Resume

Experience

DENTSU CREATIVE // Associate Creative Director
April 2021-Present  | New York, NY

Managing, creating and searching for the best possible solutions for our clients, their users and the world.
Recognized by Dentsu Culture Committee as a two time nominee, and overall Q4 Creative Champion winner

ISOBAR // Art Director
March 2020–March 2021  | New York, NY
July 2017–February 2020  | Chicago, IL

Leads product design for responsive experiences that help people conduct vehicle reservations and insurance management flows. Tasks include user interviews, conducting competitive analyses, and developing personas. Creates low & medium fidelity wireframes to transform into high-fidelity visual design and prototypes. Presents to clients and key stakeholders, manages project timelines and team deliverables, maintains organized workspace and works alongside tech teams on development and visual QA.

ISOBAR // Senior Visual Designer
July 2016–June 2017  | Chicago, IL

Designed a cross-disciplinary system for a global car rental brand, setting the foundation and process for component driven design. Tasks included created user flows, wireframes, prototypes and final UI design. Developed related marketing assets, specifically video reels by writing scripts, creating storyboards and recording voice over tracks.

ISOBAR // Visual Designer
September 2014– July 2016  | Chicago, IL

Managed 14 unique healthcare web platforms. Tasks included leading mobile application work starting from ideation, discovery, conceptual, detailed design, presentation and post-production work.

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL // Freelance Designer
January 2015–April 2015| Chicago, IL

Worked with current students to develop visual materials for their start-ups, including packaging, web, print and presentation design, while also managing brand photography and social media content

ISOBAR // Visual Design Intern
July 2014–September 2014  | Chicago, IL

Managed timelines and conducted deliverable meetings with various POCs to discuss continued development of new digital visual styles for the US Air Force and Healthways accounts, specifically focusing on design quality assurance testing, transferring UX/UI wireframes to designed pages, and preparing assets for development

RADIO FLYER, INC. // Packaging & Visual Designer
May 2013–Aug 2013 | Chicago, IL

Designed brand materials for both print and web, developed and executed an international nine language packaging design, created renderings for shelving reviews, assisted talent and photographers at in-house photo shoots and worked on image retouching.

THE OBSERVER // Graphics Editor
Aug 2012–May 2014 | Notre Dame, IN

Created graphics to accompany newspaper school in both print and online resources, directed photo shoots and managed visual team.

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME // Walsh Hall Designer & Resident Assistant
Aug 2013–May 2014 | Notre Dame, IN

Served as mentor, friend and resident assistant to 200+ women within the residence hall, while also designing hall items, including apparel, banners, posters, handbooks and flyers

SUNNY SIDE UP FILMS // Graphic Designer
Dec 2012–May 2013 | Notre Dame, IN

Constructed and redesigned new website while continuously designing invitations, advertisements, and web banners for upcoming films and publicity events

LAKE HOUSE DESIGN // Project Manager
Jan 2013–May 2013 | Notre Dame, IN

Managed on and off-campus clients and projects for student-run design firm, including recording minutes and notes at weekly team meetings

SIEMENS DIAGNOSTICS // Global Product MarComm Intern
May 2012–Aug 2012 | Tarrytown, NY

Recommended and produced direction, design, and content for new website portal featuring customer success stories for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, including a creative brief, flash animation storyboard, website architecture, and design, and overview copy for six case studies

SIEMENS DIAGNOSTICS // Strategic Brand Management Intern
May 2011–Aug 2011 | Tarrytown, NY

Conducted document research, assisted co-workers on current projects,
created work manuals, and restructured procedures

”Steph onboarded me for a fast moving pitch. She provided access to and license over the creative rather than keeping it siloed, which allowed me to do my best work. I just love that so much.”

Judging

Design

AIGA, CLUB OF NOTRE DAME // President
Sept 2012–May 2014 | Notre Dame, IN
Hold AIGA meetings, meet with other campus groups for design collaboration, organize trips and group info sessions to strengthen the resource on campus

NOTRE DAME DESIGN BLITZ // Student Designer
Oct 2012 | Notre Dame, IN
Selected to participate in a four-day group design blitz in the South Bend community led by John Bielenberg of Future Partners

GRAPHIC DESIGN EXTERNSHIP // Student Participant
March 2012 | Chicago, IL
Selected to attend a four-day intensive design shadowing opportunity

Skills