Motion Designer

KARE 11
Minneapolis, MN

May 2023 – Present

  • Refined KARE 11’s overall motion brand and pushed for accessibility in broadcast elements and social posts.

  • Was the lead in designing and directing the new look and feel for the News at Noon block, KARE 11 Sunrise “Every Day Starts with Sunrise” campaign, and the 2024 KARE 11 State Fair barn.

  • Designed, produced, proofed, edited, and helped troubleshoot custom PowerPoint presentation decks to help increase sales sponsorships for weather and sports.

  • Created and executed TV set designs that included print, digital, and broadcast elements for local 2024 Olympics and Election coverage.

Contract Graphic and Motion Designer

Flatiron Books
Remote in Minneapolis, MN

Feb 2022 – Present

  • Creating book trailers that drive engagement with the reading community on Instagram and TikTok.

  • Offering solutions to and executing complex 2D animation requests.

  • Prepping vector and raster files for seamless animation.

  • Delivering social videos on time for the marketing team to send to authors for review.

Contract Graphic and Motion Designer

Indeed
Austin, TX and Remote in Minneapolis, MN

Oct 2020 – May 2023

  • Successfully utilized the team’s new Figma libraries to stay on target for deadlines and on brand for motion, web banners, email, one-sheet projects, and more.

  • Animated HTML5 banners and simplified UI for business-facing adverts for web and broadcast.

  • Jumped into their Google Workspace to collaborate on Slide and PowerPoint projects and collaborated on decks for B2B and B2C sales presentations.

  • Worked with copywriters to create streamlined emails sent to business owners and jobseekers.

Graphic, Motion, and Interactive Class Designer

Buck Studio
Austin, TX and Remote in Minneapolis, MN

Jan 2016 – May 2024

  • Created 30+ interactive classes for Texas WIC in both English and Spanish using Storyline 360 and Adobe Captivate. Regularly designed, sourced, or edited technical illustrations, infographics, and photography based on scripts from WIC’s SMEs.

  • Instrumental in the creation of the Project Management Certification Program used at the University of Texas at Austin: color corrected video, created design standards, iconography, interactive elements, animations, PDF resources, and more.

  • Offered copywriting suggestions to clients to keep their products succinct and valuable.

  • Kept a keen focus on accessibility needs in projects: Reviewing tab orders, checking color contrast in media, writing accurate closed captions and alt text for images.

Graphic Designer

Sherry Matthews Group
Austin, TX

Feb 2015 – Dec 2015

  • Was fully in charge of animation projects from storyboarding to completion in After Effects.

  • Collaborated with designers to make HTML5 web banners from their designs and assets.

  • Created dynamic marketing assets for Don't Mess With Texas’ 30 Year Anniversary, including large-scale displays for the AT&T Stadium and banners for social media presence.

Graphic designer

Lumenbrite
Austin, TX

Oct 2014 – Jan 2015

  • Designed t-shirts, animations, and business cards for Lumenbrite and their local clients.

  • Created storyboards and an animation that described what Lumenbrite does.

Freelance Designer and Motion Designer

Mojo Solo
St. Paul, MN and Remote in Austin, TX

Jan 2014 – Sep 2014

  • Delivered storyboards in a PDF presentation format and prepped vector animation assets for animators.

  • Storyboarded and animated internal training videos, offering copy and animation suggestions to help their viewers get the most out of the video.

Design Intern
and Freelance Designer

Yamamoto
Minneapolis, MN

Jun 2011 – May 2012

  • Used client brand guidelines and assets to create PowerPoint presentations.

  • Designed mailers for local and national clients to spec.

  • Aided the design team in producing a mobile app, web experience, bus stop posters, and merch for the Weisman Art Museum.

Visual and Motion Designer

Gasket Studios
Minneapolis, MN

Jul 2010 – Jun 2014

  • Created storyboards, character designs, motion graphics, style frames, show package designs, iconography, and logos for national and global clients.

  • Functioned as the media and website manager: Wrote and edited project descriptions alongside the Executive Producer and Chief Creative Officer and formatted screencaps for the web.

  • Managed, designed, wrote, and edited pitch packages for client presentations InDesign.

Skills

Adobe Suite

After Effects, Premiere, Media Encoder, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Camera Raw

Design & Web

Figma, Sketch, Tumult Hype, Google Web Designer (HTML5 Animation)

Google Workspace

Slides, Docs, Sheets

Microsoft

Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Sharepoint

Educational

Adobe Captivate, Storyline 360

Organization

Monday, Jira, Asana, Trello, Toggl Plan, Toggl Tracker, Smartsheet Resource Management

Client list

KARE 11, TEGNA, Macmillan, Flatiron Books, Best Buy, Xcel Energy, Medtronic, H&R Block, Don’t Mess With Texas, TxDOT, Texas DSHS, Texas Health Steps, Baylor Scott & White, TDCAA, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Workforce Commission, TEA:PBS, Work In Texas, Harvard Business School, Texas WIC, The University of Texas, General Mills, Nickelodeon, Logo TV, E! Entertainment, HCMC, Walgreens, Optum Health