The design leader you’ve been searching for.
I’m a creative services manager with 10 years of hands-on graphic design experience across healthcare, finance, and government. I specialize in brand systems, campaign execution, and art direction for in-house marketing teams. My philosophy is to think in systems, and design with empathy.
Level up your brand with storytelling + strategic systems.
Design is more than a pretty veneer. It’s the strategic process that allows you to set your business apart from the rest, connect to the right audience, and scale for impact. A seasoned design leader is the missing link that will level up your team from chaos to intentionality.
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October 2024—Present
Lead creative operations for a physician staffing organization with 11,000+ employees nationwide. Manage a multidisciplinary team of three designers across a high-volume, multi-brand environment.Oversee creative pipeline, project intake, and resource allocation across 11+ distinct brands
Grew team deliverable output 30% year over year through process improvements and SOP development
Build and maintain standard operating procedures that reduce bottlenecks and keep production on schedule
Partner with marketing, communications, and executive stakeholders to translate complex briefs into clear creative direction
Lead team development through 1:1s, creative reviews, and performance coaching
Contribute to high-level design for omni-channel campaigns and enterprise events (500+ attendees)
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December 2021—October 2024
Served as the senior design resource for a nationwide healthcare brand, working across identity, campaigns, and multi-channel collateral in a compliance-sensitive environment.
Designed across the full brand ecosystem: identity systems, style guides, digital campaigns, print, and internal communications
Maintained brand integrity across multiple sub-brands and stakeholder groups
Collaborated with marketing and clinical operations teams to meet both brand and regulatory standards
Promoted to Creative Services Manager within three years
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May 2021—December 2021
Led design for a public-sector PR agency specializing in behavior change and crisis communications campaigns for state government clients.
Designed statewide campaigns across traffic safety, public health, environmental sustainability, and emergency response
Managed client relationships and creative feedback cycles from concept through final delivery
Produced campaign assets across out-of-home, digital, social, web, and print channels simultaneously
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May 2018—May 2021
Managed the design function of the in-house marketing team at a national mortgage lender, leading a team of three designers and overseeing output from brief to final delivery.
Led design team supporting nationwide brand campaigns, email, social, direct mail, video, and large-scale events
Won Hermes Creative Award for Finance of America's Brand Refresh (2021)
Designs featured in Scotsman Guide (2018) and HousingWire (2019) magazines
Established a repeatable creative process — brief → concept → revision → delivery — improving cross-team collaboration with copywriters, project managers, and vendors
Served as Regional Fundraising Lead for Finance of America Cares nonprofit initiative (2018)
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March 2016-May 2018
Executed creative across campaigns, email, social, print, signage, and event collateral for a national audience of mortgage professionals.
Named Employee of the Year (2016–2017) in first two years with the company
Acted as liaison between corporate creative and regional branches, print vendors, and clients with custom requests
Featured panelist, AIGA Sacramento Women in Design Leadership Conference (2018)
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2015-2022
I helped create, refine, and scale brands for start-ups, non-profits, and solopreneurs.
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