EXPERIENCE

ALLBIRDS - SENIOR FOOTWEAR DESIGNER

Portland, OR | August 2021 - Present

Responsible for presenting and instructing designs and design refinements to the broader product team and manufacturing partners.

ADIDAS GLOBAL RUNNING - FOOTWEAR DESIGNER

Portland, OR | January 2019 - August 2021

Design products and concepts for runners in 2019 and beyond. Manage product designs toward meeting quality, performance requirements and financial targets. Validate design executions to meet BU design directions, within the design team along the creation process. Manage timely delivery of information towards milestones to cross-functional teams.

ADIDAS GLOBAL RUNNING - ASST. FOOTWEAR DESIGNER

Portland, OR | March 2017 - April 2018

Supported product designs toward meeting quality, performance requirements and financial targets. Helped design executions to meet BU design directions, within the design team along the creation process. Manage timely delivery of information towards milestones to cross-functional teams.

ADIDAS YEEEZY - ASST. FOOTWEAR DESIGNER

Los Angeles, CA | April 2018 - January 2019

Collaborated with the adidas design team and West brands on footwear concepts. Sourced relevant and innovative trend references to be used as inspiration for the wider team.

ADIDAS GLOBAL RUNNING - FOOTWEAR DESIGN INTERN

Portland, OR | March 2017 - April 2018

Assisted the team in bringing concepts to creation for the 2018 calendar year. Researched consumer and market trends to inform designs. Collaborated with apparel interns to create a head-to-toe capsule collection for the FW18 season.

INDUSTRY - CONTENT DESIGN INTERN

Portland, OR | February 2016 - May 2016

Focused on content creation and storytelling while supporting the internal marketing team and the internal design team on projects for Nike, Red Bull, Intel, and Honeywell. Composed presentations, gathered visual assets, and created storyboards and reference design mock-ups of potential events and activations.

STUDIO NOYES - FOOTWEAR DESIGN INTERN

Portland, OR | October 2015 - February 2016

Worked with design and development on in-line footwear designs, CAM, and mood board creation for clients including Superfeet and Brooks.

OLUKAI - FOOTWEAR DESIGN INTERN

Portland, OR | June 2015 - October 2015

Designed a new sandal for the women’s SS17 Makai line from brief through first round of production. Created color spec sheets, inspiration boards, and visual presentations leveraging the OluKai brand identity.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - OUTPUT ROOM OPERATOR

Eugene, OR | April 2012 - May 2016

Helped students and professionals with common computer technical problems and troubleshooting and optimized photos, posters, and documents for large format printing

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Product Design

Eugene, OR | Graduated June 2016

PENSOLE - SOLE OF OREGON

Portland, OR | April 2014

A one-week course where students designed a concept for a footwear company with offices in Oregon. At the end of the week we presented our final concepts to industry professionals within the Portland design community.

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