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For over 10 years, I've had the privilege of delivering strategic visual solutions for entrepreneurs, startups, and enterprises through a versatile skill set that spans branding & identity, illustration, marketing, management, sales, web design/admin, and classroom instruction.

Whether working independently or on a team, I approach every interaction with an emphasis on communicating clearly, collaborating without ego, and understanding business goals to get results that positively impact the bottom line while elevating the team, work, and brand. At the end of the day, I'm known for hitting the mark with minimal drama and slightly obsessive attention to detail.

I'm a vocal advocate of taking unconventional paths, the value of deep work, simple solutions for complex problems, chasing the muse and pursuing passion projects, people before profit, accumulating a range of diverse experiences, and cultivating perpetual adaptability.

Creating intentional designs, intelligent systems, and memorable experiences that tell a story are my forte, while a passion for organic exploration propels all aspects of life. I'm forever chasing the next project/adventure/horizon, so let's talk and find out how I can help you solve for X!

• Supervised successful delivery of 9,000+ digital design assets alongside a cross-functional team for the most extensive line of agency business, driving conversions and overseeing $8 million in client projects.
•  Guided creatives at all levels on day-to-day projects and directly managed teams of 3-5 individual
contributors, coaching on career paths and goals.
•  Evolved brand guidelines for improved efficiency and created educational/onboarding resource decks for enterprise and agency members as a steward of the brand.
•  Supervised the development of a proprietary email design system in Sketch, later migrating to Figma
and performing all library updates/maintenance.
•  Fostered collaboration with product and E-commerce teams within the organization to optimize
components in AEM and Figma.

•  Utilized design thinking and an agile approach to create results-oriented outcomes for clients in retail,
entertainment, education, Web3, and restaurant services.
•  Independently owned projects from start to finish, managing communications, concept presentation,
iteration, execution, and delivery.
•  Adept at working remotely across international time zones and connecting with dispersed teams from different cultural backgrounds, having lived abroad for a decade and producing bilingual materials for personal and client purposes
•  Adopted new software, systems, design trends, and technologies on the fly to produce custom-tailored
visual solutions that adhered to best practice principles, typography, color theory, and layout techniques.

Generalist Freelance Designer

•  Executed pixel-perfect visual designs from concept to final hand-off, creating pitch decks and presenting
to marketing team stakeholders through successive rounds of feedback.
•  Solved complex process problems by developing templated production systems to optimize
high-volume / high-velocity asset design and delivery.
•  Mentored designers at all levels, providing feedback and leading go-to-market campaign creative for digital communication channels.
•  Aligned business goals with design strategy to produce effective in-market display and banner ads,
landing pages, motion, and animated assets.
•  Interpreted design briefs and managed time effectively, rapidly iterating and consistently meeting tight
deadlines on simultaneous projects.

Senior Design Lead

•  Founded an independent, mission-driven apparel label that donates 100% of profits from all B2C sales
to dozens of charity organizations, generating thousands in philanthropic proceeds.
•  Produced all designs, and managed onsite vending, eCommerce operations, social media presence,
garment ordering, and printing.
•  Achieved Threadless.com Top Shop status in the first year of operations.
•  Selected as an exclusive licensing partner from 202-present.

Designer/ Manager

•  Combined instructional design principles with new technologies to deliver dynamic lessons for all ages
and abilities in classrooms of 20-30 students.
•  Redesigned Schoolhouse.com.tw website in 2013 and managed site operations as the sole web
administrator through 2018.
•  Developed a supplementary grammar system comprised of a 150-page book and digital resources via
www.gramgran.com.

ESL Teacher / Web administrator

•  Collaborated with a grassroots team of volunteer designers to create one of Taiwan's most recognizable
expat-owned indie magazines.
•  Introduced new brand standards that elevated the overall aesthetic and designed 75% of all spreads
across quarterly issues.
•  Worked with bilingual translations in design and assisted with editing in English and Mandarin Chinese.

Lead Designer

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Ry Jones

Colorado State University