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Sway Creative Labs
Senior Project Manager | Remote | June 2023 - Current
Project Manager | Hybird | June 2022 - June 2023
Family Dollar
Senior Production Coordinator | Chesapeake, VA | April 2019 - June 2022
Manage and art direct packaging designs for Family Dollar’s food, beverage, and pet brands; maintain brand consistency and integrity. Lead and assist on special projects as needed. Monitor project timelines, ensure deadlines and deliver assets to third parties. Liaise between different departments on projects, communicate weekly status reports and strategic recommendations to business counterparts. Escalate issues accordingly via the appropriate channels.
Production Coordinator | Charlotte, NC | Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
Consistently maintain large volumes of projects for Family Dollar’s apparel, accessories, footwear, home goods, and kitchenware brands; circulate new or revised proofs for required review and approval and ensure timely release. Partner with team members on various creative projects.
Charlotte T-Shirt Authority | Design Manager | Charlotte, NC | Sep 2017 - Aug 2018
Effectively and efficiently planned and prioritized all design deliverables for screen-printed team gear and corporate wear. Customers included Davidson College, Coach Ron Rivera, ECU, HPU, UNC Charlotte, Virginia Tech, as well as high schools and small businesses across the central and southern United States.
Hexbug | Designer | Greenville, TX | Jan - April 2017
Conceptualized and produced packaging designs for VEX Exploration Construction Kits. Illustrated promotional graphics and assisted with the company’s website redesign.
Packaging Corporation of America | Designer | Mooresville, NC | Jan - July 2016
Conceptualized and designed artwork for a variety of consumer-packaged goods. Modeled and rendered 3-D proofs. Created instructional setup illustrations of corrugated displays for retail stores. Documented and managed projects for company portfolio.
Framestore Studios | Illustration Intern | New York, NY | Aug - Oct 2015
Conceptualized character, creature, and prop designs for “Pearl Quest,” a dark ride project for China’s Wanda Group. Contributed storyboards to a video game pitch and an AT&T commercial treatment.