Experience
Senior Marketing Designer
Zulily
August 2020 – present
Work closely with program leaders, copywriters, and product owners to lead and develop visually compelling campaigns for brand, partnerships, emails, and social to drive customer engagement. Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Zulily, as well as external vendors and agency partners.
Own design responsibilities on projects, manage day-to-day workflow while maintaining larger project timelines and deliverables, with a high level of self-sufficiency. Continually seek to grow skills and knowledge of best practices and share with others. Mentor other designers as appropriate.
Marketing Designer II
Zulily
July 2014 – July 2020
Design, document and deliver timely web and graphic designs for a variety of scenarios while maintaining the Zulily brand and best practices. Own design and production responsibilities on projects from concept to end product. Management of own day-to-day work. Maintain deadlines and look for areas of improvement.
Work closely with copywriters on the creation of new concepts as well as work with developers when building out designs. Continually collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and other designers to identify areas of improvement and create unique, innovative solutions to improve the customer experience and drive revenue.
Web Graphic Designer
Brooks Running Company
September 2013 – July 2014
Design and produce creative that adheres to Brooks visual brand guidelines. Develop fun, out of the box creative for a wide variety of projects, big or small, from idea through completion. Collaborate with Sr. Marketing Web Developer to concept, design and develop smart and intuitive UI/UX and graphics for digital sales tools when campaigns require online presence. Responsible for a majority of the ecommerce design projects.
Marketing Web Designer
Seattle Children's Hospital
March 2010 – September 2013
Work within established brand guidelines and style guides to design clean, user-centric interfaces, and an assortment of deliverables from banners to screen layouts and all other supporting graphic elements. Develop wireframes and additional graphic standards to add to existing style guidelines as needed. Manage multiple projects concurrently and document project status and progress.
Web Designer
Eddie Bauer
August 2009 – February 2010
Contract web designer to support creative team with all aspects for eddiebauer.com and eddiebauerfriends.com including weekly emails, holiday campaigns, and banner ads. Work closely with lead designers, engineers and merchandising team to develop branded elements for all projects.
Web Designer
Cranium, Inc.
May 2005 – April 2007
Lead the design effort in all aspects for the domestic and international sites for Cranium, Inc. including monthly newsletters, holiday campaigns, exclusive online sales and community programs. Work closely with marketing, editorial and project managers to incorporate ideas into comps and final design that effectively present content while maintaining brand alignment. Execute smooth and timely transition from design to development to completion and launch for all projects.
Associate Designer
Walt Disney Internet Group
January 2000 – December 2004
Design and build artwork, marketing campaigns, flash animation and special features for movies.com, mrshowbiz.com and wallofsound.com. Prepare and design artwork for celebrity news, interviews and various reviews and features on a daily basis for entertainment sites. Work closely with editors and technical producers to help maintain look and feel of sites. Support all ongoing design needs from concept development through production. Manage graphic assets.
Education
UW Professional & Continuing Education
Certificate in Photography
Bellevue College
Associate Degree in Graphic Design & Animation
University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts in Communications