about

Specializing in creative strategy, project management, and with a strong visual sensibility, I create a range of products across the digital landscape. Based in Silver Lake, I love going to museums and quilting, I'm an NPR and New Yorker junkie, and I have a dog, Annie. She sports a mohawk.

Project Manager,
Community Curator
Star.me
Los Angeles, CA

Producer
Zefrank.com
Los Angeles, CA

Communications Intern
Clinton Global Initiative
New York City, NY

Sales Director
Alex Beard Studio
New York City, NY

Assistant Teacher,
Placement Associate
Grace Church School
New York City, NY

Researcher
City Lore
New York City, NY

work experience

Star.me, Ze Frank Games

Creative Strategy

- Brainstorm and develop new products, new user flows, and new features
- Codify and oversee implementation of a user engagement philosophy
- Curate and respond to community of users

Project Management

- Managed all product development tasks and timelines
- Managed information flow and timing across teams

Graphic Design

- Designed graphics used throughout the site (Illustrator, Photoshop)
- Built icons, sprites (Fireworks)
- Created mocks for new products and user flows (Illustrator, Omnigraffle)
- Preserved a consistent aesthetic throughout the site

Front-end development

- Implemented and updated front end code for new products, including daily releases (Javascript, HTML, CSS, PHP, using GitHub)

Zefrank.com

selected projects

Young Me, Now Me (Ulysses Press)
- Curated the book by selecting 100 pairs of photos out of thousands of   submissions
- Edited photos to be sent directly to the publisher (Photoshop)
- Corresponded with all contributors to obtain written stories to accompany the   photos and all proper permissions

Keep Walking Project, Johnnie Walker
- Collaborated to build project proposal
- Wrote and edited press releases, artist biography, and interview responses
- Project managed, working with both the artist and Johnnie Walker   representatives
- Represented Ze Frank at the national press conference in Madrid, Spain; spoke   on artists' panel and with individual reporters

Clinton Global Initiative, the Clinton Foundation

- edited and produced video for "CGI Stories" and for CGI Annual Meeting
- designed brochures and programs for Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

Alex Beard Studio

- sold Mr. Beard's artwork to a variety of clients
- managed and maintained Mr. Beard's social media accounts
- scanned and re-touched digital images of Mr. Beard's online portfolios

Grace Church School

- taught 2nd grade and Junior Kindergarten
- developed curriculum including my own dance class and computer class
- tutored individual students (2nd to 4th Grade) with a focus on girls and math.
- worked with the Head of School and Head of Admissions to place graduating eighth graders in NYC private and public high schools

City Lore

- identified culturally historical New York locations for the PlaceMatters program
- designed and presented a photographic collection of the location's past and present