RESUME ✨

Director, UX Design
Shopify (2021 - 2022)
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​​Design Director for scaled UX teams at high growth eCommerce company. Supported departmental planning and management for over 600 person UX organization. 

• Led 60 designers, researchers & writers
• Focused on revenue-generation experiences
• Company lead for Disabilities Group

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Vice President, UX Design
Shutterstock (2016 - 2019)
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Design executive for Shutterstock, a publicly-traded tech company with over 600MM in annual revenue. 

• Scaled 30+ person global design team
• Company lead iOS & Android redesign
• Managed translation/localization team

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​Manager, UX Design
Expedia (2014 - 2016)
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Lead designer and manager of UX teams for global eCommerce design teams.

• Managed 2 teams of designers
• Lead for Delta Airlines Partnership
• Company-wide accessibility design

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UX Design Lead
CaringBridge (2013 - 2014)
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​UX/UI Design Lead for scaled healthtech platform. 

• Design Lead for Hallmark Integration
• Lead UI Designer for iOS redesign​

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Content Strategist
Target (2010 - 2013)
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​Content strategist/writer for Target.com. Also supported platform UX design research. 

• Fin/Tech UX writing concentration
• Won Employee of the Month Award :) ​

Teaching 🍎 

Adjunct Professor of Design
University of Minnesota
2019 - Present

​Adjunct UX Design Professor for University of Minnesota, College of Design. 


Visiting Professor of Design
Denver University
2021 - Present

Faculty for Masters/Graduate courses in UX Strategy, UX Writing & Service Design.​

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Education 📚

Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
St. Thomas University, 2014
Graduated with honors

​Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Gettysburg College, 2007
​Graduated with honors

Rhodes University
South Africa, 2007
International Study

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​SKILLS 🔥
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​•  User Experience (UX Design)
•  User Interface (UI Design)
•  Strategic Planning
•  Team Leadership
•  Finance/Analytics

​AWARDS 🏆
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​•  Webbby Design Award
•  UX Magazine Design for Good Award
•  St. Thomas Alumni 'Giant Impact' Award

Recent UI Design Project

The Brand Lab is one of the most innovative non-profits today. They partner with creative agencies and high schools to facilitate impactful internships for students of all backgrounds. 

As the organization scaled, they wanted to refresh their brand and website to reflect their inclusive and professional culture. I volunteered my UX/UI design services - we touched up the brand colors, fonts and imagery, then upgraded the website. 

The designs are live on their site - Make sure to see their volunteer opportunities...great for any professional in the tech field looking to volunteer for an impactful nonprofit :) 

visit the brand lab

Volunteer design work for an inspiring non-profit here in Minnesota🧡

Thanks for visiting my website :) 

Feel free send me a note if you would like to get in touch. 

Totally unrelated, but I recently built the Millennium Falcon Lego Kit. Also, my site favicon is C3P0 and R2D2 ;) 

​May the force be with you!