Senior Art Director at Body Art Alliance

Lead the creative direction for 21 global brands across the tattoo, piercing, and PMU/beauty industries, ensuring each brand maintains a strong, consistent, and authentic visual identity. Manage and mentor a team of designers, guiding concept development, brand evolution, and execution across print, digital, and experiential design. Oversee packaging design for ongoing product launches, creating cohesive systems that align with brand strategy and regulatory requirements. Direct creative for major industry events and tradeshows, including environmental graphics, signage, and full visual experiences. Design merchandise collections—apparel, accessories, and promotional items—that resonate with artists and brand fans. Lead digital design across email (Klaviyo), social content, and SMS, ensuring visually strong and high-performing marketing assets. Create web and UX designs for landing pages, e-commerce updates, and educational content across multiple brand platforms. Provide photo and video direction, shaping the visual storytelling that supports product launches and brand campaigns. Collaborate closely with marketing, product, and leadership teams to maintain momentum and ensure alignment across all design efforts. Work daily in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, XD), Adobe Substance 3D, Adobe Dimension, HTML/CSS, and presentation tools like PowerPoint and Word.

Teacher - Digital Art at Baltimore School for the Arts

Teach Adobe Creative Suite to high school freshmen and sophomores Develop and update curriculum to build core design and illustration skills while encouraging creative exploration Advise students on career paths and opportunities in the creative industry

Senior Creative Manager - Tattoo at Body Art Alliance

Manage and mentor a multi-disciplinary creative team of designers, videographers, and photographers producing work for the tattoo, piercing, and PMU/beauty industries. Lead the creative direction for 10 unique brands, ensuring each one continues to evolve with a clear, consistent, and authentic visual identity. Oversee packaging design for new and existing products, building cohesive systems across multiple categories and audiences. Direct creative for industry events and trade shows, developing environmental graphics, signage, and full visual experiences. Handle digital design across email, social media, and SMS campaigns, ensuring that every asset is on-brand, polished, and performance-focused. Develop web and UX designs for landing pages, e-commerce updates, and educational content across multiple brand platforms. Provide photo and video direction, shaping the visual storytelling that supports product launches, campaigns, and brand-building initiatives. Collaborate closely with marketing, product, and leadership teams to align creative strategy with business goals and maintain momentum across projects. Work daily in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, XD), Adobe Substance 3D, Adobe Dimension, PowerPoint, Word, and HTML/CSS.

Senior Art Director at Body Art Alliance

Lead creative direction for a portfolio of more than 10 global tattoo, piercing, and PMU/beauty brands. Manage and develop a multidisciplinary team of designers, photographers, and videographers across brand identity, packaging, digital marketing, and content production. Direct brand systems, product launches, campaigns, brand refreshes, email, social, SMS, web, photo, and video initiatives while collaborating with marketing, e-commerce, and product teams.

Art Director, Part-Time at Portals

Led visual design for a digital editorial platform and event experiences. Designed and maintained the main website, built event and promotional microsites, expanded the brand identity, created animated weekly illustrations and layouts for interviews, essays, and long-form features, and designed stage graphics and event collateral. Managed SEO improvements, blog content, and social presence.

Studio Manager, Photographer & Videographer at Jackson Photography

Directed creative and production workflows for an award-winning photography and video studio. Planned creative direction with clients, produced event photography and videography, edited HD video, retouched imagery, designed wedding albums and promotional materials, maintained the studio website and blog, implemented SEO strategies, managed social channels, and oversaw digital asset management and production preparation.

Freelance Design & Illustration at Laurent Hrybyk Design & Illustration

Provide editorial illustration for major news outlets and magazines, creating visually engaging artwork under tight deadlines. Produce commercial illustrations for marketing campaigns, advertising, products, and branded content across a wide range of industries. Design packaging systems that integrate illustration, branding, and strategy to create memorable shelf presence and cohesive product experiences. Build brand identities from concept to execution, including logos, visual systems, color palettes, and typography. Create web design concepts that balance clean layout, strong visual storytelling, and user-focused design principles. Develop animated assets for digital campaigns, social content, and promotional materials using illustration-led motion design. Offer creative advising and consulting, helping clients shape visual direction, strengthen brand voice, and plan long-term design strategies. Work with top-tier clients including The New York Times, Baltimore Banner, NPR, Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Wired Magazine, The Atlantic, BBC, BuzzFeed, Baltimore Magazine, Chicago Magazine, Johns Hopkins, Circa Interactive, The Verge, Collective Arts Brewing, Philadelphia Magazine, and Maryland Institute College of Art.