Current

Independent

Design consulting

Product design, UX design, branding

2023-2024

OurHive

Head of Design & Creative

• Spearheaded design of a 0–1 ML-powered home management platform, driving early user adoption
• Crafted user journeys, scalable design systems, and a unified brand identity
• Translated complex business goals into intuitive, high-impact user experiences
• Collaborated with executive leadership to shape product vision

2023-2024

Google Cloud, LSD

Senior Creative Lead

• Led a multidisciplinary creative team spanning UX, visual design, video, and animation
• Established and optimized workflows to elevate creative quality and cross-team consistency
• Directed UX, UI, and IA design for complex global programs, navigating design constraints to deliver cohesive experiences
• Oversaw end-to-end creative execution across branding, websites, videos, animations, interactive games, and presentations

2018-2022

LinkedIn, LXD

Design Manager

• Built and led the creative design team for LXD, hiring, mentoring, and managing six senior designers across UX, motion, and visual disciplines
• Drove strategic focus across three pillars: scalable knowledge infrastructure, robust design systems, and high-impact creative engagement
• Partnered cross-functionally with sales performance consultants, learning consultants and global sales teams to design and deliver integrated, user-centered learning solutions
• Fostered a culture of design excellence to elevate global learning experiences

2017-2018

LinkedIn, LXD

Creative Lead

• Built scalable design systems, cutting development time by 15%
• Defined UX standards for cross-platform consistency
• Led branding and design for major multi-year programs
• Collaborated with brand teams to ensure quality and scale
• Managed and mentored two contractors

2015-2018

LinkedIn, LXD

Interactive Learning Designer

Improved the learner's experience by applying human-centric UX principles. Collaborated with flagship communications to launch internal Microsite platform. Launched first ever internal blog.

2009-2015

Furnaceboy

Creative Director

• Lead all aspects of the design, business and production process for a small interactive studio.
• Defined creative vision of project and managing small teams of content creators, developers and artists.  
• Collaborate with clients to understand their content, their needs and the needs of their users.
• Developed storyboards, wireframes, and UX. Design innovative & compelling campaigns for web and mobile.
• Clients included: Accenture, Bloomberg, Cisco, Credit-Suisse, Chevron, Genentech, Groupon, Open Table, Symantec.

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University of California, Berkeley

Graduated

B.A. in English and Classical Civiliazations