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11/2014–Present
11/2014–Present

Freelance Digital & Brand-Identity Designer @ Made by Mystie—New York, NY

• Web design: Redesigned the non-profit website for Opus 30 Justice to improve user’s ease of use experience & stimulate brand awareness.

• CD packaging design: Created stylish 4-panel digipak layout for Melodime’s third album“The Underdogs.”

• Product packaging label design: Designed packaging label for Dream Baby Bar & Lounge’s to-go cocktails, Emotional Rescue, during COVID.

• Brand-identity Design: Built brand awareness campaign materials including logos, typeface, characters, textures, & templates for serial music production events brand, BluesCraft.

• Enterprise GUI design: Illustrated & rendered graphic interface elements & layout for Realitone’s 3rd party Kontakt sound library plug-in., Fingerpick..

• Mobile App Game design: Blended pop-art with pixel art visual aesthetic for a casual mobile app game, Sh*tBricks.

• Print Magazine Cover Art & Illustration: Illustrated the cover & feature for Bristol Live’s 50th Anniversary issue.

• Stop Motion Music Video: Cameron McGill’s Depression Glass selected & premiered at the Midwest Independent Film Festival.
11/2019–12/2019
11/2019–12/2019

UI/UX/Product Designer @ YourLocal—New York, NY

• Mobile App design.: Designed the home-to-purchase flow of the YourLocal food recovery app to ensure user-friendly navigation through 5 screens resulting in 10% increase ease-of-use..
09/2011–11/2014
09/2011–11/2014

Studio Manager @ School of Rock—New York, NY

• Email Marketing design. Regularly made legible layout design, digital assets, & content for Constant Contact & Emma Email Marketing.

• Show Poster design. Produced, photographs & layout (print & digital) for 4 shows every 3 months.

• Built social media presence: digital filming, video editing, & branded content, including most viewed YouTube video —20k+ views (6,567%+ increase).
09/2007-09/2011
09/2007-09/2011

Associate Office Manager / Assistant Project Director / Webmaster@ Advanced Focus (+ Jay and the Americans @ Rockaway Music), New York, NY

  • Assist office manager maintaining all office services, efficiency and records.
  • Manage in-bound calls and controls correspondence.
  • Assist with payroll and invoicing.
  • Updated and maintain web site and create graphics for both web and print.
  • Designed album covers and related material.
09/2000–05/2006
09/2000–05/2006

Image Collection Photographer & Supervisor @ John T. Richardson Library—DePaul University, Chicago, IL

• Web design: Redesigned the library website homepage & created the graphics for DePaul University Libraries and Special Collections.

• Photography: Shot 2-3 rolls on a daily basis of fine art and archetecture reproductions on copystand for instructor class slide presentations.

• Digital Image Editing: Scanned, edited, & retouched 100+ slides weekly using Photoshop for color-correction, image manipulation/enhancement, optimal resolution, & digital usage.

• Distinguished Service Award: Recognized for 5+ years of exeplary service achievement

• Supervisor: Managed a team of 3 including a photographer and 2 student assistants.
Education
Professional Development
August 22, 2021
August 22, 2021

*Writing & Editing Specialization @ University of Michigan Law School—via Coursera.org

  • Word Choice & Word Order

  • Structure & Organization

  • Drafting

  • Revising
January 3, 2020
January 3, 2020

UX / UI Design Boot-camp @ Flatiron School—New York, NY

  • Media Arts Major concentration

  • Photography & Digital Video double emphasis

  • Communications Minor

  • Media Studies concentration

  • Fan/Fandom Studies emphasis
August 18, 2019
August 18, 2019

Graphic Design Specialization @ California Institute of the Arts—via Coursera.org

Course Certificates Completed

  • Introduction to Imagemaking

  • Fundamentals of Graphic Design

  • Introduction to Typography

  • Ideas from the History of Graphic Design

  • Brand New Brand Capstone
June 2002
June 2002

Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) Art & Art-History @ DePaul University—Chicago, IL

