Innovative marketing creative with a sharp attention to detail and a strong focus on user experience. Skilled in leading and producing high-quality content that drives audience engagement and improves information retention. Experienced in designing and directing content across digital, social, environmental, and print platforms. Expertise includes graphics, motion, video production, publication, environmental, project management, and team leadership. Passionate about building and motivating diverse, inclusive teams focused on delivering peak-quality, accessible content. Strong advocate for continuous growth and development.


Key Accomplishments

  • Drove a 56% increase in LinkedIn engagement by implementing optimized posting schedules, SEO strategies, and compelling visual storytelling

  • Selected and onboarded key vendors, achieving a 37% cost savings and reducing vendor turnaround time by 14%

  • Spearheaded Fluence’s brand refresh, guiding agency direction, feedback, and approvals

  • Led a team of eight creatives producing 500+ videos and 200+ hours of content for marketing, communications, and leadership development for GEICO

  • Designed and implemented a creative team onboarding process, training new associates on up to five new software platforms

  • Increased GEICO team scope 55% from 6 departments to 11 in two quarters

  • Boosted GEICO Cares Philanthropy campaigns and fundraising:

    • Increased engagement for FastPitch program by 83%, growing submissions from 272 to 497 year-over-year

    • Increased engagement for I Am Ready program 28%

  • Enhanced corporate communications strategic engagement by 67% within a single quarter

  • Reduced new hire sales and service training time by 86%, saving over $18 million in salary dollars within the first year by converting training to multimedia formats (75% multimedia/UX design)

  • Twice awarded GEICO’s Corporate Quality Award for excellence in content development

  • Led branding and creative for Tampa’s Gasparilla Film Festival, producing the annual event catalog and promotional materials

  • Independently owned branding and content design for a Tampa regional theatre company

Experience

  • Arlington, VA

    • Directed global brand and creative projects, collaborating across regional marketing teams and managing a portfolio of agencies, vendors, and freelancers. Managed multiple projects, on varying timelines, simultaneously.

    • Sole in-house creative, leading the company’s design efforts across web, social, print, conferences and events, and environmental branding.

    • Directed on-site photo and video shoots.

    • Spearheaded the company’s brand refresh, guiding agency direction, feedback, and approvals.

    • Developed efficiency and quality control processes as the company shifted out of the startup phase.

    • Drove a 56% increase in LinkedIn engagement by implementing optimized posting schedules, SEO strategies, and compelling visual storytelling.

    • Selected and onboarded key vendors, achieving a 37% cost savings and reducing vendor turnaround time by 14%.

    • Led branding efforts for the company’s largest core product launch, Fluence Smartstack.

  • Washington, D.C.

    • Led a team of eight cross functional creatives producing 500+ videos and 200+ hours of content for marketing, communications, and leadership development.

    • Developed creative briefs and project plans in collaboration with stakeholders, maintaining adherence to brand standards.

    • Designed and implemented a creative team onboarding process, training new associates on up to five new software platforms.

    • Increased Facebook engagement by 52% and Instagram followers by 4% during targeted social media campaigns.

    • Boosted GEICO Cares Philanthropy campaigns and fundraising:

      • Increased engagement for FastPitch program by 83%, growing submissions from 272 to 497 year-over-year.

      • Increased engagement for I Am Ready program 28%.

    • Enhanced corporate communications strategic engagement by 67% within a single quarter.

  • Washington, D.C.

    • Led and produced creative content for staff and operational departments, working directly with internal clients to develop creative briefs.

      • Produced storyboards and scripts

      • Conducted user-testing and quality reviews.

      • Provided final sign-off on project completion.

    • Mentored and coached team members to enhance creative skills and operational efficiency.

    • Reduced new hire sales and service training time by 86%, saving over $18 million in salary dollars within the first year by converting training to multimedia formats (75% multimedia/UX design).

    • Twice awarded GEICO’s Corporate Quality Award for excellence in content development.

    • Provided counsel to all levels of management and stakeholders on effective project implementation and innovative creative options for content execution.

    • Directed on-site video shoots with all levels of management, including senior officers.

    • Developed organization system to maintain digital archival files, creating digital asset library.

  • Lakeland, FL

    • Created marketing and learning content for the Florida regional office and communications.

    • Independently scripted, storyboarded, and produced videos promoting insurance products, operational processes, and leadership development.

    • Managed branding and event creative for the Florida regional Chairman’s Club corporate award ceremonies for two consecutive years.

  • Lakeland, FL

    • Handled customer inquiries, resolved policy issues, and finalized transactions.

    • Supported onboarding, coaching, and developing new associates through their first career promotions.

    • Completed rotations in floor coverage support, coaching, and quality control call monitoring.

  • Tampa, FL

    • Designed all visual marketing, event, merch, and social media collateral for theater productions.

    • Directed and produced photoshoots for content as well as live show videography and post-production.

  • St. Petersbug, FL

    • Worked directly with the principal designer to create print, video, and motion graphics.

    • Led branding and creative for Tampa’s Gasparilla Film Festival, producing the annual event catalog and promotional materials.

    • Explored multiple mediums including print, motion, and video.

    • Personal assistant to principle designer during photography and videography shoots.

Skills

Creative Direction | Art Direction | Project Management/Agile Methodology | Stakeholder Management | Vendor Management | Budgeting | Branding & Identity | Marketing | Organic & Paid Social | Brainstorming | Storytelling | Graphic Design | Motion Graphics | Videography | Video Production | Audio Production | Photography | Publication | Packaging | UX/UI | HTML | Accessibility | Environmental Design | Print + Digital + Web + Experiential | Storyboarding | Scriptwriting | Copywriting | Data Analysis | Collaborate Cross-Functionally | Time Management | Emotional Intelligence | Communication | Leadership & Development | Coaching/Mentoring

Tools

Adobe CC | Illustrator | Photoshop | Lightroom | InDesign | Acrobat | After Effects | Premiere | Audition | Dreamweaver | SquareSpace | Wordpress | XD | Figma | Canva | Microsoft Office 365 | Word | Excel | PowerPoint | SharePoint | PowerApps | Google Suite | Workday | Learning Management Systems (LMS) | DevOps | Asana | Jira | Wrike | MS Project | Widen | Mac/Windows

Certifications

Building Resilience & Preventing Burnout | Duke Corporate Education

Managing Stakeholders in Complex Projects Experience | UC Berkeley Executive Education

Achieving Mental Flow & Thriving | Duke Corporate Education

Leading Through Personal Excellence | Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Launch into Leadership | ExecOnline

Developing Emotional Intelligence | Pryor Learning Solutions

Fundamentals of Project Management | Pryor Learning Solutions

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Graphic Design | University of South Florida