Skills and Experiences (i.e., Relevant Business Jargon)

I bring both creative vision and strategic pragmatism to a wide range of business contexts and questions. I have experience:

• Generating and synthesizing creative ideas
• Building an innovation pipeline
• Formulating research plans and user studies
• Designing experiences (analog and digital)
• Developing, deploying and measuring brand/community engagement strategy
• Guiding digital strategy
• Storytelling & content development
• Architecting social impact strategies for brands and businesses
• Clarifying internal brand story
• Growing new initiatives
• Cultivating strategic partnerships
• Driving sales and business development
• Leading projects and client relationships
• Managing interdisciplinary teams
• Fostering a creative environment and alignment across departments
• Curating and facilitating creative workshops and ideation sessions
• Steering product teams

I've had the chance to work with some pretty great teams.

• Alliance for the Great Lakes/ Storytelling Campaign

• Betabrand / Consumer Insights & Experience Design

• Braintree/ Program Innovation

• Chicago Ideas Week / Partnerships and Community Activation

• Field Museum / Research Design & Account Management

• Goose Island / Brand Activation and Measurement

• Maria Pinto / Brand Positioning, Kickstarter Campaign Strategy & Management

• Nissan / Social Media Strategy & Account Management

• RogerEbert.com / Brand Positioning & Engagement Strategy

• Table XI / Marketing Strategy & Business Development

• Tokoni/ Community/Content Management, Product Marketing

• Trust for Public Land / Marketing Research and Outreach Strategy

Communities I’m proud to be a part of:

• Drink Tank
• Ord Camp
• PechaKucha
• Experience Institute
• League of Women Designers
• Off the Sidelines
• Second City (level 5 sketch, which means I’m hilarious, and also a quitter)
• Ms. Tech