Resume
Senior Front-End Designer with 5+ years of technology, higher education, and creative agency experience.
Experience
Inkling
Senior Front-End Designer | May 2023–Present
Front-End Designer | September 2021–May 2023
Lead the end-to-end design and development process for Inkling’s B2B customers by scoping projects, coding responsive brand-aligned templates, and supporting teams with change management and advanced design training
Evolved our front-end boilerplate by establishing a strategic vision, then driving advocacy through company presentations and tighter integration between departments
Overhauled our Figma template by integrating patterns as components, automating tedious processes, and finding opportunities to use cutting-edge features, resulting in reduced hours and cost for design mockups
Partnered with content strategists to ensure content design quality and consistency at scale
Electric Pen
Web & Presentation Designer | May 2021–September 2021
Provided brand design, web development, and ongoing support for client projects
Built wireframes and prototypes for seamless integration with WordPress sites
Designed presentations and print templates while playing within strict brand guidelines
Communicated with vendors and development partners for successful design handoffs
University of Washington
Graphic Designer | Contract | January 2021–April 2021
Played an integral role in the relaunch of the School of Public Health’s magazine, contributing print layouts, story illustrations, web design, and front-end programming for the 50th anniversary edition
Designed web, email, and social content that visually highlighted the school community
Web Designer | Contract | August 2020–January 2021
Developed user-friendly, responsive design concepts for the UW DEOHS site, collaborating with web developers to plan and implement these features in Drupal
Designed infographics and illustrations, and provided in-house creative expertise
Proposed site improvements that aligned with team priorities
Brokaw
Programmer & Designer | May 2018–August 2020
Provided exceptional UX design, digital design, and front-end programming for clients, and collaborated creatively with agency teams to solve tough design problems with fresh thinking
Coded clean, semantic HTML5, CSS/SCSS, PHP, & jQuery for website redesigns, email campaigns, and animated banner ads, established documentation, and integrated best practices and emerging techniques
Presented annotated wireframes and interactive prototypes to share design decisions
Introduced workflows to ensure timelines, budgets, and areas of completion were on track for larger website projects
The University of Akron, Myers School of Art
Graphic Designer, Design x Nine | August 2017–May 2018
One of nine students in the award-winning in-house design studio at the Myers School of Art; created logos, branding, print, and motion design under real client deadlines
Web Content & Social Media Manager | August 2016–April 2018
Managed the Myers School of Art’s online presence through close collaboration with faculty; maintained content for the website and accompanying social accounts
Education
The University of Akron
BFA in Graphic Design | May 2018
Myers School of Art
Software
Creative | Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud
Web Technologies | HTML5, CSS, Sass, PHP, WordPress, ACF, Drupal, Eleventy, VS Code, DevTools
Versioning | Git, SVN, Bitbucket
Collaboration | Jira, Confluence, CodePen, Notion, Trello, Asana, Miro
Marketing | Google Analytics, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, HubSpot, Litmus
Skills
Design | Branding, digital design for web and mobile, UI/UX, typography, illustration, layout, photo editing & retouching, motion design, storytelling
Web | Front-end development, email production, QA testing, wireframing, prototyping, pattern development, advanced HTML/CSS, accessibility, progressive enhancement, agile
Product | Design systems, research, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder communication, project scoping, sprint planning, prioritization
Achievements
Cleveland ADDY Awards | 2020
Cayman Jack Microsite, Silver
2018 RTA Digital Annual Report, Silver
District 5 ADDY Award | 2018
Loop Brand Identity, Silver
Akron ADDY Award | 2018
Loop Brand Identity, Gold
Communities
SmashingConf | Smashing Magazine
OIT | Out in Tech
Designer’s Brunch | Meetup
AAF | American Advertising Federation
AIGA | American Institute of Graphic Arts