Résumé

Summary

Three decades working in brand development and visual communication with a broad range of landmark St. Louis businesses. Expert in Adobe Creative Suite, crafting compelling designs through leadership and collaboration. Passionate about unique solutions that exceed client expectations. A St. Louisan through and through, who is currently teaching high school students to become the next generation of great designers.

Experience

Graphic Design Instructor
South Technical High School, July 2024 – present

  • Develop curriculum, lesson plans, and vocational training to match instructional expectations from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
  • Guide the exploration of design tools, concepts, best practices, and visual communication for more than 20 students each year, which includes directing and supporting students in their design projects.
  • Manage the budget, ordering, and equipment servicing for a technical studio program.

Communications Specialist – Design
Saint Louis County Department of Public Health (DPH), 2021 – 2024

  • Led department collaboration with the County Executive’s Office for rollout of new County branding, ensuring consistency of logo, color, font, style, and voice of the new “Opportunity Central” message.
  • Primarily responsible for designing materials to educate and inform County residents on issues of health and wellbeing important in their lives during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Moved to the inhouse Print Services department to assist in hands-on production of materials for all divisions of DPH in addition to ongoing graphic design responsibilities.

Graphic Designer
Mercy, 2018 – 2020

  • Contract designer for the Integrated Marketing department creating ads, brochures, posters and multi-page publications that promote healthy and active lifestyles across Mercy’s multi-state network of hospitals and clinics.
  • Worked in conjunction with the UX team to produce digital graphics for online and social media, maps, and infographics. 

Communications Officer
Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH), 2008 – 2017

  • Created publications for print, online and internal communication that facilitated the connection between MFH grantmaking and the partner organizations that provided direct services to improve the health of Missourians.
  • Led project production with outside vendors.