Projects

Project Spark

Lead UI Designer,

Visual Effects Animator

Project Spark was an idea that brought players into the realm of inventing their own gaming experience. Users could be a game designer, world architect, programmer or adventurer in any genre of game, they only had to let their imagination flow. 

DoubleDown Interactive

UX/ UI Lead, Branding, Web Design,Visual Effects

Promotion of Wheel of Fortune franchise. I had the opportunity to design and implement art assets creating a wheel that was consistent with the DDI style.

The Fates

UX/ UI Design, Visual Effects

The Fates was a new game being released on the Double Down Facebook site done in collaboration with the Las Vegas studio that was creating the casino cabinet release.

After Deployment RWD

Art Direction, UX Research, UI Design

After Deployment is a military health website that needed a more modern look and feel and the content restructured to be more easily navigated and digested. We were looking to improve user base by creating a an RWD (Responsive Web Design) site that would attract mobile and tablet users.

Tacoma Art Museum

Marketing, Layout, Illustration

I worked on a concept for promoting Day of the Dead at the Tacoma Art Museum by putting together a series billboards and posters.

Bayou Blast

Storyboard Artist, Animator, Visual Effects

Bayou Blast was to gain exposure on Facebook, but with the market becoming saturated with a large selection of match 3 titles, Bayou needed a special approach to stand out.

Branding and Logos

Illustration, Layout, Design, Symbols, Characters

I specialize in logo design, brand identity. I’ve worked collaboratively with clients of all sizes to help grow their businesses through passion, meaningful and enduring design. 

Motion Graphics and Visual Effects

Visual Effects, Animation, Direction, Motion and Timing

In my career, I have brought many things to life visually. It has been a fun road and I have enjoyed the many challenges that it brings. 

Illustration

Artist, Designer, Sketch, Vector, Typography, Illustrator

I consider myself a multidisciplinary animator, illustrator, and designer. Guided by a lifelong love of drawing,

Resume

Marketing Director 

Dream Team Hoops Northwest March 2017 – Present

​Co-founder of 501 (c) non-profit program designed to teach a diverse population of athletes ranging from 4th grade to 8th grade. Using the sport of basketball to bring kids together and help nurture leadership skills as well as develop long term relationship among their peers and their community. Other functions include, lead marketing designer in charge of creating website design, establish the branding as well as creating marketing materials, print and apparel.

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Visual Designer/ UI Artist  

Cat Daddy Games March 2018 – September 2019

Visual Designer in charge of creating art assets for the Take Two’s mobile release of “WWE Super Card” and “NBA 2K19”. My primary focus is to build creative and original visual effects, in-game marketing and promotional assets, icons and appealing playing cards animated backgrounds. I attend review meetings and update art assets based on feedback given. Study and research art data to improve my design and create more appealing features for these titles.

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Art Director/ Creative Director    

Attain (Contract agency for Department of Defense) December 2015 – May 2017

In collaboration with the Project Manager, Development Leads, UX Designers, Usability Lab, Physiologists and Government Services. I grew the art and design team and established a high level agile work environment. Promoting and set high-quality standards for the design team and ensure those standards are upheld in execution. Creating an effective and delightful digital user experience along with reviewing design output of other design team members' work and advises engaging with business stakeholders to understand direction and guidelines. Took charge of maintaining and updating current websites and mobile app development, keeping up with latest design trends and creating documentation on those trends. Creating examples of flow diagram and visual designs which involved overseeing the usability lab and wrote scripts for conducting interviews, heuristic evaluations as well as other reviews to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the designs All for the sake of military personnel and their family members seeking mental health resource and information. I regularly headed up projects with the Innovations group on VR/ AR concepts creating UI and 3D art assets that would be used in a virtual reality space. I worked primarily in Unity which my focus was user interface and game mechanics.

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UI - UX Designer / Senior Flash Artist    

Double Down Interactive/ IGT March 2014 – December 2015

Multi-disciplined designer for the most current of Casino “Slots” title coming out of IGT franchise. I work closely with other artist and designers to bring to life existing and original titles to the Facebook platform. Giving users the “Vegas Style'' casino experience directly into the homes and mobile devices. I focus mainly on front-end UI and game art creation. My other responsibilities consist of working on the UX side of the platform. Researching and gathering data. I concept and build wire-frames, create prototypes giving a basic understanding of look and functionality to the front end so that users will have an easy time of accessing games and other content on our site. Gaining knowledge of technical constraints, optimizing, exporting and implementing art assets.

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