Garmin

Lead Product Designer

2024-Present

Create user-centered designs that integrate business goals, customer insights, user journeys, feedback, and usability data to drive meaningful and impactful experiences.

Senior Product Designer

2022-2024

Create user-centered designs by considering business requirements, customer insights, user journeys, feedback, and usability findings.

Senior UI/UX Designer

2021-2022

Create user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, the voice of the customer, user journeys, customer feedback, and usability findings. Quickly and iteratively develop user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and both low- and high-fidelity mockups.

Manage, collaborate, and contribute to the Design System.

Garmin’s goal is to be an enduring company by creating superior products for automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor, and sports markets that are an essential part of their customers’ lives. I’m fortunate to work alongside very talented people across each of these markets, creating flows and user interface designs.

Web Designer

2018-2021

Work collaboratively with creatives, product owners, account executives, engineers, and researchers to develop and enhance Garmin’s digital experience for millions of customers worldwide.

Our team focuses on helping users get the most out of their Garmin digital experience through intuitive, customer-centric flows.

Sprint / Boost Mobile (Now T-Mobile)

UI Designer

2017-2018

As a UI Designer, I work in Digital with the user experience team to help create the UI for the next generation of mobile websites and apps across multiple platforms: iPhone, Android, and Mobile Web. We develop intuitive, usable, and engaging interactions and visual designs, striving to deliver the best user experience for our customers.

As the Android user interface (UI) designer on the UX team, I worked closely with user experience (UX) designers and other specialists, such as researchers, to create the best possible experience for our customers. Part of my role was ensuring that every page and every step a user takes in their interaction results in the best finished product for the customer.

PBA Health

Art Director, Print and Web

2015 – 2017, Kansas City, MO

The Art Director of Print and Web is primarily responsible for all visual design and usability. My role includes creating original graphics, icons, and vectors for use online and in print marketing materials. I am also responsible for user interface design, site architecture, and user experience, as well as providing direction to coders to ensure optimal design and usability. I implement web design parameters, style guides, and visual standards.

This role involves maintaining the CMS and collaborating with coders to ensure smooth site operation. I establish and produce graphic materials for advertising and promoting online services and products. I am familiar with a variety of industry concepts, practices, and procedures, relying on experience and strong design judgment to plan and accomplish goals. I perform a variety of tasks and lead the work of other designers.

A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. As Art Director on the print side, I am responsible for magazine design and layout, working closely with copywriters to develop creative concepts and executions for assigned products. On the web side, I manage CMS updates, template designs for e-blasts, and website updates to ensure consistency with company and magazine branding. I have a strong ability to meet deadlines consistently.

Designer

2013 – 2015

Conceptualizes and designs visual communications for pharmacies, balancing complex data with visual appeal in alignment with branding—such as arrangement, size, type size and style, and related aesthetic concepts. Develops figures, graphs, and graphics of data for pharmaceutical presentations as well as print magazine articles.

Collaborates directly with writers and editors for Elements Magazine. Designs cost-efficient graphics using available mediums while ensuring the magazine’s visual consistency.

Designer for Elements Magazine, PBA Health’s quarterly publication focused on the business of community pharmacy. Each issue is packed with ideas, solutions, success stories, and industry information designed to give pharmacies a competitive edge.

Responsible for branding pharmaceutical packaging.

Maintains accuracy and resolves inconsistencies within documents, ensuring product branding, style, and color palette are consistent throughout the entire development process.

Herlife Magazine

Associate Publisher

2012 – 2013

Interact with several departments on a daily basis, requiring first-rate time management skills. Regular communication with editors, writers, media contacts, and distributors is typically expected. Managerial expertise is usually required for this position. An associate publisher is often consulted on human resource management issues and frequently directs the activities of printing and logistics employees. Their input is also commonly sought on strategies and issues related to the company’s publications.

Art Director / Designer

2012 – 2013

I am responsible for creating design solutions with a high visual impact in a fast-paced work environment. The role involves listening to clients and understanding their needs before making design decisions. I develop creative ideas and concepts, selecting the appropriate media and style to meet the client’s objectives.

The work demands creative flair, up-to-date knowledge of industry software, and a professional approach to managing time, costs, and deadlines.