Work

Information Architecture

I’m currently the lead content designer for Condé Nast‘s Verso Design System. This system powers over 30 global brands and functions across web, app, and mobile development. I work on both the system itself and our correlated internal publishing tools. In the fall of 2022, I was on the core team that launched our Verso Storefront website, which included an updated content hierarchy and over 90 pages of new development.

One of my largest projects at Albert.io was the audit and subsequent redesign of their #2 product, AP World History. In collaboration with our engineering team, I conducted a mass content audit and reimagined our product organization system. This helped us maintain market relevance in the face of changing educational standards and retain our 200,000+ active daily users.

Project Management

At Albert.io, I designed, built, launched, and maintained interactive digital textbooks. I managed eight of their history and politics product suites, including 4 of their top 10 overall products. This included roadmap development, content publishing, auditing, and collaborating with the UX/sales teams to create new features. On average, I contracted, edited, and published over 750 pages of content per quarter.

At Skyline Furniture, I helped a 75-year-old family business launch their first online trade portal for industry clients, funneling over 1,000 interior designers into a new digital customization and ordering system. I created digital training and marketing campaigns to successfully transition over 95% of these clients to the new system in the six months following launch.

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UX Writing

Do you read Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, Vanity Fair, Pitchfork, or Wired? If so, you’ve seen my work. If not – may I recommend some reading? (And not just because it will help my metrics.)

Like the history nerd I am, I also researched, fact-checked, and copy-edited all of of the content pages I published at Albert.io. Curious about the history of Sumerian architecture, income inequality in the during the Industrial Revolution, or how white Americans reacted to the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

Art/Design

While I wouldn’t call myself an artist, I’ve dabbled. My first job out of college was interning with Forcade Associates, where I designed this art installation for KPMG that was later featured in Crain’s “15 Coolest Offices in Chicago 2017”