Profile

A multi-talented visual designer with a focus on motion design and illustration seeking their next great challenge with a high-energy team.

13 years of experience in small- and medium-sized agencies, currently creating content for KARE 11, Flatiron Books, and Texas WIC. Excels in high-paced work environments. An experienced self-starter by nature. A firm believer of leaving things better than they found them.

Passionate about information organization, accessibility, file management, pipelines, and process. An empathetic designer with an eye for good usability. Has a knack for copy editing and copy writing. Enjoys helping others brainstorm the best solutions to creative and technical problems.

Motion Designer

KARE 11
Minneapolis, MN

May 2023 – Present

  • Made broadcast fullscreens for shoes, giveaways, and more

  • Created logos for sponsorships and KARE’s 70th anniversary

  • Overhauled organization of asset folders

  • Made large format prints, posters, t-shirt designs, and more

Contract Graphic and Motion Designer

Flatiron Books
Remote in Minneapolis, MN

Feb 2022 – Present

  • Worked with marketing directors and the assistant art director to animate book trailers and ads for web and Target in-store displays

  • Organized animation files for future use

  • Cleverly sourced high-res company icons for use in videos

Contract Graphic and Motion Designer

Indeed
Austin, TX and Remote in Minneapolis, MN

Oct 2020 – May 2023

  • Aided the internal design team in creating Figma files that are easy to edit and navigate

  • Created storyboards for animated videos to help explain Indeed’s services clearly and concisely

  • Worked on the team that landed Indeed a spot in Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards 2021 finalist category

  • Followed brand standards to produce on-brand ads for the web that meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

  • Updated existing animations from previous designers to match new brand guidelines

  • Designed and polished pitch decks in both Google Slides and PowerPoint

Graphic, Motion, and Class Designer

Buck Studio
Austin, TX and Remote in Minneapolis, MN

Jan 2016 – Present

  • Headed the look and feel of 50+ on-demand interactive courses for Texas WIC

  • Produced digital education courses with Adobe Captivate and Articulate Storyline 360

  • Took charge of multiple animation projects from storyboarding and asset creation to completion in After Effects

  • Edited and color corrected hours of video for the University of Texas at Austin’s online PMCP course

  • Created web videos, social media ads, and HTML5 banners for healthcare clients with my own layouts or assets from outside designers

Graphic designer

Sherry Matthews Group
Austin, TX

Feb 2015 – Dec 2015

  • Designed the look and feel of an online course for Texas DHS; created unique vector illustrations for each section of the course

  • Aided the design team with elements for pitches (photo editing, design, InDesign edits)

  • Edited, color corrected, and removed green screen from video; made sure video had same color treatment throughout the series of videos

  • Produced two large football stadium banners for Don’t Mess With Texas, along with an animated banner ad for a Facebook post

Graphic designer

Lumenbrite
Austin, TX

Oct 2014 – Jan 2015

  • Designed t-shirts, logos, and business cards for clients as well as the Lumenbrite brand

  • Storyboarded and produced a brand video for Lumenbrite’s website

Freelance designer and motion designer

Mojo Solo
St. Paul, MN and Remote in Austin, TX

Jan 2014 – Sep 2014

  • Designed internal webpages for Bank of America while following their brand guidelines

  • Storyboarded and produced internal use videos for Wells Fargo

Design intern
and freelance designer

Yamamoto
Minneapolis, MN

Jun 2011 – May 2012

  • Laid out informational mailers for medical industry clients

  • Created PowerPoint decks for Walgreens using their extensive brand guidelines

  • Was instrumental in creating new merchandise for the Weisman Art Museum’s rebranding, including a 3D paper toy of Andy Warhol

Visual and motion designer

Gasket Studios
Minneapolis, MN

Jul 2010 – Jun 2014

  • Worked with the Chief Creative Officer and Executive Producer on copy, assets, and design for their website

  • Created and managed a new system for delivering job pitches using InDesign

  • Created a layout for new business PDFs with input from the Chief Creative Officer and Executive Producer

  • Managed updates to Gasket’s website using WordPress’ backend

  • Designed lower thirds for television production based on existing brand styles

  • Created storyboards, styleframes, and video for national clients and agencies

  • Headed the style treatment of a campaign spot for H&R Block

  • Designed characters for Best Buy, Yoplait, Webroot, Target, and an internally-produced video for local gathering of AICP

  • Created additional assets for videos (vector assets, matte paintings, logo animations, iconography)

Skills

Adobe

After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Camera Raw, Premiere

Microsoft

Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Educational

Adobe Captivate, Storyline 360

Web design

Figma. Tumult Hype, Sketch

Google Workspace

Slides, Docs, Sheets

Organization

Asana, Jira, Trello, Toggl Plan, Toggl Tracker, Smartsheet Resource Management

Client list

Best Buy, H&R Block, Don’t Mess With Texas, TxDOT, Texas DSHS, Texas Health Steps, Baylor Scott and White, TDCAA, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Workforce Commission, TEA:PBS, Work In Texas, Harvard Business School, Texas WIC, The University of Texas, General Mills, Nickelodeon, Logo TV, E! Entertainment