Freedom Service Dogs is a not-for-profit organization based in Denver, Colorado that provides service dogs to Veterans and other individuals with disabilities. Many of the dogs are rescues from local shelters, so the great work they do is two-fold for both people and dogs in need.

I provide graphic design support to their marketing and fundraising efforts via work on annual reports, social media graphics, informational sheets, stationery, newsletters, eCard designs, gala programs and event signage, advertisements and more. Each year I lead and design the branding and collateral for the Diamonds in the Ruff gala, their largest fundraising effort.

As a graphic designer at Pappas Restaurants, Inc., I managed and designed all creative materials for the Pappas BBQ, Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, Pappas Burger and Pappas Seafood House brands. I also created promotional materials for Pappas Delivery and Pappas Catering, and for other corporate promotions and charitable events.

Projects included the concepting and design of menus, table tents, posters, signs, banners, web and social media graphics, email blasts and more!

This is a selection of the work I created for my stationery company, Ten Four Paper.

Ten Four Paper was a custom stationery and greeting card company founded in the heart of St. Louis, Missouri, and then moved to Houston, Texas. I provided unique, custom designs for weddings, events, announcements and other invitations. I also had a retail line of fun, colorful, slightly snarky greeting cards and stationery goods carried in over 15 stores nationwide. My work has been published nationally in a variety of magazines, wedding blogs and design publications.

These items are an example of the freelance projects I have completed for the Documenting Hope & Epidemic Answers project.

Documenting Hope & Epidemic Answers aim to fund research and treatment options for children who suffer from a variety of health issues including allergies, ADHD, Autism and more, through holistic and comprehensive care plans. My work for them has included advertisements, event invitations, donor information booklets, branding and identity logos and collateral, custom infographics and more.

I had the opportunity to do work for the City of Sugar Land, Texas. Sugar Land is a lovely suburb of Houston with a fun history! I created promotional materials, advertisements, web graphics for TripAdvisor, and T-shirt designs for the City Government and Visitor’s Center in an effort to increase Sugar Land’s visibility as a travel destination and concert venue.

I had the opportunity to do freelance work in Houston, TX for Mambo Seafood. Mambo is a chain of Mexican seafood restaurants located throughout the state of Texas. My work for them included heavy photography editing, tabletop signs, menu design, billboards, hiring tools and other promotional materials!

Quality Connections is a high-end coupon publication in the Denver, Colorado area. Most of the clientele are small businesses looking to advertise to their local communities. Through my work with this publication, I assisted many clients in creating engaging and professional print advertisements. Most had no prior design assistance or branding presence, and I aimed to give them high-caliber designs that brought in new business!

I was fortunate enough to do some freelance product design for a large jewelry and accessories company, Charming Charlie. Their team contacted me to create some of their first gift and home items, a departure from their sole jewelry and handbag product selection up until that point.

For each small group of products, I was given a general color and style direction for how my pieces would fit into the larger merchandising collection for that theme. Themes included ideas like "Colorfully Chic," "Make the Cut," "Red, White and Bold," and more. 

I took the rough guidelines and ideas presented by the buying team and translated those looks and vignettes into gift items for the store. All of these products were sold in Charming Charlie stores and on their website! It was a really fun project that I enjoyed immensely! 

This is a collection of projects I worked on for Peter Glenn Ski & Sports.

Peter Glenn is a ski and winter sports company based in Florida. Various projects for this company include advertisements and promotional mailers, ski show programs and consumer flyers, web graphics and more.

I had the honor of creating catalogs, press kits, line sheets and other promotional materials for fellow stationery designer, Brooke of Little Canoe. She is an extremely talented illustrator and artist, and I was able to help her edit photography and create visual layouts of her products and sales tools to help further her brand. It was very fun to create items for someone in an industry so close to my heart!

This is a selection of work I created as the Graphic Designer for The Growth Partnership in St. Louis, Missouri. The Growth Partnership is a marketing company that provides advertising and design services to a variety of Public Accounting firms.

At the Growth Partnership, I was the sole Graphic Designer in the firm, responsible for a variety of branding and marketing projects for clients in the accounting industry. I created logos and brand identity packages, brand collateral such as folders, advertisements, website design mockups and client eNewsletter template designs, and a variety of other marketing and design projects.

This is a selection of work created for Festive St. Louis, a florist and event company located in St. Louis, Missouri.

For Festive St. Louis, I work on a variety of projects, including stationery, business cards, advertisements, postcards, packaging, the customization of a website template, and more.

This is a selection of projects I worked on as a Production Artist for Group 360 Worldwide, based in St. Louis, Missouri

As an employee at Group 360, I created print, web, packaging and display graphics for a vast client field. I was responsible for making sure files were print-ready, assets were managed correctly, and all work left the studio in perfect shape. I also concepted new ideas, art directed projects, retouched product photographs and helped to train other employees. Clients included AB-In Bev, Ralston Foods, and many others.

This is a selection of work completed while serving as a Production Artist for JWT Inside, a division of JWT based in St. Louis, Missouri.

As a production artist for JWT INSIDE, I designed and built a variety of print and web-based display ads for our clients. This required the ability to follow detailed client templates, modify existing ads, and design new ads based on client requirements. I worked in a deadline-driven environment where attention to detail and an eye for good design was key. Regular clients included Capital One, HSBC, GM, PNC, Darden Restaurants, Shell, Boeing, Home Depot, and many others.

Here is a selection of designs I worked on as a graphic designer for Caterpillar, at their worldwide headquarters in Peoria, Illinois.

At Caterpillar, my responsibilities included the development of corporate communication tools including brochures, newsletters, posters, banners, wayfinding graphics, logo designs and exhibition displays. I also managed the design and printing of two monthly corporate newsletters and supplemental materials. Exciting projects included a brochure translated into thirteen languages for worldwide distribution, and exhibition graphics for an engine display area on the factory floor.