Senior Art Director in New Media & Strategic Marketing

I am a cross-disciplinary designer bringing innovative user interfaces to life for over 10 years. My passion is creating highly engaging interactive experiences that grab the user and make an impact. As an architect turned visual designer, I am able to synthesize complex problems and turn them into clear, meaningful results. My previous experience includes interaction, user experience, and visual design, photography and food styling. My design approach blends empathy with creativity.

EXPERIENCE

• UI/UX Grahic Designer, OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, March 2017-Present

• Senior Art Director, MOCEAN, Los Angeles, August 2012 - February 2014
  Art Director for the Addy award-winning LEGO Lord of the Rings Video Game digital campaign and the Lincoln Learning Hub website created for Disney’s release of the Lincoln movie. Collaborated closely with copywriters, producers, motion designers, and creative directors in Print and Consumer Brands to execute concepts for new business as well as ongoing projects. .

• Art Director, WILSHIRE MEDIA, Los Angeles, March 2012 - July 2012
  Freelance position working to create the branding and marketing materials for the LA Mayor’s Council on Innovation and Industry and portal apps for New Balance and Equinox. Worked extensively with developers and company owners to showcase pitches as live websites thereby enabling client interactivity. 

• Art Director, FOX STUDIOS, Los Angeles, August 2011 - December 2011
  Freelance Art Director for The Finder site, The X-Factor, promotional pages for Nissan and Audi, as well as other Fox online properties for the Fall Premiere line-up.

• Senior Interactive Designer, LEVEL STUDIOS, Los Angeles, August 2010 - July 2011Responsible for the cohesiveness of the look and feel of BlackBerry online. Lead designer for RIM’s Latin American properties, ensuring that the brand was maintained across hundreds of pages in various dialects and regional content.

• Art Director, New Media & Strategic Marketing, MOJO, Los Angeles, 03/10 - 06/10Art Director for Showtime’s Nurse Jackie Rx Games site, Friend-a-Gorilla and PlayStation Portable ID which were immersive experiences in gaming and cause marketing. Pitches included TNT, USA and the Discovery Channel. 

• Senior Art Director & Project Manager, TASTY DESIGN TREATS, Santa Monica, October 2008 - February 2010
  Responsible for Mutual of Omaha’s Aha Moment Campaign and all of its digital and print iterations while managing designers and vendors. Also worked on integrated pitches for Clearwire, Hilton Hotels and Showtime. 

• Senior Designer, TRAILER PARK, Hollywood, October 2007 - October 2008
  Art Director for Clear365 Portal site, ESPN New Year No Limits microsite and a social media- friendly microsite for the Saw movie franchise. Lead Designer for mulitple entertainment
  clients -- Disney, PBS, and Warner Brothers. Implemented cutting edge digital ideas for traditional media spaces.

• Art Director, TRIBAL DDB, Venice, November 2006 - August 2007
  Worked with copywriters, helped put together significant pitches, (specifically for Activision and the Flip Camera) and learned timeline animations in Flash while honing design skills. Projects ranged from rich media banner ads to microsites for Wells Fargo and Clearwire. 

EDUCATION

• Master of Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

• Bachelor of Design, University of Florida
  

KEY STRENGTHS & SKILLS
Relationship Management, Campaign & Content Development, Customer Engagement, Collaboration, Adobe Creative Suite, Web/Social Media Content & Design, Sketch, Invision, MS Office, Google Docs, Keynote & Powerpoint, User Experience, Interaction Design, Email Design, Social Media