Nice to meet you!

I'm a multidisciplinary creative with extensive experience in the hospitality and entertainment industries. I'm a compulsive command+s-er, aspiring herbalist, estate sale enthusiast, and mom of two. I’m passionate about food justice and good kerning (iykyk).

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Skills

Brainstorming sessions · Brand & identity development · Brand stewardship · Creative direction · Digital illustration · Inter-departmental collaboration · Problem solving · Project management · Team leadership · Visual communication

Relevant Experience

    • Oversee all marketing creative and in-store branded elements for Uchi restaurants 

    • Lead creative brand projects from brainstorm sessions to campaigns 

    • Facilitate communication and collaboration between marketing, culinary, and ops teams 

    • Coordinate relationships with vendors for print production and merch; provide creative direction for freelancers 

    • Led hiring process and managed contract designer

    • Assist emerging and established brands with branding and positioning, creative direction, and marketing
design

    • Design logos, brand packages, and print & digital marketing; Produce easy-to-use templates for client use


    • Collaborated on brand identity and marketing strategy for new hospitality concepts


    • Oversaw marketing creative, menus, merch, and signage design for all concepts in our portfolio of restaurants, music venues, and outdoor markets


    • Managed creative projects; provided art direction for freelancers and team members

    • Researched, sourced, and ordered uniforms, merchandise, print collateral, signage, and promotional items while adhering to each concept’s budget

    • Collaborated on brand identity and marketing strategy for new hospitality concepts


    • Designed signage, menus, uniforms, merchandise, print ads, digital marketing, and more for all concepts in portfolio

    • Led development of Potluck Hospitality branding

    • Researched, sourced, and ordered uniforms, merchandise, print collateral, signage, and promotional items while adhering to each concept’s budget

    • Designed localized logos and digital creative for international clients across multiple streaming platforms


    • Maintained efficiency and high level of accuracy in a fast-paced, production-focused environment


    • Created customizable templates and led trainings for a team of designers

    • Reviewed other designers’ work for accuracy and consistency and provided art direction

    • Designed all social posts, digital marketing, and traditional media for national festivals – including Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL), Sea.Hear.Now (Asbury Park, NJ), Voodoo Music + Arts Experience (New Orleans, LA), Innings Festival (Tempe, AZ), and Music City Food + Wine (Nashville, TN)


    • Provided art direction and support for international Lollapalooza brands (Lolla Argentina, Lolla Berlin, Lolla Brazil, Lolla Chile, Lolla Paris, and Lolla Stockholm)


    • Maintained brand consistency for five festivals throughout year-round sales cycle, from on-sale advertising and promotions to on-site collateral


    • Managed projects, deadlines, and deliverables for teammates, internal clients, partners, and sponsors


    • Interviewed, hired & managed design interns; interviewed and hired and temporary designers


    • Concepted & executed print collateral, email marketing, direct mail, and trade show pieces for B2B marketing


    • Reviewed creative produced by designers and copywriters for adherence to brand standards; provided guidance & art direction


    • Led design from concept to execution for 2015 multi-channel marketing campaign 


    • Concepted and executed print collateral, signage & OOH advertising, social media elements, web banners, and microsites for the Kasasa brand

    • Built 300+ customizable templates and trained a team of designers how to use them 


    • Managed and mentored design interns


    • Led design for award-winning national promotions 


    • Concepted and executed print collateral, signage & OOH advertising, social media elements, web banners, and microsites for the Kasasa brand


    • Customized templates for our client base of 300+ community financial institutions 


    • Produced one-off creative for custom requests from individual financial institutions —ranging from car wraps to landing pages 


    • Designed websites for professors and departments at UT Austin

    • Created illustrations in a variety of styles for websites and textbooks

    • Trained other designers on illustration and photo editing techniques

Education

BA Studio Art, BA Religious Studies, UT Austin, 2006–2010

Graduated Magna Cum Laude