Profile
Professional background in creative direction, design systems, UX, and visual design, with 15+ years of interactive experience in digital media. Recent past includes constructing and managing design systems for Tempus and Walgreens Boots Alliance, designing mobile solutions for BMW Technology, Magenic, and TuneIn Radio, responsive websites for Kapow, and streaming video for Redbox Instant via Sony Playstation, and LG/Samsung Smart TVs.
Core strengths are in creative direction, visual design system library management and creation, UX and visual design for iOS and Android applications, enterprise-level websites, TV, and consumer electronic (CE) devices, and Kiosk UI.
Experience
Tempus
Chicago, Illinois Apr 21 - Present
Design Systems Lead, Senior Product Designer
Currently leading the design, construction, documentation, and maintenance of Tempus’s design system. Working within a UI foundational team dedicated to implementing 30+, reusable design styles, patterns, and components to be used across multiple product verticals. Advocated and implemented a focus on accessibility in the design system by providing granular, contextual guidelines on the component level. Additional tasks include quarterly planning for the design system’s road map, working with product teams to gather acceptance criteria and feature requests, UAT testing, and the evangelization, support, and education of the Tempus design system through text support channels, release notes, office hours, and frequent design syncs.
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Chicago, Illinois Dec 19 - Mar 21
Contract Lead Visual Designer, Web Applications Design Systems
Oversaw the conversion of Walgreens Renewal program’s visual design system from Material Design to Microsoft Fluent. Specific goals were to oversee internal design and third-party partner design teams to ensure consistency throughout the implementation of the system in both design and development. Tasks included the creative direction, production, and management of library components within Figma while conducting weekly design reviews with internal and partner designers to approve, educate, and document usage of libraries within the design system. Implemented and maintained procedures to manage version control for the design system within Figma and Confluence, and documented release notes for UX/UI design, development, and core business.
BMW Technology Corporation
Chicago, Illinois Sept 18 - Nov 19
Contract Senior Mobile UX/UI Designer, iOS/Web App
Working within an agile environment and in bi-weekly sprints, designed the UI and UX for various areas within the Financial Services and After Sales features within the BMW Connected app, with deliverables including comps, wireframes, and prototypes. Worked in concert with other designers in Chicago and Munich, to provide design explorations and solutions, addressing the findings found from user testing sessions, ultimately for use in BMW’s future mobile platform. Created UX prototype to illustrate flows for several sections across the app, for the purposes of highlighting future features to the business and for concept and user testing. Additional responsibilities include presenting designs to stakeholders and design teams, providing direction and feedback across other design tracks, performing design audits on existing design patterns and working with development to QA, and ensuring design integrity during design implementation.
Magenic
Chicago, Illinois Apr 17 - Aug 18
Senior UX/UI Designer, Enterprise Software
Designed UX experiences for web, Android, and iOS enterprise applications. Worked with client product teams to define user flows, site maps, and personas distilled from user interviews to support development backlog within an agile environment. Conducted heuristic analysis for clients' existing systems and provided visual and UX design direction to maintain and grow clients' brand through style guides and UI kits. Presented final visual designs and UX interactions through rapid prototyping in InVision with initial designs created in Sketch.
Clients: Boston Consultancy Group, Ernst & Young, Polaris, UNFI Foods
General Growth Properties
Chicago, Illinois, May 16 - Nov 16
Contract Lead UX Designer, iOS/Android
Lead the UX/UI design for the native iOS & Android app teams. Redesigned GGP’s iOS/Android app for their shopping mall properties. Created wireframes and InVision prototypes to present visual designs and concepts to GGP leadership. Wrote scripts for remote user testing and for onsite intercepts. Worked closely with product and development to ensure visual design integrity by delivering style guides, annotations, and redlines.
KAPOW
Chicago, Illinois Jan 15 - Apr 16
Senior UX Designer
Managed the usability and visual design for the Kapow marketplace website. Working with Product Management and development, core responsibilities were to progressively redesign the way consumers book corporate events in real-time availability scenarios. Created wireframes and prototypes to quickly vet concepts internally, before testing with Optimizely to enrich consumer engagement and conversion in the marketplace.
TuneIn Radio
Palo Alto, California, Sept 14 - Dec 15
Contract Senior Mobile/UX Designer, iOS and Android
Provided visual designs for a TuneIn special project available on iOS and Android. Worked remotely with a Product Manager and Senior Product Designer to fulfill the completion of design comps, flows, redline documentation, and style guides. Refreshed TuneIn's core radio application within the Android platform to adhere to current style guidelines.
Redbox Instant by Verizon
Oakbrook, Illinois, May 12 - Sept 14
UX/UI Visual Design Lead, CE & Connected Devices
Designed and managed a core set of UX and visual designs for Redbox Instant Consumer Electronics (CE) application. UX was applied to multiple platforms including Sony Playstation 3 & 4, LG Smart TV, and Samsung TV's Smart Hub. Supported Google TV and Roku in maintenance roles.
