Career & Experience
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Manager, Visual Communications
Walt Disney Television
I drive design strategy, execution, and project management across Corporate Visual Communications, defining the look and feel of print, web, and event creative.
Overseeing a team of junior and freelance designers, our team supports the segment’s shared services teams, implementing marketing campaigns for the broader public and internal audiences.
Additional responsibilities include:
– Working directly with the Office of the Chairman, senior executives and speechwriters to shape, write and design internal and external presentations.
– Cross-collaboration with teams spanning The Walt Disney Company for large scale initiatives.
– Producing and managing creative for WDT Corporate Social Responsibility’s six yearly prosocial campaigns.
– Partnering with HR and Internal Resource Groups to develop content that effectively engages audiences.
– Managing deadlines, costs and relationships with Creative Services and vendors.
June 2019 – Present
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Senior Graphic Designer
Disney | ABC Television Group
As a designer supporting the Disney Media Distribution and Global Communications teams, I conceptualize and execute print and digital creative deliverables for audiences on multiple platforms.
Responsibilities include:
– Generating new and innovative Executive presentations
– Designing full-scale event creative— from eblasts to promo items to online/print campaigns
– Driving design strategy and vision based on a project’s needs
June 2017 – June 2019
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Editorial and Design Contributor
Disney Interactive | Disney Style
As a writer and designer for Disney Style, I create original articles and designs that presents classic Disney content with a contemporary, lifestyle twist. In this fast paced environment where no day looks quite like the last, I design and illustrate assets for our Style team’s daily posts and publish editorial series on everything from period fashions to contemporary decor trends.
Responsibilities include: pitching and writing content for written, social and video platforms, publishing and tagging articles on WordPress, scheduling social distribution on Sprinklr, and conducting analytic follow up on post performance.
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Designer
Disney | ABC Television Group
Tasked with transforming dense research data into visually compelling stories, I conceptualize and design digital and print projects for ABC’s Burbank, Seattle, and New York Research teams. Responsibilities include: designing logos for new teams,developing style guides for use across ABC Research’s offices,managing ABC brand assets, and acting as a design consultant for our team’s researchers.
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Design Intern
Disney | ABC Television Group
Reporting to Burbank’s Multiplatform Research team, I executed designs for presentation decks, reports, and graphics. Projects included the MPR Team’s data-heavy State of the Union deck, research dashboard redesigns, and “bubble show” presentations and report templates.
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Freelance
Design, Illustration & Creative Consult
Whether I’m developing logos for start-ups or designing shirts for team events – hand painting wedding decor or illustrating comic books – I have proven skill as a creative MacGyver and dedicate myself to delivering quality work. Clients include: UCLA, The US Soccer Federation, Evolve App, Tubby Tales, and more.
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Researcher, Writer, and Designer
Western National Parks Association | IMLab
Working with the WNPA and UCLA’s Interpretive Media Laboratory, I researched the history of downtown Los Angeles, producing timelines, maps, and exhibit design proposals for a new visitor center in the El Pueblo district.
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UX and Print Designer, Writer
UCLA | Center for Digital Humanities
I worked in writing and designing a suite of web and PDF tutorials for students of UCLA’s Introduction to Digital Humanities Course, additionally developing branding for the WordPress site and formatting/copy-editing the textbook.
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Social Media & Promotions Coordinator
Hammer Museum
I developed marketing campaigns and print and web promotional materials for student workshops, lectures, and art events. Additional work included managing the Student Association’s social media outlets.