Resume

Professional Experience

• Digital Director Sandstrom Partners 2015–Present Portland, OR

  Leading development, UX + UI, strategy, production, and deployment for a wide range of clients. Projects range from brand-focused, experiential to high-availability e-commerce websites, esoteric physical devices and installations, animation, motion graphics.

• Creative Technologist Sandstrom Partners 2008-2015 Portland, OR

  Web design and development, digital strategy, animation, video production, technical specifications, vendor relations. Varied creative and engineering challenges in a dynamic, tech-agnostic environment. Worked within and led teams from pitch to production.

• Principal Designer & Developer DROPKICK 2006-Present Mpls, MN, Portland, OR

  Graphic design, brand design, frontend development, backend development, systems integration, marketing and digital strategy, system design. Working solo, as a team member, and team builder.

• Designer, Art Director, Web Developer Razorfish, O+CO/OLSON, Allianz, Linnihan Foy Advertising 1998-2008 Mpls, MN, Portland, OR

  Contract and freelance web design and development, art direction, creative direction, email marketing, advertising campaigns, animation, a/v production as member of large and small in-house teams. Development projects range from Flash to PHP, Perl and ASP-based e-commerce, CRM, CMS, custom applications.

• Designer & Web Developer, Owner Stimulus Digital 2000–2006 Portland, OR

  Graphic design and web development practice. Graphic design, brand design, frontend development, backend development, information architecture, systems integration, marketing, digital strategy. Direct client work for B2C, B2B, non-profits.

• Instructor Brainco Advertising and Design School 2005-2006 Mpls, MN

  Created and taught Interaction Graphics courses covering intermediate to advanced use of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, web standards, and foundational concepts relating to user interface, interaction design, and digital graphics.

• Web Designer & Developer Dick Jones Interactive 2002-2003 Mpls, MN

  Web design and development. Graphic design, frontend development, backend development, marketing and digital strategy. Member of a small team working with B2C and B2B clients.

• Designer & Developer Vector Internet Services 1998-2001 Mpls, MN

  Web and graphic design, frontend and backend web development – mostly PERL and early PHP CGI applications and custom CMS, print advertising and business collateral design as a member of a multi-functional team. Served a wide range of business clients as well as in-house web and print design needs.