Resume
Graduate Thesis
Design for Decisions
Thesis Project
Engaging the Public
Thesis Essay
Selected Work
Lifestyles|Lifecycles
Self-Portrait
Poster
Citizen Speaks
Design for
Service
Keepsake
Personalized Web Site
100 Best NOLA Dishes
Interactive
Visualization
Your Heart
Educational Exhibit
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EXPERIENCE
Interaction Designer II, frog design
New York, NY, July 2010–Present
Engaged in
research, strategy, and design work shaping cross-platform user experiences
for clients including global Fortune 500 companies.
Design Intern, frog design
New York, NY, May-August 2009
Collaborated
on out of box experience, website design, and blue sky exploration for
global communications client. Refined writing and design of installation
guide, developed wireframes for online address book, and generated
concepts and scenarios exploring the future of personal and business
contact networks.
Senior Research Associate, Visual Communications Research Studio
at Washington University in St. Louis
St.
Louis, MO, June 2005-June 2008
In fellowship funded by Kauffman Grant,
worked as project manager, art director, and designer on projects for academic,
non-profit, and commercial partners including educational heart exhibit and traveling elementary science classroom.
Designer, Jon Roll & Associates
Cambridge, MA, July
2003-June 2005
Designed and executed wayfinding systems
and special installations for academic, government, and institutional
clients at 10-person environmental graphic design firm, contributing in
all phases from schematic design to implementation.
Graphic Designer, Goody Clancy
Boston, MA, June
2002-July 2003
Designed project proposals and
presentation materials and collaborated with in-house marketing team to
develop and implement graphic standards and maintain design archives at
large architecture, planning, and preservation firm.
Freelance Designer
St. Louis, MO, Boston, MA, and
Pittsburgh, PA, May 2001-August 2008
Designed
communication pieces including identity systems, collateral, and
publications for small businesses and clients in the arts and non-profit
sectors.
Exhibit Design Intern,PGAV
St. Louis, Missouri, May 2000–March 2001
Designed signage components of architectural and exhibit design projects,
created presentation books, and assisted in writing and editing environmental
graphics program implementation manual.
EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PAMaster of Design, Interaction Design, May 2010
Completed core requirements in Interaction Design and CPID
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2010
Kynamatrix Research Grant for graduate thesis work
Basel School of Design, Basel, Switzerland
The First Basel Summer Program 2005:
Basics in Design and
Typography
3-week program with Wolfgang Weingart
including workshops in
Drawing, Space and Form, Color, and
Typography.
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
BFA Visual Communications, BA Architecture, and
Minor in Art History, May 2001
Paul Edward Birdsall Award in Graphic Design
Dean's List 1996-2000
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Architecture Summer Abroad 1999: “Analysis and Documentation”
6-week summer field work course in Helsinki, London, Barcelona,
and Paris with focus on the analysis of significant architectural sites.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Instructor, Communication Design Fundamentals, Fall 09 & Spring 10
Teaching Assistant, Graduate Design Seminar II: CPID, Spring 10
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Instructor, Visual Communications I, Spring 08
Co-instructor, Typography I and II, Fall 06–Spring 08
Teaching Assistant, Typography II, Spring 06
Teaching Assistant, Visual Communications & Business, Fall 06 & 07
SKILLS
Human centered research and design methods including:
surveys and user interviews,
persona and scenario development, concept evaluation, visualization, and prototyping
Professional & technical writing, presentation design and delivery
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite 4 and Microsoft Office
Experience in XHTML, CSS, and ActionScript 3.0
Bookbinding, letterpress, and architectural & freehand drawing
RECOGNITION
Work published in “Visual Language for Designers: Creating Graphics That People Understand,” Rockport Publishers, 2009
Work recognized with FOCUS St. Louis “What’s Right With The Region” award, 2007
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
AIGA 2000–present, IxDA 2008–present, SIGCHI 2008–present, Center for Plain Language 2009, ACM 2009