Brand-focused graphic designer passionate about creating work that feels purposeful and human. With roots in science and
a career in design,
I translate complex ideas into visual narratives to deepen connection while elevating brand experience.
SKILLS
Branding & identity systems, brand guidelines, rollout & implementation, presentation design, executive decks, narrative systems & strategic visual storytelling, creative direction, concept development, information design & infographics, layout & editorial design, marketing campaigns, event & trade show collateral, experiential design, print, digital & social media design, motion graphics & animation, video editing, web design & development, Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere), HTML5 & CSS, WordPress, Elementor, AI-assisted image retouching, image sourcing & asset management, multi-project management & deadline coordination
COLOPHON
The work shown here includes projects I worked on while part of creative teams at, among others, Pressley Jacobs, Otherwise Inc., Studio North, and McCarter Design.
SELECT WORK
- Semler Brossy—
Evolution of a Brand After several years of collaborating on marketing and corporate communications projects, the client wanted to update the brand to reflect their growth and to embody their ethos as independent thinkers.
- Leadership Greater Chicago—
Cultivating the Region's Next Leaders Stewardship of the brand, its sub-brands and initiatives like fundraising, where creative was largely freed from the formal constraints of the main identity.
- North Line—
Not Your Father’s Search Firm A sophisticated program that never lets go of the client's sense of adventure, leaving room for parts that are humorous and bold.
- American College of Surgeons—
A Century of Surgical Excellence A hundred years of history extended to carry the new initiatives of current leadership, with ornamentation as the language of excellence and a focus on cutting-edge progress in surgical science.
- Illinois Holocaust Museum—
Honoring the Past, Educating the Future Branding for the fundraising events and materials that are the museum's lifeblood, from soirée invitations to membership, so its mission comes through everywhere, including the humanitarian awards dinner, its largest single source of donations.
- International Downtown Association—
"No finer place for sure" A new logo in need of refinement became the starting point for an entire system, from trade shows and animations to literature, expressing a unified front.
- Alliance for
Academic Internal Medicine Logo refinement that also meant creating sub-brand styling, with efforts centered on shaping the visuals and environmental signage of the trade shows and conferences the client organizes.
- Contempo:
a brand in rhythm with music A logo and identity expressing visually traits present in contemporary music: rhythm, contrasts, and boldness.
- Heidrick & Struggles—
looking close at exceptional leadership Reportage-style photography and language brought to the marketing materials of an august consulting firm.
- Valent BioSciences—
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- Identity & Logos
- Collages & Ephemera—
Personal Explorations