résumé

EMPLOYMENT

Your Friends & Neighbors, Cincinnati, OH
Owner
2007-present

  • conceptualize and execute graphic design across media, for clients including ArtsWave [posters], SORTA [bus wrap], Visionaries & Voices [catalog], and Ramapo College [record label identity]
  • selected to design site-specific graphics for Haile Foundation and Contemporary Arts Center
  • develop online content using original photography and copy
  • successfully seek out and collaborate with partners to increase engagement and amplify message
  • improved website SEO to #1 position through strategic redesign and copywriting
  • design, write and edit print and email newsletters
  • developed first-ever strategic communication plan for Betts House [small house museum]
  • regularly present metrics and data analysis of organic, paid and earned communication efforts
  • reduced web hosting costs by 10% through vendor renegotiation for Walnut Hills Business Group
  • reduced print costs by 10% through vendor renegotiation for East Walnut Hills Assembly
  • organize and promote events and place activations with community organizations [Spring in Our Steps] and small businesses [Geers of Change]
  • author articles for Cincinnati Business Courier, Cincinnati Refined, Apartment Therapy, and Design*Sponge
  • selected to curate exhibitions for Fotofocus, Visionaries & Voices and Nicholas Gallery
  • curated Haile Foundation art collection
  • finalist for American Marketing Association award

Cincinnati Preservation Association, Cincinnati, OH
Communication Consultant
2018-2023

  • effectively utilize social media to diversify discourse and audience around local preservation initiatives
  • developed comprehensive communication strategy to optimize outreach efforts, increase event attendance and improve website SEO
  • created and have organically grown CPA’s Instagram presence to over 8k followers in under 4 years
  • prepare monthly social media engagement and metrics reports
  • research, write and photograph significant local Black historic sites and stories
  • present to the Board of Directors and participate in public discussions as needed

VisuaLingual, Cincinnati, OH | Indianapolis, IN
Owner
2007-2015

  • conceptualized and art directed brand and product identity and photography
  • wrote all promotional copy
  • managed brand voice across communication channels
  • acquired wholesale orders from 150 retailers within 1st year
  • fostered corporate partnerships with Williams-Sonoma, Anthropologie and Restoration Hardware
  • negotiated with retailers, suppliers and shippers
  • trained 20 production assistants
  • managed all logistics, including production and fulfillment
  • developed private label and custom products for variety of cultural clients, including Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and the Philadelphia Flower Show
  • finalist for American Made Awards presented by Martha Stewart Omnimedia

F+W Publications, Cincinnati, OH
Senior Designer
2006-2007

  • art directed and designed a variety of trend-conscious books
  • managed project budgets
  • hired freelance talent
  • presented concepts to sales and marketing teams
  • earned internal award for exceeding sales projection through publication design

VOLUNTEER

member, East Walnut Hills Assembly Events Committee
2017-present

member, School for Creative and Performing Arts Career in Technical Education Advisory Board
2014-present

Block Captain, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
2015

Big Pitch [winning] competition mentor, ArtWorks
2014

guest curator, Visionaries & Voices
2012

co-organizer, OTR/Gateway Summer Celebration
2009

EDUCATION

Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
MFA in Graphic Design

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
BA in Philosophy & Critical Theory

References available upon request.