
BFA in Graphic Design
- University of California, Santa Barbara
NN/g UX Certification - UXC#1051946
- Interaction Design (30+ hours)
- UX Management (30+ hours)
Design Tools
- Figma
- Lightroom
- Photoshop
- Affinity Photo
- Illustrator
- Affinity Designer
- InDesign
- Affinity Publisher
- Procreate
Design Specialties
- Sketching
- Prototyping
- Branding
- Design Sprints
- Design Systems
- Wireframing
Development
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- SCSS / LESS
- Tailwind
- Git
- NPM
- TypeScript
- Vue
- Nuxt
- React
Other Tools
Personal / Soft Skills
- Team player
- Detail-oriented
- Organized
- Collaborative
- Adaptable
- Leader
- Mentor
Kiewit
UI/UX Designer / Front-End Developer
Sept 2018 - Present
- Spearheaded company-wide adoption of Figma as the primary UI design tool, enhancing design collaboration and consistency across teams and products.
- Conducted heuristic evaluations within Fig-Jam s to track design inconsistencies between the design and the developed product.
- Developed and maintained component libraries for Kiewit Design System.
- Migrated design system documentation from Zeroheight to Storybook to streamline developer integration as well as reducing company subscription expenses.
- Introduced, created, and applied design tokens across our design system to enforce UI consistency across multiple enterprise applications.
- Facilitated UI critique meetings to discuss design inconsistencies with product teams to ensure the end product follows design standards and best practices.
- Mentored junior designers and interns; contributed to UX for internal HR platforms and job-site planning tools to support workforce development.
- Coordinated a design sprint to create a streamlined solution for end-users ordering and delivering cable to job sites, which helped eliminate cable waste and expenses.
Sandhills Global
Interactive Designer / Web Developer
Jul 2017 - Sept 2018
- Designed web mockups, print ads, and social media assets tailored to client branding in collaboration with sales reps and stakeholders.
- Created and designed new websites and redesigned existing websites with more modern UI, accessibility compliance, and responsive layouts.
- Implemented SEO strategies to improve organic search rankings and online visibility for clients.
- Ensured cross-browser and device compatibility using HTML, CSS, and responsive frameworks.
- Managed client communication, gathered feedback and ensured projects were delivered on schedule
Conagra Brands
Visual Learning Developer / Media Designer
Jan 2015 - Mar 2017
- Collaborated with executive leadership to produce multimedia content for internal training, campaigns, events and strategic company initiatives.
- Designed and standardized interactive PDFs for employee performance reviews.
- Filmed, edited, and delivered video content for executive communications and internal promotions.