Empathetic and driven leader, authentic marketer, and UX/UI designer

15+ years designing websites, digital and printed sales and marketing materials, and interfaces for web-based applications

15+ years building and leading teams of UX and UI designers, marketers, researchers, and developers to create exceptional interfaces, experiences, and communications

Bellomy

Winston-Salem, NC (remote) — bellomy.com
SVP of Digital Experience, Marketing + Research Ops 6/2021–7/2023
VP of Digital Experience + Marketing 6/2019–6/2021

Responsibilities

  • Lead digital experience, marketing, UX research, qualitative research, and research panels + communities at 100+ person AMA Top 50 market research company

  • Accountable for 20+ employees

  • EOS unofficial guide/coach (Traction by Gino Wickman), ongoing leadership meeting facilitator

Clients

  • Fidelity

  • eMoney

  • Publix

  • USAA

  • Griffith Foods

  • Samsung

  • Transamerica

  • Pepsico

  • Rain Bird

Accomplishments

  • Led the 2-year-long project to design and build a new research community platform for Bellomy’s 20+ panels and communities

  • Led the 6-month-long project to migrate all communities to new platform

  • Built and executed a marketing plan for Bellomy’s research services, digital services, and technology platforms (including blogging, content offers, webinars, podcast appearances, visual design, SEM, SEO, email marketing, and social media publishing and advertising)

  • Increased leads 26X

  • Boosted organic website traffic 400%

  • Increased search engine rankings to page 1 for key services

  • Revolutionized Bellomy’s approach to proposals and proposal templates

  • Improved the experience of taking surveys online

  • Provided UX research and/or design for major brands, including: Avon, eMoney/Fidelity, Healthfirst (NY health insurance company), Publix, and Rain Bird

Alloy Magnetic

Winston-Salem, NC and Denver, CO — alloymagnetic.com
CEO + Creative Director 1/2006–7/2023

  • Built a full-service digital marketing agency focused on authenticity and clear, effective communication

  • Helped clients grow their businesses and increase market share through digital strategy, UX research, UX and UI design, content marketing, branding, social media, web development, SEO, and SEM

  • Clients include Red Hat Developers, Donate Life North Carolina, Apple Rock, Inmar, Kilpatrick Townsend, RemoteLock, Smart Choice, US Duct, Office Evolution, Leonard Buildings & Sheds, Wake Forest Baptist Health, 88.5 WFDD Public Radio Station

  • Sold the company to Bellomy in 2019 and Alloy Magnetic became the Digital Experience team at Bellomy

M Creative

Winston-Salem, NC — mcreative.net
UX + UI Designer 6/2004–12/2005

  • Mastered the technical skills of print design and discovered passion for creating design systems for digital experiences

  • Designed print and web materials for universities, foundations, businesses, and nonprofits

  • Managed large-scale printing projects

  • Organized and art directed photo shoots

  • Led UX design for web apps for the agency

Clients

Avon
eMoney
Fidelity
Healthfirst
Publix
Rain Bird
Red Hat
Wake Forest Baptist Health

Tools + Platforms

Adobe Creative Suite
Sketch
InVision
Slack
Google Apps
HubSpot
Google Analytics
Google Ads
Moz
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Office
Git, Trello, Asana, etc.

Education

Bachelor of Graphic Design, cum laude
College of Design at NC State University
Raleigh, NC — design.ncsu.edu