About
I’m a multi-disciplinary designer living, working and surfing in Ventura, CA. When I'm not behind the computer, you can find me with a handful of flowers.
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Work Experience
I design brand identities, ideate social campaigns, create motion graphics & animations, design print materials and more for racial and social justice issues that impact community. I work closely with creative directors, copywriters and producers to create campaigns and collateral that supports movements, empowers change and engages community.
Clients: Oregon Food Bank, Portland Audubon, Oregon Just Transition Alliance, Portland Voter Education, Portland Public Schools
As a freelance designer and art director, I work with a small and nimble team to ideate campaigns, create pitch decks and broadcast motion graphics, as well as social media marketing material.
Clients: Polynesian Voyaging Society, The Eddie Aikau Foundation
I began my career designing posters for various award-winning documentaries such as Twinsters, Out of State, Best and Most Beautiful Things, & The Resilient Heart. I've done motion graphics for The North Face and animated lyric videos for bands like The Green. I've created brand identity & web designs for pelvic health specialists, reiki masters & Hawaiian ho'oponopono teachers. I've refreshed a Hawaiian skincare brand. I help people and brands solve problems.
My Toolbox: Figma, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD, Google Web Designer, Procreate, Webflow
Clients: The North Face, Honua Hawaiian Skincare, The Green, Power to the Pelvis, Amazon Watch
I design brand identities, ideate social campaigns, create motion graphics & animations, design print materials and more for racial and social justice issues that impact community. I work closely with art directors, copywriters and producers to create campaigns and collateral that supports movements, empowers change and engages community.
Clients: Oregon Health Authority, Seeding Justice, Oregon Food Bank, Basic Needs Oregon, Oregon Just Transition Alliance, Oregon Metro, Multnomah County, United We Heal
I was the lead designer on the Netflix, Apothic & Lightlife accounts. I work closely with copywriters, creative directors, producers, and clients to design digital, social & brand campaigns. I did everything from digital ads to designing robust email templates to art directing social campaigns.
Clients: Netflix, Lightlife, Apothic, Quibi, Under Armor, Bud Light, T-Mobile
I worked closely with the creative directors and art directors to deliver and design social content for NBC Universal, Sony, Paramount, IFC Films and Amazon Studios. I began my career there as a PA then moved to the Motion Graphics department as a Coordinator and moonlit as a Jr. Designer learning from the pros until I had enough chops to be promoted to Designer.
Clients: Amazon Studios, NBC Universal, IFC Films
Education
My degree combined intersectional film theory with hands-on filmmaking. I was also involved in graphic design and writing for TWANAS (Third-World and Native-American Student Press Collective). Also on the Dean's Honors List.
Awards
I was awarded a prestigious grant to fund my senior thesis social documentary about the U’wa tribe in Colombia. I partnered with Amazon Watch to bring a young U’wa lawyer to the UN and DC to raise awareness of land exploitation on their territory. I was able to flex my grant writing, budgeting, coordinating, directing, graphic design & directing muscles.