Microsoft, Visual Designer | Jan. 2024-Dec. 2024

• Defined and implemented a cohesive icon and illustration system, tailored for both marketing and product applications

• Evaluated and enhanced brand standards to elevate the organization's visual identity

• Designed and curated a high-end 3D rendering library to push the brand’s visual identity forward

• Worked closely with Product Designers, UX Researchers, and Managers to systematically improve product visuals based on testing insights

Microsoft, Lead UX Designer | Jan. 2023-Jan. 2024

• Managed the ACOM (Azure.com) design team in successfully integrating a new design system across thousands of web pages, enhancing consistency and user experience across Azure products and services

• Designed and optimized workflows with product and project managers to drive monthly design updates for Azure’s homepage while maintaining systematic improvements across all product and service pages

• Led the design and production of assets for updated pages, driving illustration, iconography, layout design, and providing guidance and code reviews for live implementations

Microsoft, Visual Designer | Feb. 2021-Jan. 2023

• Designed engaging visual elements for Microsoft Learn, crafting badges, icons, and spot illustrations that supported developer education across multiple channels

• Created dynamic marketing visuals for LearnTV, designing video slates, stinger backgrounds, and brand packages to elevate its video series

Microsoft, Icon Designer | Nov. 2020-Feb. 2021

• Contributed to the development of the icon system for the Microsoft Windows and Devices team, playing a key role in the Windows 11 launch

Microsoft, Visual Designer | Apr. 2020-Sep. 2020

• Enhanced team processes within an engineering group, creating a repeatable workflow for future design cycles

• Defined a holistic branding approach for groups of services inside the organization

Microsoft, Illustrator | 2018-2020

• Designed and refined illustration systems for the Business Applications Group, shaping a new visual style for enterprise products

• Led and participated in design critiques with company leadership to refine process and style

AMP Agency, Sr. Graphic Designer | 2016-2018

• Worked as part of a design studio to help numerous clients lead innovative brand activation experiences

• Helped manage the photography selection and retouching process for the Levi’s Denizen account, ensuring high-quality visual content. Additionally, I developed social media assets to maintain brand consistency across regular deliverables and major campaigns, as well as Point of Sale print material for in store sales

• Served as the lead designer for the Rainier Beer account, developing social media content strategies and designing physical assets for events and brand activations

• Led design efforts for the Southwest Airlines account, crafting branding for individual activations and creating promotional content for social media