Visual Experience Designer (UI/UX Design): Charter Communications

As part of the Spectrum Guide TV product team, I work closely with the Product and Development teams to design and create high-fidelity mockups of the TV user interface. Our team approach is to design by thinking of the customer first and giving them an easy-to-use interface and constantly pushing the visual experience to beyond expectations.

Senior Digital Designer: eCommerce Department

As a Senior Digital Designer at Sports Authority, I was responsible for creating emails, landing pages, and banner ads and providing conceptual design leadership across a variety of integrated digital channels both on and off sportsauthority.com. I ensured application of design standards, consistency and style guide treatment across all digital elements in projects and created internal material including logos and digital pdf booklets.

Co-owner / Creative Director

Nokaoi Foods was conceived from the idea that all food should be as “clean” as possible, food made with only wholesome, organic ingredients to nourish the body, fule the mind and satisfy the soul. Food should be free of highly processed ingredients, artificial colors and flavors. As co-owner of Nokaoi Foods, I enjoyed creating every visual aspect of the brand: logo, packaging, ads, wholesale order forms, business and marketing collateral and the digital experience. We also dabbled in creating healthy, fun sushi rolls made with unconventional ingredients like mango, trout, tzatziki and greek olives. Enjoy! – and yes, they all taste as good as they look.

Art Director: PacificBasin Communications

As Art Director and brand ambassador for Hawaii Home + Remodeling magazine (a PacificBasin Communications publication), I was responsible for designing the entire magazine on a monthly basis and ensuring brand consistency throughout all customer touchpoints including collateral and marketing materials, sales tools and web assets. I also lead a successful major redesign of the magazine which leads to higher ad sales and recognition from the design community for excellence in design.

Art Director / Freelance Designer

As a member of a core group of Art Directors at PacificBasin Communications and later as a freelance designer, I had the opportunity to periodically help design feature stories for many of the other publications housed under the PBC brand including Honolulu magazine. The following are some of my favorites.

Freelance Art Director

The University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH) School of Social Work was in need of a major redesign of their brochure to promote the school's program. The new information contained a ton of updated statistics, donor lists and profiles to showcase the school's accomplishments and students. I worked closely with the editor and lead project manager to create a publication that is in line with the school's values and vision and designed infographics to help the reader visualize and understand the information visually.

Senior Graphic Designer: Interweave Press

Interweave Press is one of the largest publishers in the US of books and magazines for DIY art and craft enthusiasts. As Senior Graphic Designer, my job was creating illustrated how-to books for knitting, crochet, beading, jewelry making, and mixed media arts enthusiasts. My responsibilities included conceptualizing and executing book covers, layout design, and directing photography to achieve a consistent brand image. I was also responsible for creating print collateral, interactive PDFs, and web marketing pieces for books, DVD opening titles and ebooks.

You made it this far,  keep looking! The following are some fun projects for art shows, non-profits and just for fun graphics.