ME.
A lot of designers niche their core services. Some prioritize art at the cost of usability. Others are anchored in code and apply design as an afterthought.
I take a different approach. I am a designer well-versed in user experience and technical know-how with a background in marketing and visual design.
Information Architecture
Interactive Prototypes
User Testing
User Research
Interactive Design
Web Design
App Design
Email Design
WORK
I'm always happy to chat about interesting ideas, new collaborations or share Netflix binge-watching confessions.
be an understatement
VALUES
thirst for knowledge
dream
get paid to do this
AWARDS
Compassion Magazine online
Evangelical Press
Best online publication, 2016
Compassion Explorer Magazine online
Evangelical Press
Award of Excellence, 2015
Boundless.org
National Religious Broadcasters
Best online redesign, 2013
PRESENTATIONS
“Secrets of a Strong Online Publication”
Evangelical Press Association, April 2016
“Redesigning Compassion Magazine website”
Evangelical Press Association, November 2015
EDUCATION
University of Central Missouri
B.S. Corporate Communications
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- Compassion Magazine onlineEvangelical Press Association
Best online publication, 2016 - Compassion Explorer Magazine onlineEvangelical Press Association
Award of Excellence, 2015 - Boundless.orgNational Religious Broadcasters
Best online redesign, 2013
- "Secrets of a Strong Online Publication”
Evangelical Press Association, April 2016 - “Redesigning the Compassion Magazine website”
Evangelical Press Association, November 2015
- University of Central MissouriB.S. Corporate Communications
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- 1985 - Born in South Korea and despite this picture, gets adopted anyway.
- 1990 - Takes swimming lessons and gets held back every year for the next three years.
- 1994 - Get Snoopy, my first dog.
- 1990 - Get busted for doing everyone's homework in kindergarten for extra candy.
- 1992 - Joins the basketball team and makes only one basket my entire playing career. It was a free throw.
- 1993 - Obsessed with the Oregon Trail and will only wear cowboy boots and flannel shirts for the entire year.
- 1994 - Snoopy dies. Gets another dog and names it Snoopy.
- 1997 - Joins the boy's football team and gets benched for being too rough on the boys.
- 1998 - Attends my first and only Chiefs game in a torrential rainstorm. Loves every second.
- 1999 - Comes in third in the spelling bee. Only 4 entered.
- 2001 - Gets license and promptly crashes car, bribes my twin sister to drive me around for the next three years.
- 2002 - Wins Mother of the Year essay contest. No longer have to buy my mom a Mother's Day present.
- 2003 - Starts guitar lessons, quits 2 weeks later.
- 2003 - Graduates high school a year early, accepts marketing internship in Texas.
- 2005 - Enters national recipe contests as a broke college student to earn extra money. Wins $600.
- 2010 - Graduates with a 3.98 GPA from University of Central Missouri in 2 1/2 years.
- 2010 - Moves to Colorado to work for Focus on the Family. Second day there, I back into my roommate's car.
- 2011 - Camps out at Chick-fil-A three times and wins 156 free meals.
- 2011 - Wreck my car while admiring a lawn mowed like a football field.
- 2012 - Buys a new car.
- 2013 - While house-sitting for a friend, replaces every picture in the house with a photo of Samuel L. Jackson.
- 2014 - Starts working at Outreach as a UX Designer.
- 2015 - Buys a bike and accidentally wrecks it in the bike shop parking lot.
- 2016 - Starts working at Compassion International as Senior Web Designer and travels to Africa for the magazine.
- 1985 - Born in South Korea and despite this picture, gets adopted anyway.
- 1990 - Takes swimming lessons and gets held back every year for the next three years.
- 1994 - Gets snoopy, my first dog.
- 1990 - Gets busted for doing everyone's homework in kindergarten for extra candy.
- 1992 - Joins the basketball team and make only one basket my entire playing career. It was a free throw.
- 1993 - Obsessed with the Oregon Trail and will only wear cowboy boots and flannel shirts for the entire year.
- 1994 - Snoopy dies. Gets another dog and names it Snoopy.
- 1997 - Joins the boy's football team and gets benched for being too rough on the boys.
- 1998 - Attends my first and only Chiefs game in a torrential rainstorm. Loves every second.
- 1999 - Comes in third in the spelling bee. Only 4 entered.
- 2001 - Gets license and promptly crashes car, have to bribe my twin sister to drive everywhere.
- 2002 - Wins Mother of the Year essay contest so I don't have to buy my mom a Mother's Day present.
- 2003 - Starts guitar lessons, quits 2 weeks later.
- 2003 - Graduates high school a year early, accepts marketing internship in Texas.
- 2005 - Enters national recipe contests as a broke college student to earn extra money. Wins $600.
- 2010 - Graduates with a 3.98 GPA from University of Central Missouri in 2 1/2 years.
- 2010 - Moves to Colorado to work for Focus on the Family. Second day there, I back into my roommate's car.
- 2010 - Camps out at Chick-fil-A three times and wins 156 free meals.
- 2011 - Wrecks my car while admiring a lawn mowed like a football field.
- 2012 - Buys a new car.
- 2013 - While house-sitting for a friend, replaces every picture in the house with a picture of Samuel L. Jackson.
- 2014 - Starts working at Outreach, Inc as a UX Designer.
- 2015 - Buys a bike and accidentally wrecks it in the bike shop parking lot.
- 2016 - Starts working at Compassion International as Senior Web Content Designer and travels to Africa for the magazine.
MY LIFE IN DATA