My body of work includes projects for The Vilcek Foundation, GE, The Ecuadorian President's Office, Samsung, and Kimberly Clark. I have had the pleasure of working for Pentagram, VSA Partners, Gravitytank, Designkitchen and Sol Sender.

Expertise

Information design, user interface, brand identity, typography, web design, experience design, concept development, editorial design, prototyping.

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design Maryland Institute College of Art 2011-2013

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication The School of the Art Institute
of Chicago 2010

Professional Experience

Information Design Contractor Pentagram :: Abbott Miller 07.11– Present Various information design projects ranging from data visualization, storytelling, and way-finding systems for various cultural clients.

Interaction Design Intern VSA Partners 06.12– 08.12 Various interaction design & web development projects for various corporate and cultural clients. Prototype, ideation and business pitches for prospective clients.

Communication Design Fellow Gravitytank 06.10– 06.11 User centered design ranging from user research, identity, prototyping, information, user interaction and interface design.

Graphic Designer & Assistant Sol Sender 05.09– 01.11 Research, concept development, research and deployment of brand systems for diverse clients.

Web Designer Designkitchen 02.10– 05.10 Brand identity, digital and web development for various clients in their digital capabilities.

Teaching Experience

Typography II Maryland Institute College of Art 2013 Assigned a user interface project, assisted various software and material demonstrations in a variety of media and supported with other three projects. The class focused on building a complex set of skill-sets to get students ready to deploy typographic systems across different mediums.

Graphic Design I Maryland Institute College of Art 2012 Students build their knowledge of Graphic Design by being introduced to principles of layout, hierarchy, composition and Gestalt. Teaching intern for Brockett Horne.

Advanced Design Studio Maryland Institute College of Art 2012 Senior-level course where students build their knowledge of design discourse and professional practice in the discipline through the ideation and execution of their individual senior project. Teaching intern for Jennifer Cole-Phillips.

Information Design Chicago Portfolio School 2011 Students are exposed to principles of information design, research and basic formal mechanisms for the display of information. Students are challenged to display complex sets of information in a journalistic-manner in order to tell complex stories.