Chicago, IL + Detroit, MI
About Me
Freelance UX designer and photographer with a degree in advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with additional areas of focus in Communication, Spanish, and Japanese. Skilled at creating engaging content and transforming user experiences.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor’s Degree, Advertising
2012 - 2016
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Designlab’s UX Academy
Designlab’s UX Academy
UX/UI Design
2022 - 2023
Waseda University 早稲田大学
Waseda University 早稲田大学
One-Year Exchange Program
2014 - 2015
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Photographer/Owner
Photographer/Owner
MW Studio
Jul 2017 - Present
Illinois & Michigan
Photographer/Content Creator
Photographer/Content Creator
Achatz Handmade Pie Co.
Oct. 2023 - Feb. 2024
Troy, Mi
Marketing Manager
Marketing Manager
Advanced Laser Aesthetics, LLC
Jul 2017 - Nov 2023
Chicago, IL
Product Photographer
Product Photographer
Josh’s Frogs
Feb 2020 - Apr 2021
Owosso, MI
Photographer
Photographer
Lifetouch Church Directories
Apr 2019 - Aug 2019
Michigan
Event Photographer
Event Photographer
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Aug 2018 - Apr 2019
Chicago, IL
Marketing Coordinator
Marketing Coordinator
American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
Oct 2017 - Mar 2018
Schaumburg, IL
Skills
Website Design
- Squarespace
- Wix
- Webflow
- Super + Notion
Photography & Graphic Design
- Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator, etc.)
- Capture One
- Figma
- Canva
Other
- Video Editing
- Prototyping
- MindMapping
- Optimal Workshop
- Social Media Management
- Basic HTML & CSS
Languages
🇪🇸 Spanish
🇯🇵 Japanese
🇮🇹 Italian
🌐 Other Languages Include:
- Mandarin, Tagalog, Sign Language, and Portugese