Résumé

Where I've been

PitchBook – Associate Director, Design

August 2013 — Present

Growing from the first graphic designer and founding member of the marketing team, I play a lead role managing and mentoring designers across multiple departments, establishing visual brand guidelines, and evolving the creative process and strategy of an internal creative team. I collaborate frequently with other creatives and departments from demand generation to editorial, as well as C-suite executives to design work ranging from website pages and emails to infographics and reports.

Seattle Met Magazine – Art Intern

February—June 2013

Following my love for publication design and typography, I worked with art and design directors to create a monthly publication. Duties varied from designing entire department pages to photo research and spot art.

Mariner High School – Assistant Adviser

2010 – 2012

Organized, lead, and educated high school students to publish an annual book. Taught design concepts, created and distributed templates, edited pages, and prepared pre-press production standards to meet monthly deadlines.

Lewis and Clark Bank – Marketing Intern

2008

Designed and recreated marketing materials such as flyers and brochures for print production. While the role was primarily a production role, I was able to pitch select project ideas.

What I'm known for

Software and technical skill

I hacked my way through creative software at age 12, when I knew I wanted to be a designer. Since then, I've mastered stylesheets in Adobe Creative Suite, created .gifs, and worked with Sketch, Zeplin, and Invision to communicate with web development teams. I code a mean responsive HTML email, and can develop basic websites from scratch using HTML and CSS.

Craft-based background

My design foundation was based on traditional drawing and hand-crafting skills. This allows me to concept efficiently with pen and paper, create refined hand-lettering, and illustrate with both digital and traditional mediums such as graphite, charcoal, watercolor and gouache.

Digital and marketing experience

While rooted in rich art and design history, my idea of graphic design goes beyond the traditional often-times seen as stagnant ways. I believe in crafting customer journies, systems and problem solving, and the fine art of testing and feedback loops.

Typography

Strong understanding of optical adjustments, rags, and typeface selection.

A cool cucumber

Positive and calm in the midst of change, turnover, and unexpected projects. Uncannily organized and perceptive. Dependable and able to deliver: they call me "The Wizard."

Where I've learned

Cornish College of the Arts

2010–2013

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Visual Communications 

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Edmonds Community College

2008–2010

Associate of Arts

Certificate: Foundations in Design Thinking

IDEO U - March 2021

Certificate: HTML & CSS for Email

Litmus Academy

Leadership and volunteer

Mentor

ADPlist.org - March 2023–Present
Top 1% mentor for several months

Global chair

PitchBook Women’s Employee Resource Group - 2021–present

Cultural Training Workshop Facilitator

asianamericandream.org - 2023
Workshops include: Foundations of Inclusion, Thriving with Inclusion and Cultural Competency, Crafting your Leadership Story