Utilizing client brand standards to produce informative designs that educate the public about various utility projects. Creating Open House materials and collateral such as large standing banners, brochures and mailers, newspaper ads, fact sheets, and more. Building design templates for various clients and formats for future use, including in Microsoft Word as well as the Adobe Creative Suite. Designing flow, process and organization charts to visually display complex information in simplified ways. Working directly with printers to develop materials and quality checking printer proofs.

Remote position

• Concepting, design and illustration for large-scale paid media campaigns for the Department of Homeland Security’s See Something, Say Something campaign and the Center for Countering Human Trafficking’s Blue Campaign.

• Creation of assets on a collaborative basis for application on billboards, transit stations, signs in stadiums, door hangers, advertisements, social media, and more.

• Illlustration and design work on other general awareness campaigns, social media, event promotional materials, TV and display ads, and printed conference materials.

• Work for other federal contracts including FMCSA, NHTSA, SNCTC, DOL, DOT and CCHT

• Collaborative design under creative direction from multiple sources

Leawood, KS

• Layout design of multiple wholesale and consumer-facing catalogs from 16 to 350+ pages

• Design and print production of retail store and showroom signage and print materials

• Brochure, flyer and mailer designs for key accounts including Hallmark and Willow Tree

• Other design of print and online marketing materials, and coordinating production

North Kansas City, MO

• Maintaining brand standards for subsidiaries WallyGro, PBS Fabrics, and Warp & Phil

• Surface design illustration of multiple quilting fabric collections and custom client work

• Design and copywriting for print and online marketing and advertising campaigns

• Website wireframe and graphic design, and blog content creation and proofreading

• Photo shoot direction, photography, and photo retouch for e-commerce and marketing

• Packaging design and production, both external and internal, for multiple products

Kansas City, KS

• In charge of day-to-day operations, managing finances, and client liaison

• Curating, designing arrangement of the gallery, and hanging work on the walls

Leawood, KS

• Production design of restaurant menus, turnaround art of toys, cups, and more

• Worked on projects for clients such as Sonic, Bounce U, Village Inn, Arby’s

• Focus on vector work in Illustrator and upholding clients‘ brand standards

Kansas City, MO

• Editorial illustration working with a team of writers, editors, and art directors

• Published work in both The Star and INK Magazine, several INK covers

Kansas City, MO

• Collaborative artist and contributor to ArtPop event branding

• Jammin‘ at the Gem series of event posters for the American Jazz Museum, KCMO

• Focus on text placement and overall design with Adobe InDesign

Westport, KCMO

• Designing client commissions and navigating client relations

• Preparing files for direct-to-garment inkjet printing