Lead Designer II

Continuation of current responsibilities as Lead Designer - manage grow and develop Creative Team marketing of designers and writers. Led large scale design initiatives and provide day to day art direction and project management.

 09/15 – 02/17 

Barkly Protects, Inc.

Lead Designer

Rebranded and evolved the Barkly brand and ensure a consistent public presence throughout the company’s various marketing programs.

Worked with the Sr. Content Writer to concept and develop various content marketing pieces and their promotion.

Led the re-design and development of the website; designed and coordinated their presence at the Spiceworld industry event and other major initiatives. Worked on or oversaw the various day-to-day creative for the marketing team like content assets, banners, emails, landing pages, and product collateral. 

Managed a team of 2 designers and worked with other teams in the company determining project goals and objectives, and developing project briefs. 

Built and maintained creative project management systems to optimize project intake, ensure correct scoping and on-time delivery, track resources week over week, and organize, manage and centralize production assets.

 04/15 – 09/15 

Carbonite, Inc.

Art Director
Create and maintain the visual design standards for the ongoing use and development of the Carbonite brand. Ensure brand and visual consistency with cross-functional design teams including UX and Dotcomm. Manage the day-to-day work and professional development of the Marketing Services’ team of 3 designers ranging from Senior to Associate. Ensure work consistently meets strategic goals, delivers on creative excellence, and technical best practices. Responsible for the team’s continued inspiration and growth. Oversee campaign development, client presentations and everyday asset creation and maintenance. Work with the writing team for design/copy cohesiveness and collaboration. 

Design lead for large scale, large initiative programs and executive-level design projects. Work with marketing and sales organizations to foresee changing needs and resolve challenges.

04/12 – 03/15 

Carbonite, Inc.

Lead Designer
Acted as a marketing creative team representative in larger cross-team projects focusing on Carbonite’s small business audience and channel marketing initiatives, while also maintaining work flow as designer on day-to-day projects from concept through coding and production. Worked with business owners to ensure successful creative that is on strategy, vet problems and provide more effective solutions. In addition, grew and maintained relationships among internal sales and product design teams to help facilitate a better work flow and brand consistency. Provided mentorship to the other marketing designers.

09/09 – 04/12 

Carbonite, Inc.  

Designer
Designer on marketing creative team supporting the company’s branding in a variety of media and marketing materials for b2b, b2c and channel communications. Ownership of projects from concept development to final production. Worked to develop consistent look and feel across website, landing pages, online advertising, print collateral, infographics and tradeshow materials in a constantly changing, fast-paced environment. Developed design guidelines for the Carbonite and worked within the design team at large to develop technical standards. Built design and creative asset libraries for better work flow. 

08/07 – 09/09 

Constant Contact, Inc. 

Junior Designer
Worked with and supported the Constant Contact brand by creating tradeshow collateral pieces, html emails, flash product tutorials, banner ads, and print pieces that helped further the strategic objectives of the marketing department. Developed advertising concepts and client presentations. Performed design production work under extremely tight deadlines. 

Education

Programs and Skills

Platforms & Programs: Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Final Cut, Microsoft Office, Articulate, Wordpress, Hubspot, Trello, Basecamp  

Languages: CSS, HTML (for web and email development). With familiarity with javascript.  

Skills: Management, Art Direction, Project Management, Drawing, Photography, Illustration, Storyboarding, User testing, Working in CMS systems.