I interact daily with product owners, marketing, and IT professionals, improving print products and online services through project planning and development, creative direction, graphic design, UX, programming, SEO, e-commerce, social media design, and mobile app projects.
My experience has given me the opportunity to work in both non-profit and for-profit environments, working directly with clients, as well as internal and contract employees to successfully complete projects. I have experience managing the work from initial concept and brainstorming, to the creation of timelines and site flowcharts, copy writing/editing, design, programming, and working with all involved to meet deadlines.
Other random facts:
I tend to use my favorites 90% of the time, but I have 1,000 more just in case.
Combined, by two dogs weigh approximately 200lbs.
"I like cooking my family and my pets."
"I like cooking, my family, and my pets."
Commas save lives.
Choose your battles.
Last summer I drove 4,190.2 miles in 17 days, visiting 8 states and 3 National Parks / Monuments.
Your life isn't at risk, but I'll sound more coherent after a cup.
But I will watch every season of The Office over and over again.
“It’s performance review day, company-wide. Last year, my performance review started with Michael asking me what my hopes and dreams were, and it ended with him telling me he could bench-press 190 pounds. So, I don’t really know what to expect.”
– Pam Beesly, The Office
Extensive experience leading various teams through projects, often with tight timelines and minimal direction.
Provide leadership and direction to the creative and internet team, including creative brainstorming, team workload distribution, and preparing performance evaluations.
Collaborate with IT and contract staff to implement database-related functions and personalized content solutions including content management, e-mail blasts and list management, and e-commerce solutions.
Manage the maintenance of existing websites, registration and renewal of domain names and SSL certificates, and assist in the management of outside web hosting, including Amazon AWS bucket policies and FTP user management.
Work with various teams and stakeholderes to determine planning, user experience, and visual design of our websites. Design and develop websites and web application projects using HMTL, JS, and CSS.
Design corporate and program pieces for web, print, and social media use. Keep up with current design trends and social media & web standards, modifying existing print media for use in digital and mobile platforms using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Spark.
Manage the design, creation, and upkeep of mobile apps with 3rd party developers. Check out some of the apps I've worked on at lhm.org/apps.
Manage the design, setup, products, accounts, and reports for an online storefront using the BigCommerce platform. Check out the store at shoplhm.org.
Give creative direction on graphic design projects throughout the creation and approval process, improving consistency among projects and maintaining the corporate brand.
Specializing in event and product photography, I shoot and edit product photos for websites and online shopping, social media, and marketing efforts.
Maintain Apple and Google Play Developer accounts, as well as the management of Adobe Creative Cloud Team and Adobe Stock licenses.