic Designer & Marketing Assisstant

  • As part of the first in-house design team, I worked under a creative director to produce new advertising campaigns based on the specifications and marketing needs of the firm.

  • I developed projects from conception to execution. I made sure they were completed, approved, and submitted to vendors by their appropriate deadlines.

  • Design work included billboards, mailers, info-graphics, vehicle wraps, client materials, website mockups, graphics, and copy.

  • Developed and iterated on project requirements and concepts.

  • Utilized photography, stock images, fonts, and layouts to develop advertising campaigns using the Adobe Suite.

  • Collaborated with business associates and company clients to ensure satisfaction with managers, vendors, and partners.

01.2015 - 12.2015

Louisiana State University, Graphic Design Student Office
Graphic Design Intern

  • Created designs, concepts, and sample layouts for on and off-campus clients.

  • Iterated on design materials based on client input.

  • Determined size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy.

  • Received edits from manager, implemented corrections, and prepared final layouts for printer.

  • Maintained archives of images, photos, and previous work products.

Education

2012 - 2018

Louisiana State University | Bachelor's Degree

BFA, Graphic Design

Skills

Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Advertising, Agile Development, Art Direction, Asset Creation, Branding, Brand Development, Content Planning, CSS, Customer Service, Data Visualization, Digital Illustration, Figma, Graphic Design, Google Slides, HTML, Illustration, Keynote, Merchandising, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Word, Miro Collaboration Platform, Notion Productivity Software, Pitch Development, Presentations, Print Design, Project Management, Slide Decks, Social Media, Vector Illustration, Web Design, Wireframing

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