Experience

Designer, Sports Illustrated New York, NY | 2020-Present

• Works on deadline to design FOB stories for the print magazine

• Creates website graphics (both thumbnail and in-line assets)

• Designs social packages for highlighted stories

• brainstorms ideas, assigns out projects, and art directs illustrations for print and digital assets

• Creates logo bumper animations for the SI video team (including the 2019 Fashionable 50, Where Are They Now, The Unrelenting, etc.)

• Designs and animates teaser videos for Sports Illustrated’s social accounts

Freelance Designer, Black Cub Productions Syracuse, NY | 2020-Present

• Work with emerging upstate New York businesses to develop their brand identity

• Conducts research, ideates concepts, designs logos, creates color palettes, and works with clients to get to the final product

• Designs print materials such as letterheads, envelopes, business cards, and any other collateral the client needs

• Establishes and designs brand guides

• Designed 2021 campaign for Onondaga Community College, including conceptualized visual direction, designing billboards, bus ads, postcards, and digital advertisements for web and social media

• Designs social media and email newsletter content for retainer clients

Freelance Motion Designer, SwingLeft Syracuse, NY | 2020

• Conceptualized, ideated, and designed a flexible social media template motion story template for the 2020 Presidential race 

• The base structure was applied to 12 independent motion pieces to highlight the twelve superstates of American Elections 

• Used during election season to inform voters of important happenings within their state   

Freelance Designer, Joele Frank New York, NY | 2020

• Worked within various client brand guidelines to create infographics (timelines, charts, among others) ESG reports, powerpoint presentations, motion pieces, and informational flyers

• Developed templates for Joele Frank’s LinkedIn page

• Collaborated with design team to produce quick turn-arounds in order to meet expedited client deadlines 

Digital Design Editor, The Daily Orange Syracuse, NY | 2018

• Worked 10 hours a week designing digital assets for the website including infographics, pull quotes and illustrations  

• Illustrated, designed, and animated for the paper’s weekly Snapchat Publisher story  

• Created social cards and gifs for twitter  

• Developed branding for new Opinion podcast and multiple snapchat series  

• Collaborated with section editors and writers to brainstorm digital content for upcoming articles  

Art Intern, Evoke Giant San Francisco, CA | 2018

• Conceptualized, designed, and presented various client projects including logo design, color systems, patient resources, packaging, and campaigns, both independently and collaboratively with multiple teams

• Conceptualized, designed, and pitched internal projects including email news blasts, posters, and invitations

• Offered insight during daily project update meetings

Skills

Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Aero, Adobe Lightroom, Sketch, Figma, Invision, Glyphs, Slack, Social Media, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel, Keynote, Squarespace, Basic HTML & CSS

Education

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY | May 2020 B.S. Graphic Design minor in Political Science Summa Cum Laude

Accolades

GDUSA

2020 Student to Watch

The Southeast Colloquium Creative Content

1st Place Packaging Design

“Powered by Design”

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