Experience

Design Mode, AEC Marketing

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Consultant

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Design Mode, LLC is a marketing consultation firm specializing in providing integrated marketing services to the A/E/C industry. Design Mode will act as your creative "general contractor" bringing best-in-class marketing services, designed to amplify your voice and elevate your brand. STRATEGY / CONTENT / RESULTS - that's my MO.



LS Black Constructors

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Marketing and Business Development

  • Sep 2017 - Sep 2018

  Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area



Knutson Construction Services

• United States
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Marketing Manager

  • Feb 2014 - Sep 2017

  Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area As Marketing Manager at Knutson, I manage, mentor, and motivate a growing Marketing team. I direct, define, and manage the creative process and lead with my knowledge, experience and expertise in graphic design and content development. I also manage the Knutson brand identity and ensure brand standards are being upheld corporately. I am flexible, open, and organized in my management style and am dedicated to building an excellent group of Marketing professionals to help bring Knutson to the… Show more As Marketing Manager at Knutson, I manage, mentor, and motivate a growing Marketing team. I direct, define, and manage the creative process and lead with my knowledge, experience and expertise in graphic design and content development. I also manage the Knutson brand identity and ensure brand standards are being upheld corporately. I am flexible, open, and organized in my management style and am dedicated to building an excellent group of Marketing professionals to help bring Knutson to the next level.

• Marketing Coordinator

  • Apr 2011 - Jan 2014

  Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area As Marketing Coordinator, at Knutson Construction, I assist the marketing team with various tasks such as collateral design and development, RFQ submissions, RFP responses, sales programs, press releases, newsletters, trade-shows, events, website updates, social media marketing, powerpoint presentation, corporate branding/identity, and help to develop other marketing programs as needed. Recently, I've been training and giving overall creative direction to a new team member.



JWT Minneapolis

• Associate Art Director - Digital

  • May 2009 - Apr 2011

  United States My desire to work in a creative industry led me to JWT. JWT is a global marketing communications network with more than 200 offices in over 90 countries employing nearly 10,000 advertising professionals. As an Associate Art Director here at JWT Minneapolis, focused on digital, I collaborate with various disciplines to develop creative solutions that successfully meet the business goals of our clients. I also support the front-end development team with ad hoc banner ad designs for a number of… Show more My desire to work in a creative industry led me to JWT. JWT is a global marketing communications network with more than 200 offices in over 90 countries employing nearly 10,000 advertising professionals. As an Associate Art Director here at JWT Minneapolis, focused on digital, I collaborate with various disciplines to develop creative solutions that successfully meet the business goals of our clients. I also support the front-end development team with ad hoc banner ad designs for a number of retail clients, including seasonal ad concept design and development for Walmart.

• Account Coordinator

  • Sep 2006 - May 2009

  As an Account Coordinator at JWT I have worked with many different disciplines and provided general support to various departments within the agency. I have supported our account management team with new business initiatives, such as RFP response submittals, presentation and template design. I have also played a main support role for our creative team. Some of the duties I have fulfilled to support the creative team have been comp template revisions, image searching, creative review… Show more As an Account Coordinator at JWT I have worked with many different disciplines and provided general support to various departments within the agency. I have supported our account management team with new business initiatives, such as RFP response submittals, presentation and template design. I have also played a main support role for our creative team. Some of the duties I have fulfilled to support the creative team have been comp template revisions, image searching, creative review presentations and other various design tasks.



DeZinnia Inc.

• Graphic Design Intern

  • May 2005 - Aug 2005

  At deZinnia, Inc. as a graphic design intern, I worked on designing and writing promotional peices for 3M, Liturature Consolidation for 3M's automotive aftermarket, package design for Casey Pottery Candle Company, logo design for Karol Allen and the Spring Green Girls, event invitations and academic calendar for the St. Paul Academy and Summit School, as well as a few other creative projects.