WORK HISTORY
CLIENT: THE CLASSICS COMPANY | 2025
-create a flexible brand identity
-implement a design system across web and print
-develop website
-manage print materials and advertising
-write content and editing copy
-direct social media campaigns
CLIENT: UNDOCUMENTED KNOWLEDGES PROJECT | 2025
-create a flexible brand identity
-implement a design system across web and print
-establish a YouTube channel
-manage digital archive
-collaborate on vision and goals
-develop website
-write content and editing copy
-develop compelling visuals
CLIENT: STUDIO LIGHT | 2024
-copy editing
-proofreading
CLIENT: INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITIES | 2024
-collaborate with 12 scholars on turning their curriculum into multi-media projects
-translate academic text into accessible language
-create data visuals
-storyboard
-develop website
VISITING DESIGN DIRECTOR @ UIC | 2022–2023
-led a cross-unit project for three e-learning modules
-collaborated closely with subject matter experts
-established vision, strategy, and goals
-storyboarded and prototyped
-led user testing
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR @ UIC | 2022–2025
-give lectures on design topics
-create interactive workshops
-reorient students as design thinkers
-showcase student work in an exhibition
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER @ UIC | 2020–2022
-planned five e-learning projects
-mentored junior designers
-conducted user research
-provided style guides for design assets and language
-incorporated a holistic approach towards accessibility
GRAPHIC DESIGNER @ UIC | 2015–2020
-redesigned website for college unit
-created social media accounts
-conducted strategic thinking conversations about communication goals
-created visual assets for web and print
-collaborated with scholars on reports and data visuals
-launched campus-wide campaigns
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO
Master of Arts in Design Criticism | May 2022
Thesis: A collection of essays in different styles and voices on the history of information dissemination and technology.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO
Master of Design in Graphic Design | May 2020
Thesis: A formal analysis of newspaper obituaries, experimenting with revisualizing information as non-textual representations.
SCHOLARSHIP
SCHIFF WRITING FELLOWSHIP NORMINEE | 2022
News-on-papers after Newspapers
This review considers the newspaper as a symbolic or indexical element.
BELLADONNA MATTERS OF FEMINIST PRACTICE | 2022
Eyebrow Archive
This autoethnographic essay is a long form artist statement about collecting the form of the eyebrow.
SCHIFF WRITING FELLOWSHIP NOMINEE | 2020
Erasing Erasure
This essay address the in-between aesthetics of a captured image.
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK JURY SELECTED | 2020
Pre-occupied
Thesis book and exhibition: rematerialized obituaries.
UIC LIBRARY ARCHIVE AWARD FOR GRAD RESEARCH | 2019
Desk as a Stage, First Prize
An installation recontextualizing common office objects through a feminist lens.
CHICAGO ART BOOK FAIR | 2019
Flight of Fantasy
Risograph publication.