I have proven myself as a keen developer of brands and expanding the messaging of project stakeholders.
I have a skill for identifying opportunities to create connections between products, markets, and audience needs and behavior. Whether I am transforming tired brands into relevant experiences for the modern consumer, as I recently did for a craft kit line in the Joann stores, or anticipating the needs of an American Greetings consumer products licensor—I know how to research, identify and execute a concept. I have successfully generated customer engagement for local, national, and international for-profit and not-for-profit organizations based on the simple philosophy of authentically understanding what the customer needs and showing them excellent customer service.
​
brand/identity systems
art direction
surface design
print and pattern
trend/forecasting
product development
consumer social expression
children’s products
craft kit development
book design
innovation
​
Client list: DecoPac + United States Forest Service + Denik + FabFitFun + City Ballet of Cleveland + American Greetings Interactive + American Greetings Properties + American Greetings Cardstore + American Greetings Product Concepts + Faber–Castell/Creativity for Kids + Faber–Castell/Design Memory Craft + Hasbro + Lake Erie Creamery + Burning River Roller Derby + CLE threads + Design Works International + Kinetic Gardens + Li & Fung + Georgetown University Press + Holy Family Learning Center + Snapily.com + YanokPT