HqO

Boston, MA

Senior Designer

06.21 – Present

 

  • Manages HqO’s corporate brand identity through the ideation, design, and execution of company graphics and resources.

  • Produces key and dynamic Marketing content such as: brand style guides; ebooks, whitepapers, and product brochures; event exhibition visuals; website wireframes and images; and social media and display ad graphics.

  • Serves as the senior-level subject matter expert for the HqO brand between Marketing, Product, Human Operations, and Sales.

  • Ensures company visuals and graphics meet accessibility standards by applying ADA best practices.

 
 
 

ZAG Interactive

Glastonbury, CT

Senior Graphic Designer

12.20 - 06.21

 

  • Worked with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete experiences that met clients’ needs and vision.

  • Produced low-fidelity wireframes and pixel-perfect screen mockups across multiple platforms and screen sizes.

  • Collaborated with the project team to translate client goals into solid design strategies.

  • Asked smart questions, identified design problems, and made strategic design and user-experience decisions.

  • Conducted layout adjustments based on user feedback.

  • Balanced multiple projects daily, from large website designs to design support for client services.

  • Produced targeted, on-brand marketing and social media campaign artwork for clients on a monthly basis.

 
 
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American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA)

Connecticut Chapter

In-House chair, board of directors

01.19 – 01.21

 

  • Worked closely with both the Director of Education and Director of Community.

  • Identified opportunities and helped execute events that provided in-house designers new skills and social experiences.

  • Communicated with companies to speak to their design team to plan company specific events and to assist in spreading career opportunities.

 
 
 

Legrand, North & Central America

West Hartford, CT

Graphic Designer

04.16 – 12.20

 

  • Created branded materials —print and digital — throughout all locations. Collaborated with the parent company on global projects.

  • Designed all brand guidelines for each Legrand brand and product line, including treatment of logos, typography, color, imagery, video, app, web, etc.

  • Communicated and trained all creative updates to all teams, which consisted of designers, project managers, and marketing employees across divisions, including integrated, independent and associate brands, and product lines.

 
 
 

Foley

Hartford, CT

Graphic Designer

01.16 – 04.16

 

  • Created content used across their WordPress website, presentations, email campaigns, and social media accounts.

  • Created motion graphics used throughout the facility.

  • Updated all materials prior to rebrand, met with each department head to address concerns, and resolved those concerns in new assets.

 
 
 

Department of Transportation

Newington, CT

Graphic Design Intern & Team Lead

05.14 – 08.14

 

  • Led a team of student designers to illustrate a series of maps for the Department of Transportations new bus line, the CTfastrak.

  • Created deliverable assets for the company, including a series of maps, each prominently displayed at bus locations between New Britain and Hartford, Connecticut.

  • Maps featured the immediate area with prominent locations and businesses within a walkable distance. Wayfinding best practices applied.

 
 
 

New Britain Museum of American Art

New Britain, CT

Graphic Design Intern

01.14 – 04.14

 

  • Created all materials, digital and print, for current and upcoming exhibitions, including graphics for web, social, brochures, postcards and signage.

  • Documented artwork that entered the museum through photographing, image correction, and entering of information into the museum's archival tool.