The Better You Look
The More You See
Senior Designer
Some of my earliest memories are of watching my mom hand lettering signs while I sat by drawing Ninja Turtles. When I was a little older I learned how to hack my own item designs into the Sims and taught myself QBasic to program generative colorful patterns.
My interest in art and technology continued in college where I majored in Illustration at CCS in Detroit, Michigan. I was very fortunate to be hired directly from college by the prestigious Robert KIDD Gallery in Birmingham, MI. In 2009 an art group I was involved with received a grant to create a 9 story piece of public art which was the genesis of North End Studios.
At North End Studios we hosted art exhibitions & music shows from artists all over the world. We were featured in documentaries by Johnny Knoxville, VICE, G4tv, and Nokia Music among many others.
Through this work I met a web developer who introduced me to a then marketing start-up called High Level Marketing. After joining HLM has grown from 6 employees to over 100 today with offices in multiple states.
I launched an art brand called Palm Treat after a sold-out solo art show of large scale paintings. This has lead to selling art and working for people including Pink Floyd, Cole Bennett, FaZe Clan, Macintosh Plus, Vapor 95, and many more.
Knowledge:
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- XD
- After Effects
- Premier
- InDesign
- Google Web Designer
- Sublime Text
- Shopify Design & Development
- WordPress Design & Development
- Social Media & Google Ad Design
- Clothing & Merchandise Design
- Mailchimp & Email Marketing
- SEO & Copywriting
- Package Design
- Motion Graphics & Video Editing
- Event Promotion & Production
- Google Best Practices
Experience:
- Senior Web Designer
High Level Marketing
2012 - Present • 9 yrs
West Bloomfield, MI - Designer
Vapor95
2017 - Present • 4 yrs
New York City, NY - Assistant to the Director
Robert KIDD Gallery
2008 - 2010 • 2 yrs
Birmingham, MI
- Designer
Palm Treat
2015 - Present • 5 years
Detroit, MI - Co-Founder & Designer
North End Studios
2010 - 2014 • 4 yrs
Detroit, MI
Education:
- College for Creative Studies
Bachelor's Degree
Illustration
- Frederick V. Pankow Center
Visual Imaging Certificate
Graphic Design