Professional Experience

• Provide graphic design and creative direction to support the three-lab entrepreneurial ecosystem at Harvard University
• Collaboratively work with the larger brand team of copywriters, developers, and designers as well as marketing and programming teams
• Work systematically on campaigns with multiple media applications
• Create complex and original graphics within the Harvard Innovation Labs brand identity
• Coordinate production of print and digital materials

• Graphic design and creative direction services for print and web
  
• Provide presentation decks based on client needs, objectives, and goals
  
• Source and effectively communicate work with production resources such as printers and framers
  
• Clients include:
  Hindman Auctions, Luaka Bop Records, Radius, Cities in Dust Jewelry, Everybody Gallery, Gaspar Cycles, Jay Youngdahl Studio, First to Knock, and more

• Founded physical magazine dedicated to the subculture of BMX (bicycle motocross)
  
• Design and plan all aspects of the magazine and brand including but not limited to: layout, merchandise, and social media
• Mediate ads and marketing—­in 2019 negotiated sponsorship by Vans shoes
  
• Plan with contributors from across the globe to offer thoughtful and on-brand editorial content
  
• Effectively communicate with prepress/printers for successful printing of magazine and merchandise
  
• Coordinate national and international distribution of 1500 copies of each issue

• Managed collection of over 10,000 artists’ publications
  
• Streamlined inventory and cataloging process by using iterative design thinking
  
• Participated in group critiques of student artists’ books
  
• Assisted students with all elements of self-publishing at various stages of the design process at weekly workshops
  
• Organized and maintained departmental calendar, digital assets, and statistics
  
• Managed student workers and assisted with the hiring of new employees
  

• Provided high-quality reference and research services to one of the nation’s top-ranking art and design schools
• Responsible for the organization of information and user-experience design to effectively communicate with the SAIC community via individual/group instruction and web tools
  
• Worked closely with faculty on in-depth research projects ranging from historical periodical research to deep dives into government documents
  
• Encouraged students to try non-traditional methods of research such as chance, rapid image collecting, and disrupting the traditional use value assigned to the library
  
• Managed student workers and assisted with the hiring of new employees
  
  

• Coordinated and developed content with the Senior Editor for ESPN’s BMX website
  
• Authored profiles and interviewed BMX riders and key figures in the industry
  
• Wrote copy for products and industry news
  
• Provided action and lifestyle photography to accompany profiles and articles