About
Decades of in-house and agency design experience, including:
- 3+ years as a product designer at a consultancy focused on outcomes-driven products and services
- 8 years as an in-house design lead in B2B enterprise SaaS (hybrid product marketing communications design + UX/UI research and design)
- 2-time award winner for making the greatest difference to a company’s strategic and financial goals
- U.S. Design Patent for visualization of trademark data GUI
Why Envelopepusher?
My journey began as an art director at Digitas, an agency where my role was to conceptualize and design print campaigns (direct mail) for American Express. I created everything from promotional postcards to offer packages for Platinum Cards. View some of the work to the right (below on mobile) and remind me to tell you the story of how the image of the people stuck inside the monitor was brought to life.
I learned all about marketing by working for the family business.
Marketing has always been a part of my life. I left Digitas to work for the family business, a direct marketing agency servicing Diageo and Pernod Ricard — two of the largest global clients in the wine & spirits industry. We developed customer loyalty programs for Crown Royal, Johnnie Walker, and other major brands, and I learned the nuances and back-end of direct mail and marketing production. We produced personalized bottle labels and purple pouches for Crown Royal as “The Society of The Crown.” We managed the post office boxes, data entry and mailing lists, and order fulfillment. I pushed hundreds of envelopes daily.
While I continue to occasionally literally push the envelope, these days I’m pushing it more in the figurative sense by advocating for research-driven, agile, human-centered design.
Timeframe
Company
Role
Industries
Brands
2021 – present
3+ years
Coforma
(remote)
Senior Product Designer (FTE)
Technology, Healthcare, Digital Transformation
Visit coforma.io for more info
2020 – 2021
6 months
Harvest
(remote)
UX and CX Consultant (contract)
Productivity SaaS (B2B)
Harvest
2019 – 2020
8 months
CIC
Cambridge, MA (remote)
Design and Brand Consultant (contract)
Innovation Hub, Coworking Space, Hospitality, Real Estate
CIC
2018 – 2019
6 months
Patreon
San Francisco (remote)
User Research Consultant (contract)
Entertainment, Crowdfunding, Social Media, e-commerce, Membership
Patreon
2017 – 2018
1 year / 8 total
(see Wolters Kluwer)
Corsearch Inc.
New York
Director, Brand Establishment (contract)
Information Services, Enterprise Software, Legal Services, Intellectual Property, Trademark Research, Domain Management
Corsearch Platform (enterprise SaaS)
2014 – 2015
2 months
TED
New York
Product Marketing Consultant (contract)
Entertainment, Innovation, Design, Technology, Education
TED, Apple App Store, Google Play, Chromecast
2014 – 2014
1 month
Zeel
New York
UX Designer (General Assembly UX Program)
Massage, Wellness, On-demand service, Technology, App
Zeel
2010 – 2017
7 years
Wolters Kluwer
Corsearch Division
New York
Sr. Marketing Communications Designer
Information Services, Enterprise Software, Legal Services, Intellectual Property, Trademark Research, Domain Management
Corsearch Platform (enterprise SaaS)
2010
6 months
360i
Agency
New York
Visual Designer (contract)
Entertainment, Food CPG, Automotive
Marvel Comics, Oreo, Kraft, Scion
2006 – 2008
2.5 years
AllianceBernstein
New York
AVP, Program Design Coordinator
Financial Services, Institutional Investing
AllianceBernstein Investment Professional Institute
2002 – 2006
3.75 years
Direct Solutions
Agency
Langhorne, PA
Director of Creative Services
Wine + Spirits, Beverages, CPG
Diageo (Crown Royal), Pernod Ricard (Johnnie Walker, Chivas, Glenlivet, Bushmills, Jameson)
1999 – 2002
2.5 years
Digitas
Agency
New York
Art Director
Visual Designer
Financial Services, Retail, Hospitality
American Express (Platinum Cards, Financial Advisors, POP, Blue), Ann Taylor, Starwood Hotels
Recognition + Associations
Education
1999
B.F.A. Communications Design, Syracuse University
2006
Web Design Certificate,
New York University
2014
UX Design Immersive, General Assembly NY
2018
Digital Marketing,
Data Visualization
General Assembly NY
2019
Service Design Immersive, Cooper Professional Education/DesignIt NY