  • Media Arts Major concentration

  • Photography & Digital Video double emphasis

  • Communications Minor

  • Media Studies concentration

  • Fan/Fandom Studies emphasis
September 3-6, 2024
September 3-6, 2024

Music Masters Collective presents Rhett Miller's Songwriting is Magic Retreat, Full Moon Resort, Big Indian, NY

  • Special guests: Ryan Miller (Guster), Jamie Wyatt, Dave Hill, and Ken Bethea (Old 97's).
  • Participated in seminars, workshops, song critiques, and breakout sessions.
  • Worked on 3-4 new song sketches.
  • Performed 1 new song at the open mic (vocals and acoustic guitar).
October 3-6, 2023
October 3-6, 2023

Music Masters Collective presents Rhett Miller's Songwriting is Magic Retreat, Full Moon Resort, Big Indian, NY

  • Special guests: BLACK FRANCIS, Rachael Yamagata, Dave Hill and Michael Casey.
  • Attended seminars, workshops, and open mics.

UX Design

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Graphic Design

  • Expert 268
  • 97th profile
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UX Research

  • Proficient 192
  • 88th profile
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Visual Design for UX

  • Expert 212
  • 85th profile
  • verified 2/4/2022

🇺🇸 English

Native

🇪🇸 Spanish

Foundational concepts and sentences for basic conversations

🇫🇷 French

Words, phrases, and grammar concepts for basic interactions

🇳🇴 Norwegian

Essential phrases and simple grammar concepts

🇮🇹 Italian

Essential phrases and simple grammar concepts

February 10, 2024
February 10, 2024

Harlem Heartbreak & Heartbreakers

  • Choreographed 3:56 minute solo choreography for single-point aerial hammock dance.

  • Performed 3:56 minute solo aerial hammock performance on single-point apparatus.
Ballet
Aerial Hammock/Sling
March 28, 2023 - present
March 28, 2023 - present

Ballet Academy East

  • Introduction to Ballet: March 28, 2023 - present*
  • Basic Beginner Ballet: August 5, 2024 - present
  • Stretch & Strengthen: September 25, 2023 - present**
  • Floor Barre: February 1, 2024 - present

All classes once a week unless otherwise noted

*once a week from March 28, 2023 - July 27, 2023, twice a week from July 27, 2023 - October 8, 2023, three times a week from October 8, 2023 - present

**once a week from September 25, 2023 - Feb 3, 2024, twice a week from Feb 3, 2024 - present
March 28, 2023 - present
March 28, 2023 - present

Dance With Ms. Chrystie

  • Online Private Dance Lessons and Consulting: Ongoing/Intermittent
July 28, 2023 - present
July 28, 2023 - present

Om Factory NYC

  • Circus 101 Sils/Lyra: July 8, 2023
  • Aerial Dance Level 101: July 28, 2023 - present
  • Circus Open "Workout: August 7, 2023 - present
  • Aerial Yoga Level 1: July 11, 2023; July 17, 2023;  July 20, 2023; August 18, 2023; April 12, 2024 -present*
  • Aerial Hammocks Tricks & Flow Level 1: November 1, 2023 - present***
  • Aerial Dance Level 1: May 19, 2024 - present
  • Aerial Dance Level 2: June 2, 2024 - present
  • Aerial Yoga Level 2: July 3, 2024 - present**
  • Aerial Yoga Core Open Level: July 4, 2024; July 17, 2024 - present
  • Aerial Hammocks Tricks and Flow Level 2: August 11, 2024; August 25, 2024; September 1, 2024

Classes once a week unless otherwise noted

*3 times a week until I added Level 2

**2 times a week until one class was replaced after August 31, 2024

***2 times a week until September 4, 2024 one night on a double point hammock and one night on a single point sling. Then single point only once a week.
July 2023
July 2023

Body & Pole

  • Open Workout - Aerial Hammocks: Jully 22-29, 2023
March 27, 2023 - September 29, 2024
March 27, 2023 - September 29, 2024

Pole to Pole Fitness

  • Introduction to Aerial Hammocks: March 27, 2023 - March 27, 2024
  • P2Practice (Open Workout): August 26, 2023 - September 26, 2024
  • Flexy: October 20, 2023 - April 12, 2024
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