California College of the Arts
Oakland & San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Illustration, with Distinction
1992 - 1996
Saba Software
Redwood City, CA
UI Visual Designer
2004 - 2005
Yahoo!
Sunnyvale, CA
UI Visual Designer
2004
There, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA
UI Visual & Web Designer
2002 - 2004
Echo Networks
San Francisco, CA
Web Designer
2001
Panmedia / Learn2.com
Sausalito, CA
Web Designer, Illustrator
1998 - 2001
• Primary UI artist throughout the development of both games
The Sims 2 and The Sims 2 Pets (consoles)
• Provided UI art support to the team for a number of months during a very crucial time near the end of the game’s development
• Worked with minimal direction to deliver high quality art assets for very complex UI
The Sims 3 (PC)
• Served as UI art lead throughout the projects
• Provided direction for a small number of in-house UI artists as well as a number of external icon artists
• Worked closely with art director to ensure a proper look and feel for the UI
• Worked closely with engineers to ensure art assets were appropriately optimized delivered in an efficient manner
• Worked in Adobe Flash to lay out screens and UI elements for easy implementation by engineers
MySims, MySims Kingdom, and MySims Agents (Nintendo Wii)
• Served as UI art director throughout project development
• Oversaw a team of 5 in-house UI artists as well as a number of external icon artists
• Created series of mood boards to explore different stylistic directions for the UI
• Created style guides not only for the look and feel of the UI, but also for its functionality
• Worked closely with team leadership, game designers, producers, and art director to ensure the aesthetics of the UI were consistent with the goals for the product
• Continued to create art assets throughout the game’s development, and worked closely with engineers to make sure all art assets were integrated into the game efficiently and effectively
The Sims Medieval (PC)
• Created a large number of in-world assets, UI screens, and icons with minimal direction
• Traveled to London for 3 weeks to provide art support
• Continued to provide support remotely for an additional 3 months
The Sims Social (Facebook)
Titles shipped
Electronic Arts, Inc.
Redwood City, CA
Senior UI Designer
April, 2005 - October, 2011
• Served as the senior UI artist on a large-scale 3D game for Facebook
• Collaborated with UX designer to ensure cohesion between UI visuals and functionality and playability
• Worked closely with engineers to create highly optimized graphic assets
• Created animated Flash prototypes to serve as walk-throughs for various UI features
• Created animated loading screens, transitional elements, and activity indicators
• Produced various virals, ads, and marketing materials
• Worked with other teams across the organization including brand, marketing, and Imagineers to ensure consistency with existing Disney IP as well as an extremely high level of quality
Disney Interactive / Playdom
San Francisco / Palo Alto, CA
Senior UI Artist
October, 2011 - August, 2013
• Served as Lead Visual Designer for the on-screen display of the HERO4 Session Camera
• Developed the animation/motion style guide for the touch display on the HERO4 Silver camera
• Worked with a team of artists across multiple platforms on the company’s global design initiative
• Created animated prototypes to demonstrate synchronization of on-screen graphics and transitions with camera LEDs and sounds
• Created interactive prototypes which were incorporated into user research studies
• Regularly made presentations to CEO and senior executives
• Served as a mentor to junior visual designers and production staff
GoPro
San Mateo, CA
Senior Visual Designer, UX
August, 2013 - December, 2015
• Served as Lead Visual Designer for the GeForce Experience and GeForce NOW family of products (spanning desktop, mobile, and TV)
• Created animated prototypes to demonstrate everything from simple progress indicators to complex full-screen transitions and interactions
• Made presentations to VPs, directors, and key stakeholders from other teams and departments
• Worked with brand and marketing to ensure designs and assets are on-brand and appropriate for our target audience
• Developed a series of original characters to serve as virtual "spokespeople" or mascots for our products
• Developed an animation/motion style guide
• Contributed numerous illustrations and animations to the UX team's Human Interface Guidelines
• Served as a mentor to junior staff and interns
NVIDIA
Santa Clara, CA
Senior Visual Designer, UX
December, 2015 - October, 2020
• Have served as the sole in-house visual designer for corsair.com
• Instrumental in developing the new look and feel of company web site launched in 2023
• Instrumental in developing a web style guide and standard web component templates which have allowed us to move away from heavy reliance on outside agencies for design work; almost all design work now done in-house
• Regularly work with photo and video teams to develop assets for upcoming product launches
• Regularly work with Global Brand & Design team to provide illustrations, icons, and other art assets
• Work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while maintaining high quality standards fitting of a premium brand
• Heavy amount of photo touch-up/editing/manipulation – formatting images to work perfectly in web page panels on both desktop and mobile
CORSAIR
Milpitas, CA
Senior Visual Designer, Web Marketing
October, 2020 - Present
