“I specialize in digital experiences relating to fashion and ecommerce. My 14+ years at small design studios to a Fortune 100 company, has given me the skillset to be adaptable, collaborative and strategic. I have a proven ability to lead a team, offering clear creative direction. I enjoy creating process’ and efficiencies and thrive in a fast-paced environment.”
Le Tote - Fashion Company | 2017 - Current
ART DIRECTOR
• Concept and Art Direct editorial photo shoots. Own and evolve the Le Tote identity through brand imagery, photography and customer communications (email and print)
• Partnered with VP of Marketing to establish a creative process. This included building brief templates, organizing a dashboard for prioritizing design projects and developing a streamlined way to give constructive feedback on creative assets
• Create all facebook ads; top performing ads consistently support over $500k of spend, drive 50M impressions and consistently lower CPAs by 30%
• Design all outbound communications with members and nonmembers. Including various drip series, promotional campaigns to drive new members and editorial emails to increase engagement
Walmart eCommerce | 2014 - 2017
ART DIRECTOR
• Oversee creative design; seasonal campaigns, style guides and tool kits that are
leveraged by the entire creative team. Partnered with Art Directors to set design standards, and approve vendor created assets while maintaining brand integrity
• Build and manage a team of 5 designers, ranging from Production Artist to Senior Designer
• Led major brand initiatives and site experiences that combine commerce and content
Including the holiday campaign; which produced $688 million in revenue (up 6%), 5.9 million orders (up16%), 160 million in visits (up 12%) with a conversion of 3.68% (up 3%)
• Art Directed and concepted photo shoots for the apparel category
• Collaborated with internal site and marketing teams to drive best business results through
strategy, site flow and design
Walmart eCommerce | 2012 - 2014
SENIOR DESIGNER
• Lead designer for global campaigns and exclusive product launches to Walmart, such as Pioneer Women, which merges product, video and content. The sales were projected at $250k in the first week, exceeded plan with $310k in the first day this went live
• Created workflow efficiencies, developed site standards, processes and templates to
improve consistency throughout design department
• Worked with site partners, copywriters, marketing and merchants to develop ideas
and stories for clothing, baby, toys and home categories across Walmart.com
Walmart eCommerce | 2011 - 2012
DESIGNER
• Top performing designer on my team, creating site assets while adapting design from style guides and marketing briefs
• Teamed with cross-functional partners to redesign the site experience for multiple categories, specifically the toys department page
Design Works Gaming | 2009 -2011
DESIGNER
• Developed brand style guide, identity, all marketing materials for print and digital for Design Works Gaming and it’s subsidiary Faro Entertainment. Created game user interfaces and animated characters
• Design marketing pieces which are distributed to prospective clients internationally, and play a part in generating new business
Blufish Design Studio | 2006 -2009
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
• Developed branding packages, marketing materials, websites, multimedia promotions,
micro-sites and other media for clients ranging from homebuilders to emerging brands
• Update and manage corporate collateral (local and national builders)
• Performed pre-press production for all printed pieces and prepared files for interactive department
Skills
ADOBE CS
SKETCH
DIGITAL + PRINT DESIGN
PHOTO SHOOT ART DIRECTION
CREATIVE STRATEGY
BUILD + MANAGE TEAMS
BRANDING DEVELOPMENT
MS OFFICE