EXPERIENCE

Product Designer, Farm Credit Services of America

2017 - Present

• I implement each project’s UX and UI strategy across multiple teams and products.

• Lead research sessions with internal and external usergroups.

• Design interactive prototypes and coordinate handoff to developers.

• Work with a team of peers to create and evolve our design system and best practices.

• Evolve and help implement new tools and pipelines.

• Prepare for and facilitate internal workshops to advance our design culture.

• Work on innovation focused cross functional teams.

Freelance Artist

2014 - 2021

• I contacted and coordinated with clients to gather requirements, communicate progress and manage expectations.

• Created concepts, thumbnails, orthographics, animations, Illustrations, UX prototypes and UI assets for a wide range of entertainment types, including but not limited to mobile games, apps, web applications, board games and marketing campaigns.

• For each client I was able to work within their budget and schedule delivering the highest quality content while working within their constraints.

• As a freelance artist I utilized the client’s project management tools or, if none were provided, proposed my own that were suited to the job and work.

Creative Director and COO, Anvilhead Studios

2015 - 2017

• Communicated job expectations by planning, appraising, and reviewing contributions.

• I discussed and set quality standards and balanced the infinite demands of perfection against finite limitations of time and money.

• Oversaw and managed the product.

• Set and adjusted project milestones.

• Created GUI art and assets when needed.

• Adjunct Faculty, Metropolitan Community College

• April 2013 - 2017

• Modernized all applicable syllabi and integrated them into Google Documents for easy manipulation and use. Connected all class documents into a webpage that could be accessed off site by students.

• Cleaned up and removed antiquated document structures for easy sharing between faculty.

• Utilize a variety of technologies and instructional methodologies to keep courses updated, fun and engaging.

• Spent one-on-one time mentoring students outside of class hours and on a continuing basis once their class was completed.

Senior and Lead Artist, SkyVu Entertainment

2009 - 2014

• Created thumbnails, callouts, reference models, orthographics and illustrations while discovering what the AD/PO wanted and what the game needed.

• Spearheaded UX prototyping and development for the majority of projects worked on. Pioneered use of development tools, conducted AB testing, created final assets and implemented them into Unity with aid from the developers.

• Guided development and software quality assurance to ensure optimal progress and product stability for end users.

• Established company branding and oversaw marketing on the iTunes Store and Android Marketplace.

• Built an art department from the ground up - researching and implementing application and asset management pipelines before they were needed.

• Gathered and produced actionable style guides.

• Strove to make the team as efficient as possible in all things and implemented changes to software, pipeline and project management techniques.

• Liaised with remote contractors and clients over multiple projects where I managed assets, cross team communication, requirements, documentation and troubleshooting.

• Oversaw multiple, simultaneous projects across all phases of development.

• Collaborated with the development team to plan project sprints, manage scrum and document retros.