Career & Experience

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.