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Resume

 
 

Professional roles.

 

2016–present Vice President & Director of UX for Content Design; Huntington National Bank, Columbus, Ohio

2015–16 Director, Marketing & Communications; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio

2013–15 Director, Creative Services; Tribeca Enterprises, New York, New York

2009–12 Manager, Communications Projects; North Carolina Symphony, Raleigh, North Carolina

2006–09 Editor & Staff Writer, Marketing & Communications; Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York, New York

 
 
 

Contract and freelance.

 

Past contract positions include journals editor for Duke University Press and marketing, communications, publications, and instructional roles for Tribeca Film Festival, PlayMakers Repertory Company, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Apparition, and Syracuse University.

As a journalist, my writing has appeared in Esquire, The American Interest, and Stylus Magazine. From 2006 to ’11, I was a contributing writer for Slant Magazine. Find more detail on the Writings page.

 
 
 

Team accolades.

 

2019, ’20, ’21, ’22 & ’23 JD Power Awards for Highest US Banking Mobile App Satisfaction; Huntington National Bank, Columbus, Ohio

2019 JD Power Award for Highest US Online Banking Satisfaction; Huntington National Bank, Columbus, Ohio

2016 Columbus Society of Communicating Arts Creative Best Award for Campaign Marketing, the ‘FOMA: Fear of Missing Art’ campaign; Wexner Center for the Performing Arts, Columbus, Ohio

2009 InHOWse Design Award for Event Branding, New Directors/New Films; Film Society of Lincoln Center & Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

 
 
 

Talks in front of folks.

 

2019 Panelist, ‘Career Opportunities for Today’s Graduates’; Department of English, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

2018 Lecturer, ‘We’re All Just Humans, Ain’t We? Nudge Theory for UXers’; IxDA, Columbus, Ohio

2015 Moderator, Monty Python Celebration & Reunion; Tribeca Film Festival, New York, New York

2010 Panelist, ‘Composer Portraits: a Discussion on Music’s Vanguards’; North Carolina Symphony, Raleigh, North Carolina

2008–9 Moderator, multiple filmmaker Q&As including ‘Satoshi Kon: Beyond Imagination’; Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York, New York

 
 
 

Proficiencies.

 

Significant experience with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Axure, Sketch, Figjam, Mural, Microsoft Office, Azure, AgilePlace, Asana, Trello, Agile methodology and project and team management. Relevant professional development coursework includes:

July 2024 Figma Fundamentals for UX & UI, General Assembly

 
 
 

Education.

 

2006 Master of Arts, Arts Journalism; S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

2004 Bachelor of Arts, English, magna cum laude, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa; The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; with study abroad, Bath Spa University College, Bath, England

2004 Bachelor of Arts, Film Studies, magna cum laude, with honors and distinction, Phi Beta Kappa; The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

 
 
 

Outside the office.

 

2024 Certified Master Gardener Volunteer, The Ohio State University, Franklin County Extension

2005 Filmmaker, The Burrito Euphoria, official selection of the Ohio Independent Film Festival

2002–5
Trombonist, The Ohio State University Marching Band (TBDBITL)

2000 Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America