Overview
I have 10+ years of design experience, a deep understanding of UI/UX, some front-end chops, and the desire to continue growing as a designer.

What I’ve Been Up To
I grew up in North Carolina. I learned to draw before I learned to write. I started college at SCAD Atlanta, and transferred to SVA in NYC after two years. I spent a summer in Tokyo in 2011 and a semester abroad at IED Barcelona in 2012. After I graduated with a BFA in Advertising, I moved back to the south to help take care of my parents. It wasn’t an ideal post-grad life and I missed traveling so I learned how to create a fully remote career. I focused on designing websites before doing a fully immersive 3 month program to become a front-end developer. My goal was always to end up a UI Designer, but it is very much my personality to want to know how the sausage is made, if you will. I worked as a front end dev for a couple of years before fully transitioning to UI Design. At which point I decided to embrace my remote work life and move to Asia. I traveled to a few different countries before spending a year in Bali, Indonesia, and then 2 years in Hong Kong. I became a Senior UI designer for an AgTech company in Beijing focused on providing indoor farming solutions. I learned the most about my understanding and style of design during these 3 years and look forward to continuing to learn and evolve. In mid-2021 I moved back to the US, settling in Birmingham, Alabama where my husband and I have bought a 100 year old house that we are actively renovating.

Where I Find Inspiration
I’ve been to 25 countries, each of which have impacted me in unforgettable ways, changing my perspective of the world and as a highly visual person, have come out in the way I produce work. I often find inspiration in nature, but especially in foreign cities, whether it be from the window of a moving train, or a menu of a sidewalk cafe. The biggest way I have been impacted by travel is learning that there is no blanket statement for good vs bad design. As an art school student, I lived by certain rules of design that I was still learning and therefore did not know how to break quite yet.

Why Digital Design?
Computers have really empowered me (and most humans) to have a limitless way to express my creativity. So, I’ve always had a pretty good relationship with technology. That paired with the freedom of remote work is why I went into digital design. I have a deep desire to create beautiful, useful work and collaborate with clients who feel the same.

The Best Design Advice I’ve Ever Been Given
The best design advice I’ve been given was by one of my favorite professors at school in NY; (when learning about how to develop and pitch creative campaigns) ‘start by thinking up the ideal solution, where money and even physical restraints don’t play a part in hindering your ideas. Once you find a solution you can always dumb it down to be more realistic, or better yet – the client will find a way to make it happen, but at least you don’t start off rejecting potentially great ideas because of restraints.’ This plays a big part in how I tackle design solutions and problem solving in general.