Clients: Sony Playstation 3, Playstation 4, LG Smart TV, Samsung BR, Google TV, Roku
Redbox
Oakbrook, Illinois, Nov 10 - May 12
Senior Interactive Designer
Primary responsibilities included art direction and visual design for the Redbox Instant Web site. Demonstrated ownership of the Digital UI, by meeting project deadlines and milestones in a timely fashion within aggressive, phased deadlines. Collaborated with joint venture partners, information architects, and development teams to deliver all core page designs for redboxinstant.com.
Sapient Nitro
Chicago, Illinois, Feb 10 - Jun 10
Contract Senior Art Director
Worked with a team of information architects, content strategists, and developers in revamping sections of Hyatt.com. Redesigned specific sections of the site, introducing best practices in visual design and art direction.
Client: Hyatt
Clickmotive
Plano, Texas, Feb 08 - January 10
Creative Director
Provided Art Direction and design for web-based applications for clients in the automotive industry. Managed a team of designers in establishing and maintaining design standards for all interface designs. Provided regular feedback to the design team in order to help grow their creative sensibilities and progress in their design skills. Worked with account services, production, project management, and development to foster a collaborative, team environment. Created marketing materials to support sales, including proposed site designs, email campaigns, presentation materials, and print projects.
Clients: Acura, Toyota, Scion, Ford, Nissan, AutoNation, ClickMotive
Digital Standard, Inc.
Plano, Texas, Feb 05 – Feb 08
Creative Director
Developed brands for Digital Standard, Inc. and its mobile marketing platform, Saki Mobile. Designed mobile media user interfaces, social-networking applications, icons, and illustrations for the product development team. Designed all online and print collateral for the marketing group, which included Web sites, promotional campaigns, business development materials, online newsletters, press releases, and media kits.
Clients: Cinemark Theaters, Webshots, INgrooves, Blastro, Saki Mobile, Digital Standard, Inc.
d2 Digital Designs
Dallas, Texas, Mar 01- Feb 05
Creative Director
Provided creative direction and design for the client and d2 interactive media, including kiosk, CD-ROM, and Web site design as well as a few print projects. Responsible for inspiring a production staff of multimedia specialists, preserving the design integrity of the creative department’s work. Met with clients to ensure conceptual and aesthetic direction, while overseeing the production of these jobs from start to finish. Other related duties included interviewing designers, working with vendors, and providing art direction to freelancers.
Clients: AOL Time Warner Center, ASID, Hanover Company, Maguire Partners, NEO Industries, Ben E. Keith, Centex Construction, Hillwood, The Related Companies, Airband, Southwest Sports Realty, Starwood Hotels, Northwest Construction, Billiards & Barstools, Kidd Kraddick, d2 Digital Designs
Sapient
Dallas, Texas, Jul 00 - Mar 01
Senior Design Director
Designed interface for web-based health care application. Worked within a team of branding and marketing directors to establish the client’s brand through the use of mood boards, competitive analysis, and maintaining the brand’s integrity through the design of detailed style guides.
Clients: Em3 Healthcare, Sapient
Satama Interactive
Dallas, Texas, Dec 99 - Jun 00
Senior Art Director
Recreated the U.S. branch of Satama’s brand image, through Web site, collateral, and marketing material designs. Art directed, designed, and assisted in project management on various jobs by working closely with designers, multimedia specialists, copywriters, and production managers.
Clients: Sportsfair, Williamhouse Paper, Satama Interactive
USWeb/CKS
Dallas, Texas, Jun 99 - Dec 99
Art Director/Senior Designer
Art directed and designed several e-commerce sites, produced comp work for business development proposals,
created logos for branding engagements and on occasion assisted in structuring site flow.
Clients: American Airlines, JCPenney, Tenant Healthcare, USWeb/CKS
iMC2
Dallas, Texas, Jan 97 - Jun 99
Art Director/Senior Designer
Established the features and look and feel for client Web sites, developed site structure and navigation, designed art for proposals and marketing materials, and advised clients on effective visual solutions for online media. Was responsible for acting as the point person for HR on designer interviews and new hires. Acted as the creative editor within the design department to ensure quality control.
Clients: The Campbell's Soup Company, Virgin Records, Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, iMC2
FREELANCE
Dallas, Texas/Chicago, Illinois, Feb 10 – Aug 14
Clients: Paramount Pictures, National Geographic, Archangel, MTV India, Nokia, Museum Towers, Prince Tennis, Centex Construction
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Associate of Applied Arts Degree 1992
Visual Communications
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
August 86 - June 88
Graphic Design
SOFTWARE
Sketch, Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, InVision, Principle