Hired as an instructional designer, I created learning content for in-person and live events and evergreen content for our members. I also developed three brand packages for our educational programs, creating robust design systems to help unify our curriculum. As the L&D manager, I lead a team of instructional, curriculum, and graphic designers and coordinate with other departments such as Events, Member Programs, and Marketing. I have created robust systems to help my designers function at a high level and ensure the content is well organized. In addition, I am spearheading an initiative to move the content onto an LMS, supported by lessons founded in adult learning theory. As a member of the executive team, I interact with all departments, partners, and advisors to ensure we provide timely content in a way that is easy for our members to consume.

Starting as an adjunct teaching Photoshop and basic design, I became a full-time Assistant Professor at SHU in the Graphic Design program. I integrated numerous program changes, including founding the Animation program and revising the major's name to Graphic & Interactive design. Multiple courses were revised and created to adjust our student's skillset to meet the marketplace's needs. These courses included Interaction Design, Web Design, History of Animation, and Visual Design for Non-Designers. Several courses were taught to non-Design majors, resulting in an adjustment to projects and teaching styles. I created the Visual Design course for those outside the Art Department. It was the first online course to run year-round during Winter, Summer, and Fall sessions. I also conducted numerous workshops for SHU faculty and those in our community to teach the basics of design, typography, and Canva usage.

Collaborated with the museum to develop a learning management system to provide educational resources to remote students; creation of multiple modules aligned with state and national educational standards.

Hustle Design specializes in branding, social media design, web design, animation, videography, photography, and custom vinyl solutions. Although I have been a freelance designer since 2000, in 2019, Hustle was founded as a more permanent solution to address the increasing demand for design services. Since the pandemic, I have once again become the sole designer at Hustle, and I have focused more on branding solutions for various businesses across the United States. Fields I have developed design assets for include musicians, restaurants, insurance companies, dance studios, culinary entrepreneurs, IT services, law firms, dental companies, construction firms, and instructional design professionals..

I was responsible for instructing Introduction to Macintosh, typography, color theory, electronic drawing, page layout, history of graphic design, introduction to production, multimedia, transmedia, animation, UX/UI, social media, and portfolio development courses. Daily work included coordinating the various design programs with the admissions, accounting, and placement departments. I was also responsible for implementing necessary changes to keep the programs in compliance with technological, national, and state standards.

I was responsible for creating direct mail marketing pieces, from simple customer changes to the complete creation of complex ads from rough art. After becoming the Technical Artist, I preflighted customer-supplied ads to ensure they met company graphic standards. To help streamline and reduce errors when creating final PDFs, I developed AppleScripts that eliminated repetitive tasks and maximized Graphics Print production. As a Senior Artist, I supervised second-shift desktop artists, tracked jobs through the department, resolved personal and professional conflicts, and managed workflow throughout the department; troubleshooting technical problems on the Macintosh platform.

Responsible for creation of advertisements for local area newspaper, including new proof ads, changes to previous ads, and scripting of ads. Also responsible for ad placement and pagination of several newspapers on press nights and outside jobs as needed.