Resume

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