Through strategic thinking, innovative solutions and attention to detail, I help launch businesses, grow revenue, and communicate and increase awareness for complex ideas.

I am a graphic designer, an illustrator, a listener, an art director, a web site creator, a synthesizer and distiller of ideas, a production artist, a letterpress printer, a mock-up maker, a researcher, a mind reader, and a collaborator. 

Lilco Studio is my letterpress and illustration practice.

 

Seeking

  • Full-time Senior Designer, Art Director or Creative Director position
    (Dallas, TX based or remote friendly)

  • Freelance design opportunities

  • Opportunities for creative collaboration

Education

1999–2003

Summer 1998

Pratt Institute, Pre-college

1995–1999

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

Professional
Experience

09.20–present

Freelance Designer

06.18–09.20

Banowetz and Company, Inc., Associate Creative Director

Lilco Studio, Owner, Designer & Letterpress Printer

01.09–06.18

04.11–04.13

Banowetz and Company, Inc., Senior Designer

04.10–04.11

Fossil, Art Director of Packaging

11.06–04.10

The Matchbox Studio, Senior Designer

01.05–07.06

Bergdorf Goodman, Junior Designer

01.04–01.05

Tsang Seymour Design, Junior Designer

05.03–01.04

Various Studios, Freelance Designer

00, 01, 02

Spur Design, Summer Intern

Community

2018–2022

ICON11: The Illustration Conference, Co-Vice President

Members of the ICON Executive Board work closely together behind-the-scenes to strategize and collaborate on all manner of issues not handled directly by other board members/chairs. Specifically, some tasks that I’m responsible for include design of the ICON11 website, all on-site conference signage, and introducing digital/paperless methods.

2018–2017

ICON10: The Illustration Conference, Workshop Chair

Curate, produce and schedule two days of hands-on and lecture workshops at ICON10 in Detroit, MI, on July 11 and 12, 2018.

2016

ICON9: The Illustration Conference, Main Stage Speaker

Panel Discussion Titled: The Art and Craft of Building a Business with Alex Mathers and moderated by Lindsay Nohl, Austin, TX.

2013

Slow Food Dallas, Board Member

Provided design services and worked to raise funds for local education initiatives, Dallas, TX.

2006–2007

Continental Gin Artist Studios, Tenant

Co-designed building branding and signage and provided fabrication services, Dallas, TX.