Experience

Relocity, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Relocation Project Manager

  • Oct 2021 - Present



ALIKE, LLC

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion

• Co-Founder / Creative Director

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2021

  Co-founder and Creative Director of unisex, sustainable childrens wear line created to breakdown expected stereotypes for kids & for clothing production. Made in the USA with multifaceted sustainability. • Continually research and implement best practices for sustainable production line from sourcing fabric to delivery to consumer. ​• Design of all garments from start to finish including concepts, prints, patterns and fittings. ​• Identity, web design, direction of photography and video. ​• Achieved unprecedented sustainability in production and logistics. ​• Created upcycled denim collection, restyling denim headed for the landfill into one-of-a-kind small works of art.



D'NA

• Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• Creative Director of dnachic.com

  • May 2014 - Sep 2016

  Cutting-edge boutique and independent fashion voice in the Middle East founded by 1st Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Arabia, Princess Deena Abdulaziz (closed shortly after her appointment to Vogue). • Worked virtually from Chicago overseeing front-end and back-end design and build out of dnachic.com, transitioning a 10yr. old brick-and-mortar store located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to a global cutting edge e-commerce site. Managed 8 direct reports and 25 indirect. • Directed merchanding department including photo shoots, product & marketing copy, merchandise rollout, social media calendars and tie-in with editorials based on analytics and seasonal trends for 350+ products. Designed daily look of site, updated through Magento. • Led content creation for travel and lifestyle editorial section managing up to 8 writers/contributors and fostering their growth. • Oversaw all budgets and billing for purchasing, photo shoots, and logistics ensuring timely product delivery through customs, timely payments, preferential shipping and confirmed orders from 50+ vendors for 4 seasons yearly. • Overhauled seasonal ordering, delivery and payment tracking by creating expanded shared excel sheet for each season decreasing late deliveries 5-10%.



Toyota Motor Corporation

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Creative Director/Concept Designer

  • Jul 2008 - Jul 2012

  The Global Creatives Network was the brainchild of the lead concept designer at Toyota Motor Company Japan and consisted of a selected group of international designers and artists chosen to inspire the future of Toyota. Network cities Chicago, Bilbao, Zagreb, Bucharest, Bangkok & Tokyo housed collaborative spaces for creatives to work independently and toward the network goals. • Created fashion-based projects and events internally and public facing to foster ideas and growth of the global ideation team of engineers. • Designed concept vehicles, clothing inspired by the vehicles and showrooms they would reside in. • Led sessions with US & Japanese engineers to incorporate the brand initiatives into the vehicles far beyond the surface as well as regular ideation sessions for design and concept of vehicles. • Managed budgets and timelines for projects locally in Chicago and abroad. • Awarded top prize among peers when asked to submit a new concept car project based on Toyota theories. • Funded to complete research and design with staff of 5. Presented final project to over 150 engineers at international symposium in Toyota City. • Produced 30 min. documentary film “Yunus & Eliza: Mastercast” as a first in series called “Future History” about working creatives around the globe.



SERPICO

• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Director

  • Aug 2006 - Oct 2011

  Founder/designer for namesake women's ready-to-wear brand sold in US, Europe and Middle East. Strong graphic lines, meticulously draped patterns, hand bead work and embellishment define the luxury clothing and accessories line. • Designed 2-3 collections per year from draping and illustration to garment manufacturing for 20-30 items per collection. • Sourced speciality fabrics from Italy & France working directly with mills for exclusive prints as well as creating prints in-house. Manipulated fabric surfaces with traditional and non-traditional techniques including stitching, beading, dying, etc. • Designed and created full marketing for wholesale accounts each season for showrooms in NY and Milan including look books, newsletters, video, line sheets and accompanying web materials. • Produced branding, website, look books, hang tags, marketing events and social media as well as directed, produced, styled photo shoots and videos for every collection. • Oversaw manufacturing in Italy, China & US and managed relationships with buyers, showrooms and PR in US and abroad.



ABC 7 News Chicago

• Chicago, Illinois

• Freelance Motion Graphic Designer

  • Jan 2000 - Jun 2003

  Local affiliate stations of the American Broadcasting Company, news division. • Designed daily news graphics and marketing/sales collateral packages within the strict branding guidelines. • Live playback of graphics during for 30 min. & 60 min. live broadcasts. Local affiliate stations of the American Broadcasting Company, news division. • Designed daily news graphics and marketing/sales collateral packages within the strict branding guidelines. • Live playback of graphics during for 30 min. & 60 min. live broadcasts.



Whittman-Hart / marchFIRST

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Designer, Brand Building Studio

  • Feb 2001 - Mar 2002

  Clients: Walgreens, Shedd Aquarium, Ohio Telecomm • Strategized and designed full package branding and advertising. • Designed extensive websites and managed quality and usability from start to finish including art-directing photo shoots and user testing. • Implemented brand strategies, brand handbooks and brought clients online or overhauled existing web presence with account team. Clients: Walgreens, Shedd Aquarium, Ohio Telecomm • Strategized and designed full package branding and advertising. • Designed extensive websites and managed quality and usability from start to finish including art-directing photo shoots and user testing. • Implemented brand strategies, brand handbooks and brought clients online or overhauled existing web presence with account team.