Digital Designer — Full-Time Contract
Newell Brands/Home Fragrance Ecommerce
November 2015-December 2025
Design and coding of emails and web assets for the Home Fragrance division of Newell Brands: Yankee Candle®; WoodWick®; and Chesapeake Bay Candle®.
Also worked as a production artist in the label and packaging department creating printer-ready files.
Freelance Digital Designer
2016-Present
Vox Television, Inc.
Designer for Healthy Sleep for Better Work and Life, an online course for adults.
UI/UX Design for Boston Basics, online “Community Toolkit”.
Vermont Academy — Annual report cover design and inside design updates.
ProLiteracy — Two cover designs for Pro Literacy, New Readers Press®, Communicating at Work: Practical English for the Workplace. A workbook to help English language learners develop the essential communication skills needed to thrive on the job.
Interactive Digital Designer
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston/Greenfield, MA
2004-October 2015
Worked with content producers, writers, and programmers to create educational websites, interactive activities, and classroom learning resources. Responsible for all aspects of design, from initial concept development, UX/UI wireframes, creating persons and user stories, visual design, to creating detailed CSS specs for the programmers. Worked to design easy-to-use interfaces, translating various educational topics into engaging interactive experiences for our targeted audiences. Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Flash design.
Associate Interactive Designer
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston/Greenfield, MA
2000-2004
Designed new online activities for the K-12 classroom learning experience. Responsible for designing all UI and graphic elements in Flash. Additional work included website design and PDF design and production. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash.
Graphic Designer
University Products, Inc., Holyoke, MA
1994-2000
Design and layout of company catalogs, packaging, logos, and advertising. Product illustration and art direction of product photography. Preparation of graphics for web use.
• Adobe Creative Suite • Adobe XD• Dreamweaver • Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Emails) • Workfront • Web & Print • Interaction Design • CSS and basic HTML • UX/UI • Jebbit (online quiz software)
Human Factors & the User Experience
Bentley University Certificate Course
September, 2017
MS, Environmental Studies (Communications)
Antioch New England, Keene, NH
BFA, Graphic Design
Boston University, School for the Arts