WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Design – A Love for Special Learning, remote
AI Image Creation – 1/2025 – present
Collaborate with an experienced educator to create 800+ custom AI-generated images to support a functional reading curriculum, enhancing engagement, accessibility, and inclusivity for adults with learning disabilities.
Freelance Design – Minty.com, remote
AI Image Creation – 1/2025 – present
Redesign email templates, increasing click-through rates by 20% – improving consumer access to personalized deals.
Streamlined web and mobile splash page workflows by designing clickable prototypes – increasing user engagement through enhanced usability and design.
Rakuten Advertising, Chicago, IL
Senior Designer, Creative Marketing
10/2019 – 3/2024
Led UX/UI design for the company’s creative microsite – developing wireframes, and prototypes, and conducting usability tests in Figma to validate design decisions, iterating based on feedback and technology constraints.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design global promotional assets, pitch decks, and event materials following brand guidelines – improving consistency across 2 business units and 8 regions on across print and digital platforms.
Worked with regional stakeholders to design and build digital marketing campaigns, web and mobile landing pages, and e-books – elegantly weaving the brand style throughout while iterating designs based on metrics to drive engagement.
Improved marketing operations in Canva through user observations, designing a scalable design system that empowered users to create consistent materials – reducing build time by 30% and improving user satisfaction.
Senior Web Producer/Senior Design Specialist
1/2014 – 10/2019
Produced web and mobile-optimized communications for 100+ clients, enhancing campaign performance through A/B testing – resulting in a 20% increase in open rates.
Created promotional assets to launch 60+ small businesses’ affiliate programs to build partner relationships.
Managed the Operations newsletter through content alignment, optimized publishing schedules, and streamlined HubSpot deployment—driving improvements in cross-functional communication and partner engagement.
Dunham’s Sports Corporate Headquarters, Troy, MI
Ad Coordinator/Layout Artist
10/2005 – 1/2014
Created print and digital ads that promoted seasonal and weekly sales
Proofed and corrected product information in the corporate database
Produced 200+ sale signs weekly, ensuring efficient store operations
VOLUNTEER
Finley Forever Foundation, remote
UXUI Design & Volunteer
4/2023 – present
Redesigned nonprofit website using UX methodologies – including card sorting, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing to enhance usability and support the foundation’s mission and increase donations.
Established an ongoing partnership with the foundation, providing regular website updates and maintenance
EDUCATION
Master of Science
Human-Computer Interaction
DePaul University
Graduated: Fall 2023
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Print & Web Design Certificate
College for Creative Studies
Bachelor of Science
Journalism/Advertising
Central Michigan University
SKILLS & TOOLS
Tools
Adobe Creative Suite
Figma/FigJam
Canva
Ceros
Midjourney
Optimal Workshop
Dovetail,
Qualtrics
HTML/CSS
JIRA
Design & Research
UX/UI Design
UX Research
Print & Digital Design
Branding
AI Image Creation
Data Visualization
Email Marketing
Wireframing
Prototyping
Personas
Storyboarding
Information Architecture
Iterative Design
User Testing
Accessibility
Heuristic Evaluation
A/B Testing
Personal
Ambitious
Curious
Empathetic
Reliable
Lifelong learner