EXPERIENCE

Jerk Magazine, Syracuse, NY

Digital Design Staff, March 2022 - Present

  • Produce multiple graphics and illustrations in Adobe Illustrator and Procreate per week for online publication with strict deadlines

  • Worked with both executive design leadership and authors to create appropriate companion pieces to articles that matched the overall message of the publication

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

UI UX Designer, CNY Adaptive Sports, February 2023 - Present

  • Led UI UX team in design sprint to rebrand local non-profit CNY Adaptive Sports in 48 hours, including user experience research, wireframing, high fidelity mockups, and prototyping

  • Design and develop post-workshop, adding pages and building companion site for Central New York Flyers sled hockey team

  • Responsible for transition of newly designed pages from Figma to Wordpress, including responsive design between web and mobile and meeting AA accessibility standards

UI UX Designer, Empire State Winter Games

  • Design new site to showcase photography taken by students at the Empire State Winter Games with home, about, and pages for each student.

UI/UX Design Course, Syracuse, NY

UI UX Designer, Spring 2022

  • Created full high-fidelity prototype for MyOffice, an app that allows students to import their courses and professors to easily schedule office hours on the go

  • Redesigned website for the Poster Project, a local nonprofit to drive participation and donations, pairing local artists and poets to create posters inspired by regional landmarks

  • Built functional progressive web app showcasing locally-owned coffee shops in Madison, Wisconsin and allowing users to favorite, sort, and review

Typographic Design Course, Syracuse, NY 

Graphic Designer, Fall 2021

  • Created seven projects, including posters, stamp pane, and an original typeface meeting strict deadlines for presentations, critiques, and final submissions

  • Worked with documentary producers to create a poster for an upcoming film in a designer-client relationship, including revisions and final presentation

  • Presented final portfolio work to students and Visual Communications department faculty

Senior Capstone, Syracuse, NY

UI UX Designer January 2023 - Present

  • Designed, did user experience research, and prototyped Sound-Off, a social media app where users review their favorite songs, albums, and artists, discover new music, and comment on or react to other people’s reviews with emojis

  • Created 15 piece UI illustration kit including people, devices, and displays

EDUCATION

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University 2023

B.S. in Graphic Design, Magna Cum Laude

  • Dean’s List, Dean’s Scholarship, Invest in Success Scholarship

College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse University 2023

Minor in Psychology

University of San Francisco, August 2019 - May 2020

  • University Scholar

SKILLS

Adobe CC: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Dimension, Aero, and XD

Figma

Procreate

HTML and CSS, Bootstrap

Social Media: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

Conversational Spanish

DISTINCTIONS

Syracuse University

Dean’s List, Dean’s Scholarship, Invest in Success Scholarship (2020 – 2023)

Graphis New Talent

Silver (2022)

INFORMATION

(608) 320-5570

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