EXPERIENCE
Brand Systems Design Lead
Block, Inc. (2021—Present)
︎︎︎ Leading the Brand Systems Design team on shaping and communicating the company’s brand system by creating content, workflows, and internal tools and resources.
Communication Designer
Square, Inc. (2018–2021)
Graphic Designer
Wells Fargo (2015–2018)
Data Vis Design Intern
Pitch Interactive (Summer 2015)
Graphic Designer
F Newsmagazine (2014–2015)
Graphics Intern
Chicago Tribune (2014–2015)
PUBLICATIONS & EXHIBITS
Kazoo magazine
Quarterly print publication (2022 – Present)
The Square Design Blog
Monthly digital publication (2020–2021)
Now Serving Coffee
Event for Square’s NYC Pop-up Shop (2018)
Big Talk
Exhibit at SF Design Week Hub (2017)
Entrainment
Exhibit with Voyeur Theatre Collective in Chicago (2015)
MFA Show 2015
Exhibit in The Sullivan Galleries in Chicago (2015)
The Design Show
Exhibit with The Chicago Art Dept. (2015)
EDUCATION
MFA, Visual Communication Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2015)
BJ, Journalism & Strategic Communication
University of Missouri (2012)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Adobe CC, Figma, Google Suite, Microsoft Suite, Keynote, HTML/CSS, WordPress, Contentful
AWARDS & HONORS
Nominated for Best Design and General Excellence - Special Interest for Kazoo magazine (Magic, Future, Brave issues)
ASME Awards (2022)
PIVOT Award
Wells Fargo (2016 & 2017)
Designer of the Year and First, Second, and Honorable Mention in Illustration
The Student Society for News Design (2015)
Design for Best Newspaper Opinion Spread
College Media Association (2015)