Designed, and produced assets (characters, backgrounds, animations, UI) for 3 cutting edge gamifaction products as well as made the logos, websites, corporate branding (fliers, advertisements, banners etc.) to meet all the company’s needs. Known for finding creative solutions to problems, nimbleness, flexibility and consistently acquiring any skills necessary to reach goals. Combines traditional training in the fine arts and media design with hands-on experience creating art assets for 25 award winning Nancy Drew video games delivering on deadline. A passionate artist, seasoned video editor and designer who excels at collaborating to co-create excellence that delights customers.
Experience
Creative Consulted & Graphic Designer
Obsidian Portal
2023 – Present • Virtual
• Designed and created logos, advertisements, and marketing emails
• Created web template products to increase revenue
Graphic Designer
Kois Center
2022 – 2023 • Seattle, WA
• Designed and created the 2022 Symposium Cover
• Redesigned the book covers for all courses offered by the Kois Center as well as the overall esthetic for the courses
• Created the layout of the coursebook pages based on extremely technical articles, as well as corresponding PowerPoint presentations to match
• Coordinated with teachers to place articles and PowerPoint pages in the correct order in a highly intensive, fast paced environment and worked with Course Managers to print and distribute the Books online.
Creative Director & Graphic Designer
Vortex Managers
2019 – 2022 • Seattle, WA
• Created logos, and designed marketing materials including business cards, book marks, door hangers, rack cards and post cards
• Managed and scheduled photography of new properties
• Combined, touched up and toned HDR photography
• Managed websites using a complicated proprietary database program
Freelance Graphic Designer
Cadence Preferred
2018 – 2019 • Seattle, WA
• Created UX and UI for complex product web pages for SQL Azure Databases using Adobe XD
• Created Icons for abstract ideas for OpenHack web pages
• Designed PowerPoint presentations for a variety of business needs
Freelance Artist, Graphic Designer & Video Editor
James Silvers Graphic Design
2018 – Present • Seattle, WA
• Created logos, and designed corporate branding
• Designed and created PowerPoint Presentations
• Produced assets such as fliers, business cards and T-shirts
• Designed UI/UX for complex product web pages using Adobe XD
Senior Artist & Graphic Designer
Recurrence, Inc. & Interact CE
October 2015 – January 2018 • Bellevue, WA
• Produced all art & animation for 3 cutting edge educational applications
• Developed 3d Characters and Backgrounds with Fuse, Photoshop & Unity
• Designed UI for all three applications
• Created logos, and designed corporate branding for Recurrence, Inc.
• Designed and created Wordpress websites for both companies
• Produced web adverstisement and marketing assets
Senior 2d Artist, Video Editor & Animator
2012 – 2015 • Seattle, WA
• Co-created 25 Award Winning Nancy Drew video games
• Collaborated to create high quality and dynamic environments
• Created exquisite realistic, texture maps and written assets
• Artfully designed UI for complex and diverse puzzles
• Self-taught mastery of After Effects to create Special Effects and Cinematics
• Created numerous Trailers and Teaser videos for effective marketing
2d Artist & Animator
Her Interactive
2003 – 2012 • Bellevue, WA
• Co-created 25 Award Winning Nancy Drew video games
• Collaborated to create high quality and dynamic environments
• Created exquisite realistic, texture maps and written assets
• Artfully designed UI for complex and diverse puzzles
• Self-taught mastery of After Effects to create Special Effects and Cinematics
• Created numerous Trailers and Teaser videos for effective marketing