About Me
Currently
I am a Product/ Interaction Designer based in Seattle. I am currently the Lead Senior Designer @Swiftly where we are transforming the way brick and mortar retail stores are able to reach out to their customers through digital retail media.
Formerly
Co-Founder and Design Educator @Designation (acquired by WeWork/ Flatiron Schools),
Senior Product Designer @Spothero,
Senior Product Designer @higi,
Senior Designer @Sittercity
Also
When I am not designing I love to travel and photograph nature and wildlife, bump with some 90s hiphop beats, drop too much money on sneakers or mentor fellow designers!
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Featured Work
Designing For Retail During The Pandemic
2020 was a challenging year for retail as they struggled to adjust to consumer’s changing behavior and regulation for safety. Technology played a huge role and my team was able to do a design blitz to provide contactless shopping solutions for a small grocery store and learn some amazing insights.
Portfolio
Latest work
Awards
Awards & Contests
2012
Packaging Design Served: Behance
VitaminWater capsule concept design was selected on Packaging Design Served to be featured, a site of the top package designs designs selected by Behance’s curators.
2014
LogoLounge 8
Logo Design selected for LogoLounge 8 which was published and released as a book in Spring 2014. LogoLounge showcases the work of the world’s top designers as well as up-and-coming new talent, and this book presents the site’s best designs of the past year as judged by an elite group of name-brand designers. My work for Vancouver Korean Presbyterian Church’s Lighthouse Ministries was chosen.
2014
Web Design Served: Behance
Served is a collection of sites that showcase category specific content from Behance, the world’s leading platform for creative professionals across all industries. Nearbuy website was selected to be featured on Web Design Served curated by Behance.
2017
LogoLounge 10
Logo design for Old Chicago Brewery Co was selected to be published in the 10th edition of LogoLounge. Each book features the most recent top logos selected by industry judges and panel.
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Want to team up and build something amazing? Drop a line! I’m always up to hearing about new opportunities and consulting about design and UX.
If you’re a fellow designer or a junior/aspiring designer and want to grab coffee to chat, feel free to hit me up! I always make time to chat about design anytime! As a design educator, I’m always down to mentor and problem solve career hurdles! 2020-2021 are trying times with the pandemic so we can do a video chat as well until things get back to normal!
