WORK EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE

Presentation Designer / Graphic Designer OCT 2015 - CURRENT  I  NYC / SF

Clients: Guardian Life, Blink Fitness, Creative Circle, Amplitude, Havas Media, Arnold, Finder.com, Kantar, the Futures Company, Sky IMD

Work with clients to meet deadline on a host of projects including: pitch decks, presentation magazines, flyers, pamphlets, user interfaces, brand redesigns, program launches, competitor research, trend forecasting, and brand design development.

Art Director / Production Designer AUG 2018 - CURRENT   I   NYC / SF

Clients: Never Whisper Justice, Womblight Studio, Thinx, Floss Gloss   

Develop visual worlds for photo and film projects through art direction, wardrobe styling, and set building, including: Tribeca Film Festival Finalist Black Girls. Execute concepts from start to finish including: concept outlines, moodboarding, photo research, sourcing, design development, events, and photo/video treatments.

BOND.ONE/CBXMARKET

Marketing & Design Manager AUG 2018 -JUL 2019  I  NYC

Responsible for all brand imagery, designing brand decks, presentations, landing pages, graphics, user interfaces, & website content. Developed/launched BOND.ONE brand for all website, social, email, blog, & marketing collateral across digital & print.

KOMAR

Designer / Trend Specialist OCT 2013 - OCT 2015   I   NYC

Developed seasonal design vision. Designed all new offerings for high growth brands & created categories for retailers’ “white space” - active, lounge, layering, & sleep - over $15M in revenue.  Created mock-ups & prototypes/ designed packaging.

CHAMPION (HANESBRANDS INC.)

Creative Designer SEP 2012 - OCT  2013   I   NYC

Creative direction & product management for 10 licensed athletic accessory business’ within Champion. Directed, managed, and oversaw licensees to ensure product was appropriate and salable. Provided design comments and advised corrections for all sample iterations. Researched innovative technologies and devised reports to inform future product decisions.

COMMUNITY & CULTURE

COVEN

Founder/ Organizer OCT 2016 - CURRENT  I  NYC

Coven is a monthly meet-up for entrepreneurial women to learn and find empowered in one another while developing community. I lead members to develop a presentation for each meeting under a theme encouraging growth/ developing new skill sets.

CHILL + AMBITIOUS

Creative Director/ Co-Producer SEP 2015 - JAN 2017  I  NYC

Produced podcast episodes, procured interviews and built stories, utilizing in-depth research to develop themes & episode structure relevant to listener base. I was responsible for all visuals including branding, web graphics, email, social, & pitch decks. Additionally, I developed events for community engagement, set programming timelines, and managed workload.

HIGHER LEARNING

BFA, FASHION DESIGN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

SUMMER INTENSIVE, FASHION 2006 PARSONS PARIS

AS, FRENCH COLLEGE OF MARIN

AS, LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE OF MARIN

ACCOLADES

BLACK GIRLS
Tribeca X 2024 Finalist

Production Designer / Costume Designer

I’LL BE LUXURIATING IN MY OWN DIVINITY
Every Woman Biennial 2021 at Superchief Gallery

Art Director / Production Designer / Costume Designer