Experience
Amazon.com | Art Director - Amazon Music
May 2018 - Present
Art direct and create style guides for:
Global marketing campaigns
Social media assets
Amazon Music original playlist art
Provide art direction and design critiques to external agencies
Collaborate across teams to improve internal processes
Amazon.com | Visual Designer - Amazon Advertising
July 2014 - April 2018
Design customer-centric advertising experiences across multiple Amazon platforms,
including Amazon.com, Fire Tablet, Kindle E-Reader, and Fire TV.Brainstorm, design, and pitch high-level campaign concepts to clients.
Maintain brand ownership of high-spend client campaigns.
Provide art direction and design critiques for quality assurance.
Collaborate across teams to improve ad products and processes.
Train new employees on internal processes and advertising products.
Create design templates to automate processes and increase efficiency.
Western Washington Alumni Association | Design Intern
April-June 2013, September 2013-June 2014
Conceptualized and designed marketing materials for alumni events, including WWU’s
reunion weekend.Designed campaigns across multiple platforms, including large-scale print, email, web,
and direct mailers.Created templates for 70+ page booklets of scholarship recipients.
Helped determine production methods for print materials.
Creature | Design Intern
June-August 2013
Assisted in the creative development of the award-winning Space Needle website
Designed/illustrated a brochure and posters for Northwest Film Forum
Illustrated materials for Truvia and the award-winning Kigo Kitchen
Education
BFA in Graphic Design | Western Washington University
Courses included: Digital Media Design, Motion Graphics, Typography, Design Production
Processes, Print Lab, Illustration, Professional Practices, Packaging Design, Branding
Skills
Design
Graphic design
Art direction
Digital marketing
Interactive design
User experience
Illustration
Branding
Motion design
Publication
Technical
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
AfterEffects
Premiere Pro
Understanding of HTML and CSS
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Excel