Web Design & Development

Full Pull Wines Website
  • About the Project
    Web Design & Front-End Development

    To celebrate their 10th Anniversary, I worked with Full Pull Wines to create a new website that would serve its current clients and attract new ones. Full Pull offers boutique wines to members of their mailing list, with a special focus on the Pacific Northwest.
415 Westlake Website
  • About the Project
    Web Design & Front-End Development

    415 Westlake, an event space in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood, needed a website that set them apart in such a competitive field. We worked together to create a website that would work for them, helping them book more events.
Meredith Plays Custom Blog
  • About the Project
    A Little Bit of Everything

    I worked with author and TV personality Meredith Sinclair from 2012–2018 on web and print design, social media, blogging, brand development, and her first book. As her brand grew, we moved from a static one-page website to Blogger, which better served her needs as a content creator.
These Inspiring Things
  • About the Project
    These Inspiring Things combines procrastination and inspiration for a more enjoyable and productive work day. This was an individual project, concieved, created, and coded independently.
  • Technology Used
    Facebook Authorization
    Unsplash API
    Quotes on Design API
    Materialize
    HTML, CSS (CSS Grid)
    JavaScript, jQuery
    Node
Chronotron
  • About the Project
    “There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.” Give Chronotron an amount of time you need to spend and it will provide you enough content to fill that void. This project was created by a five person dev team, working with a UX/UI consultant, over the course of four days. It was my responsibility to design and build the front-end of the the site, from wireframes to CSS transitions, integrating input from our UX consultant and his user testing.
  • Technology Used

    Open Weather API
    YouTube API
    OpenTrivia API
    Trails API
    Spotify API
    Ruby on Rails
    HTML, CSS
    JavaScript, jQuery
    Google Analytics
Dogglegänger
  • About the Project
    We made Dogglegänger to help draw potential adopters to the PetFinder website, hopefully leading to more animals finding a happy home. For this three-person group project, I did the front-end design work, and also worked as Git Master and Project Manager.
  • Technology Used
    PetFinder API
    Graphics Magic NPM
    HTML, CSS (CSS Grid)
    MEAN Stack

Branding

Trillium Acupuncture
  • About the Project
    A local acupuncturist reached out to me when she was ready to start her own studio and looking to create a brand that felt authentic to her. Together we created a logo and brand mark that matched her vision for her business and represented its namesake: the Trillium flower.

    I also designed her business card and compiled a branding guide that included suggested logo use, typography, and colors for her to use in her marketing materials.
Advanced Balance Clinic
  • About the Project
    I created a branding guide including three logo formats for ABC, an occupational and physical therapy clinic in Dearborn, Michigan.
NOLA for NOLA
  • About the Project
    I created branding and materials for The St. Bernard Project's NOLA for NOLA initiative, which encouraged community giving through email and print campaigns, as well as their 500 for 500 campaign, which focused on nationwide outreach.

Print & Digital Design

Shiny new things coming soon!

Invitations

Karen and Evan
  • About the Project
    Karen and Evan were looking for a classic feel with their invitations, that still brought in some modern design touches.
  • Included in the Suite
    Custom concept
    Paper and envelope selection
    Save the Date
    Invitation
    RSVP Card
    Rehearsal Dinner Info
    Rehearsal Dinner Map
    Card for gift baskets
Anna and Ryan
  • About the Project
    Chicago residents Anna and Ryan chose a beautiful space in Southwest Michigan for their wedding over Labor Day Weekend. With a close proximity to Lake Michigan and date of the wedding, we chose to incorporate the feel of a weekend getaway at the lakeshore.
  • Included in the Suite
    Custom concept
    Paper and envelope selection
    Save the Date
    Invitation
    RSVP Postcard
Britt and Andy
  • About the Project
    For Britt and Andy's wedding in Maine, we created a wedding suite using custom stamps for a unique inviation for each guest. We also used the imagery of a key, knowing it would be incorporated into the reception decor as an inside joke amongst the wedding party.
  • Included in the Suite
    Custom concept
    Paper and envelope selection
    Custom stamp design
    Invitation
    RSVP Card
    Rehearsal Dinner Invite
    Wedding Program

Editorial Design & Layout

Washington Athletic Club
  • My Role
    Since 2018, I have contracted as a freelancer with the Washington Athletic Club as a graphic designer for the WAC Magazine, as well as their Marketing Department.
  • Examples of Work
    Available upon request.
Wednesday Journal
  • My Role
    At Wednesday Journal Inc I had the opportunity to work on three city papers and three suburban papers, spanning a variety of topics and readership. I was responsible for putting together a newspaper cover-to-cover on a morning deadline, but also had the luxury of time with weeklies to work with editors to create strong feature sections.

    While at WJ, I also worked as Art Director for a number of annual special sections.
  • Examples of Work
  • Awards
    Art Director
    First Place, Best Annual Special Section from the Illinois Press Association for Excellence in Advertising

    Art Director
    Second Place, Best Annual Special Section from the Illinois Press Association for Excellence in Editorial
Chicago Parent
  • My Role
    As an editorial designer at Wednesday Journal Inc, I spent half of my time working on the Chicago Parent, a monthly magazine with supplements Chicago Parent Going Places, Chicago Special Parent and Chicago Baby. I later worked as Digital Content Manger for the magazines.

    I also lead the redesign of our Going Places magazine, launched in Fall 2012.

    I was Art Director on the photoshoot for the cover above, and it was my first cover design as well.
  • Examples of Work

    (Above) Chicago Parent March 2012 Cover (Baby Blackhawk): Photoshoot Art Direction, Cover Design

    (Above) Chicago Parent Feb 2013 Cover: Photoshoot Art Direction, Location Scouting, Couple Recruiting

  • Awards
    Layout Design
    Gold, Overall Design, Print Magazine, from the Parenting Media Association

    Content Manager
    Silver, General Excellence, Website, from the Parenting Media Association