Experience

Echo360 (formerly Inkling)

Senior Front-End Designer | May 2023–Present

Front-End Designer | September 2021–May 2023

Lead end-to-end design and development for B2B SaaS implementations, conducting discovery sessions, coding responsive branded templates, and training customers to build large-scale content libraries.

• Reduced a 5-year codebase backlog by 90% in 2 years by organizing and prioritizing issues with product managers, applying iterative design processes to continuously improve the core product. Presented results and documentation company-wide.

• Cut design hours by 40% by establishing a Figma component library with monthly updates. Integrated 70+ patterns, automated tedious workflows, and adopted advanced features.

• Achieved 100% WCAG compliance ahead of legal deadline. Audited accessibility gaps, wrote and reviewed production code with full-stack engineers, and led Agile collaboration across UX, Engineering, and PM, earning a 2026 EchoReco award.

• Led research and development to resolve long-standing content import limitations, reducing operational overhead and customer time-to-value. Designed modular pattern controls, list and table transformations, and bulk file import flows—shaping the product strategy for scalable content ingestion.

• Led design for roadmap features, usability improvements, and design system updates as sole UX designer post-acquisition, balancing customer commitments with product roadmap priorities.

• Co-authored and designed a Content Design Best Practices guide, equipping customers with practical insights to refine their content authoring lifecycle.

Electric Pen

Web & Presentation Designer | May 2021–September 2021

Delivered brand design and web development for startups, small businesses, and large tech corporations, focusing on user experience, design quality, and client success. Designed presentations and print templates while adhering to strict, extensive brand guidelines.

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. Visually highlighted the school community, designing high-performing web, email, and social content.

Web Designer | Contract | August 2020–January 2021

Developed user-friendly, responsive design concepts for the department’s websites, collaborating with web developers to plan and implement major new features in Drupal, enhancing user engagement by 23%.

• Designed infographics and illustrations, providing in-house creative expertise & elevating visual communication for public health

• Proposed site improvements that aligned with team priorities, focusing on web accessibility and engagement across audiences

Brokaw

Programmer & Designer | May 2018–August 2020

Delivered UX design and front-end development for 26 agency clients, collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex design challenges through creative ideation and user-centered solutions.

• Developed clean, semantic HTML5, CSS/SCSS, PHP, & jQuery for website redesigns, email campaigns, and animated banner ads, integrating documentation, best practices, and emerging techniques

• Presented annotated wireframes and interactive prototypes to share design decisions, ensuring 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