EDUCATION

College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth:Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Illustration, Class of 2018

SKILLSETS & INTERESTS

Illustrator
InDesign
Photoshop
Elementor
Sketch
Procreate
Shopify
After Effects
Mailchimp
Klaviyo
Invision
Basic understanding of HTML + CSS

Concept & Design
Brand Development
Packaging Design
Digital & Print Graphic DesignIllustration
Responsive Web Design
User Experience Design
Art Direction
Motion Graphics
Social Media & Email Campaigns
Story Boarding

ACHIEVEMENTS

Dean’s List
Chancellors List
Together Junior Design Exhibition 2016
Manchester Artist Association Scholarship Recipient 2013

Professional experience

side • sea | Portland, ME
Graphic Designer | 04/2022 – Current

Side • sea specializes in providing responsive web design and branding to local and national nonprofit organizations. We create custom website designs and branding, along with the occasional email marketing campaign for select clients. I’ve had the opportunity to work on sites small to large: landing pages to sites with dashboard functionality to comprehensive resource hubs.

DARCI Creative | Portsmouth, NH
Junior Art Director | 07/2018 – 07/2021
Art Director | 07/2021 – Current

At DARCI Creative I develop my own art direction in various mediums ranging from branding, website design, print materials, building websites using Elementor & Wordpress, designing email marketing campaigns, creating simple motion graphics, social media campaigns, digital display ads, storyboarding for video team, and more.

The Torch | North Dartmouth, MA
Head Design Editor | 09/2014 – 05/2018

The Torch is the newspaper for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth that I worked at for a majority of the time I was in college. I was responsible for overseeing the three other designers,designing the layout for the News column, and leading the rebranding and redesign of the whole paper.

CarGurus | Boston, MA
Graphic Designer | 12/2017 – 07/2018

For CarGurus I did production work such as taking translations and placing them into the design files, ensuring to maintain the integrity of the original design.

Craft Studios Boston | Framingham, MA
UX Design Intern | 06/2017 – 09/ 2017

Craft Studios is a production agency that focuses on digital marketing for their main client, Staples. The design projects completed at Craft Studios consisted of several landing pages for Staples printing products using Sketch. The landing pages were also designed in mobile view as well. I also did plenty of photo research and icon exploration that abide by Staples’ brand guidelines.

Tomy International | Canton, MA
Package Design Intern 05/2016 – 09/2016

At Tomy International I helped the design team evelop concepts for several logos and package design for a new line of baby teether-toys. I also created mock-ups of existing packaging that were presented to the marketing team.