An experienced visual and UX designer in digital, print, and installation-based interactive experiences. I have primarily focused on mission-driven organizations, educational organizations in particular as well as major entertainment and software companies. I have worked for national and international companies, large and small, including Discovery Communications, Pearson Educational Publishing, WestEd, TBS, TNT, Bravo, OmniPage, the Smithsonian, among others.

The nitty gritty

Skills: user experience, visual & interface design, information architecture, interaction, infographics, illustration, data visualization, accessibility, branding/identity

Products: web-based applications, informational websites, presentations, museum exhibitions, textbooks, digital education, software, online promotions, ads, tradeshow displays, live performance, interactive installations, animations, data dashboards

Primary Tools: Figma, Sketch, Invision, UXPin, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote

How I think

I am a synthetic thinker, weaving all the different angles of the problem together into a cohesive experience designed for maximum impact for your audience, whether it’s a product, a service, a process, transaction, or interaction. I can help you design a process to engage the stakeholders and build community.

For me, everything relies on connection — communication, teaching, advertising, interaction, economics, business — all require mutual understanding and an agreement about the values and purpose of whatever is going on. In a genuine connection, all parties involved bring valuable experience and success requires learning from each other to form a relationship that meets the needs on all sides.

This is inclusive design, user-centered design, user-experience (UX) design. It helps address equity and engagement and impact. Whatever you name it, it means that every aspect is considered with inclusion at the heart.

I can create or help you create interfaces, information architecture, product design, accessible design, user journeys and use cases, personas, websites, apps, presentations, live experiences — all emerging from a comprehensive understanding and resulting in a cohesive identity and experience.

Give me all the information. I will find the patterns and the context. 

We can identify solutions, define priorities, and design the features.

Describe the audience, and I'll craft a conversation, take them on a journey, answer their questions, raise new ones in turn. 

Let me weave together a tapestry of information through text and image, action and interaction. I create experiences that connect intellectually, emotionally, and viscerally. I get people to where they need to go and set them up for success to engage when they get there.

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prior statements :: the evolution of a career

Backstory

Originally from the Washington, DC area, and with a double-major in art and philosophy, one of the first jobs I sought out was with the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. That project resulted in my developing an exhibit for the University of Michigan on the history of the ENIAC computer. Consistently, I have sought out information-rich, multidisciplinary projects in education and media. The advent of the interwebs provided a playground of tools and possibilities that just continues to exponentially expand. Since then, I have worked with large and small companies, helping them to clarify their users' experience through the design of their interfaces, information, graphics, exhibits, textbooks, and images. I have worked with branding and content from many of the largest companies in the US, major cable TV networks, software companies, as well as non-profits, start-ups, artistic organizations and more. I have crafted imaginative immersive environments that can be navigated in "real" space and time. I have produced digital and live events, built environmental installations, recorded sound installations, written content, and created original imagery. Give me a thorny problem with rich content in all media, and I just get happier.

Select Clients and Collaborators: WestEd, Collaborative Classroom, Pivot Learning/UnboundEd, Discovery Communications (the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, etc), Pearson and Prentice Hall Educational Publishers, WestEd, The Smithsonian Institution, Bill Kurtis Productions (The New Explorers), Freerange Graphics, Ligature Textbook Development House, OmniPage OCR Software, Northwestern Intelligent Information Laboratory, Local Infinities Visual Theater, CODAME Art+Technology