I believe the best design is both functional and beautiful, and that strategy and design should be intertwined.
Your problem has a design solution. It all starts with empathy.
About Me
I love what I do.
I have over 17 years of experience as a professional designer in an in-house design team, a dedicated strategist/design consultant, an executive-level presentation designer/storyteller, and an entrepreneur running a brand design studio. Currently, I manage a small but mighty team of designers delivering UX, service design, visual design, and presentation solutions in healthcare innovation.
My design approach and process are inherently thoughtful and consider the user/audience, platform, relevant trends, and best practices to reach the goal. I hold a high design standard and get excited about opportunities where I recognize great design can make an impact. I listen, understand quickly, and get the job done. Through it all, I care deeply about forming genuine relationships and nurturing creativity in others.
As a Cal Poly SLO and Boston University grad, the “Learn by Doing” philosophy has been deeply ingrained in me. I cheerfully consider myself an eternal student — there’s always more to learn!
I would love to work with you. Let’s talk!
SKILLS
DESIGN
Presentation flow + design
Wireframes
High fidelity designs
Prototypes
Multi-page print layout
Production-ready art
Illustration
STRATEGY + COMMUNICATION
Service design interviews
Workshop facilitation
Synthesis and insight development
Presenting and teaching
TOOLS
Figma
Adobe Creative Suite
Sketch
MS Office
Keynote
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Applied Art and Design
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Master of Business Administration
Boston University
QUICK FACTS
SF Bay Area
ENFJ-A
Work
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The Design Process
A typical design collaboration will follow the below steps.
CONSULT
Communication is the first step for our partnership – I listen and build an understanding of both your goals and those of your audience. From there, I propose a solution and we'll nail down things like the scope of the project, the timeline, and an estimate of costs for you to approve.
DESIGN
We move together into the creative design process. This includes initial ideation, rough concepts, and refining concepts through iteration, review and revision until the proposed solution is complete.
DELIVER
Depending on the scope of the project, a finished deliverable can vary from fully digital solutions, production-ready files, or tangible produced items. Software I use includes Figma/Figjam, Adobe Creative Suite (.AI, .INDD, .PSD), and MS Office products. In addition, I’m well versed with communicating with print vendors and managing the production process from start to finish.