PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Graphic Designer | Christie’s International Real Estate
Chicago, Illinois
May 2024 - Present

• Lead creative direction and visual strategy across integrated marketing campaigns, digital experiences, and brand initiatives, ensuring every touchpoint reflects a cohesive and compelling customer experience.

• Translate complex business objectives into compelling visual narratives that strengthen brand identity, engage audiences, and support measurable marketing outcomes.

• Partner closely with marketing leadership, strategists, and cross-functional teams to develop creative solutions that support client acquisition, retention, and brand equity.

• Provide hands-on art direction, mentorship, and creative feedback to designers and marketing collaborators.

• Ensure brand consistency and compliance across all deliverables while evolving visual standards to meet modern market expectations.

• Champion creative excellence by establishing visual standards, elevating design quality, and fostering a collaborative creative culture across cross-functional teams.

• Manage multiple high-visibility projects simultaneously, balancing stakeholder expectations, timelines, and quality standards.

Graphic Designer | Smithbucklin
Chicago, Illinois
August 2019 - May 2024

• Served as design lead for multiple client accounts, including healthcare associations, nonprofits, and professional services organizations.

• Directed creative development for integrated, multi-channel marketing campaigns spanning print, digital, web, motion, experiential, and branded environments, ensuring consistent storytelling across every audience touchpoint.

• Led visual identity development and brand refresh initiatives, ensuring accessibility, clarity, and audience alignment.

• Designed and art-directed high-fidelity UX/UI solutions for websites and mobile experiences, prioritizing usability and compliance-driven messaging.

• Presented and defended creative concepts to executive stakeholders and clients, articulating design rationale while balancing business objectives, audience needs, and brand strategy.

• Collaborated with account teams to align creative scope, timelines, and budgets—mirroring a consulting engagement model.

• Mentored junior designers through creative critiques, design reviews, and collaborative problem-solving to elevate team performance and design quality.

Junior Graphic Designer | Smithbucklin
Chicago, Illinois
February 2018 - August 2019

• Supported senior designers and art directors on healthcare, nonprofit, and association-based clients.

• Produced high-quality marketing collateral, publications, and digital assets under tight deadlines.

• Assisted in maintaining brand standards and visual consistency across multi-channel campaigns.

• Gained early exposure to client-facing creative processes and cross-functional collaboration.

Graphic Layout Specialist | Freeman
McCook, Illinois
June 2015 - January 2018

• Designed large-scale branded environments for national and international trade shows, translating brand strategy into immersive customer experiences.

• Collaborated with account executives and clients to translate business goals into immersive visual experiences.

• Ensured accuracy, brand consistency, and production feasibility across high-volume deliverables.

CORE EXPERTISE

• Art Direction & Creative Leadership

• Consulting & Client-Facing Design

• Brand Governance

• Creative Vision & Storytelling

• Brand Strategy & Visual Identity Systems

• Integrated Marketing Campaigns

• Design Operations & Project Management

• UX/UI & Digital Experience Design

• Presentation & Executive-Level Design

• Motion Graphics & Video Direction

SOFTWARE AND TOOLS

• Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Acrobat, Firefly, Express)

• Figma, Adobe XD, Miro, Canva

• Microsoft Office, Google Workspace

• ChatGPT

EDUCATION

Savannah College of Art and Design
Master of Arts in Design Management
2021-2023

Indiana University-Bloomington
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art-Graphic Design
2011-2015