Résumé
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2023–Present
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2022–PresentPartner
Tipofili was launched as a complementary foundry to Louise Fili Ltd. While our bespoke typography was previously reserved exclusively for our clients or our own projects, we launched Tipofili to provide a retail space for these fonts.
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2020–PresentType Designer
In an attempt to regain my personal identity and start the type of business I want to see in the world, I transitioned my freelance practice into Morning Type. It is a place I hope to maybe sell fonts one day. Admittedly, there isn’t a whole lot to show for Morning Type at the moment—it is a labor of love. 5% of gross revenue is donated, and the finances are transparent. We’ll see how it goes!
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2017–2023tJunior Designer → Senior Designer → Associate
Over the years, Louise and I have developed a close working relationship and I have come to play a fairly large role in the studio. Outside of design, I now facilitate a lot of our client meetings and presentations, manage a handful of client projects, work with Louise directly when scoping and pricing projects, and so on.
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2016–2017Twin ForrestDesigner
This position operated akin to freelance (paid by the project—no set salary or wage), but to be clear I was very much on board with this. Matt and Sam had already hired me as a freelancer previously, and I wanted the opportunity to learn from them directly.
They gave me keys to the office, let me come and go as I pleased, gave me the freedom to choose what projects I wanted to work on, and were a joy to work with. During my time there, I did the branding and packaging for a bakery, designed the branding and website for a privacy-first, secure chat company, illustrated and developed a modular bear for a daycare company, and assisted on photoshoots.
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2012–PresentFreelance
I have been freelancing off and on for a while now. Over the years I have worked with a variety of clients including: Adobe, Convene Magazine, Daybear, Fort Foundry, Maiyet, Pantheon Books, Pacific Agency, and Theory11.
Teaching
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2022How to Talk to a ComputerIndex Space
This was a one day course that taught over on Index Space. The tagline of sorts was “Designers, conquer your fear of the terminal and learn some tricks to automate your work flow.” I will be the first to say that when it comes to the command line, I am not an expert or even highly proficient for that matter. However, getting over my fear of it has been one of the most liberating aspects of my career. I held this workshop as a safe space for designers to dip their toes into the command line.
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2020–PresentAlphabettes Mentorship ProgramRemote
I am very proud to be a mentor with this group. Shout out to the Alphabettes 💚
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2020–Present
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2017–2020Photographing & Photoshopping Your WorkNYC
Once a semester, I taught a one day workshop for Louise’s Packaging Design class at SVA to give them tips on photographing and editing their work.
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2017
Education
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2019DrawBotCooper Union with Andy Clymer
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2019SuperHiShopify Theme Development
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2017Savannah College of Art and DesignMA Illustration (Incomplete)
I don’t usually include this anywhere because I decided not to finish this degree and instead moved to New York to work with Louise. (Which in hind sight was probably a wise fiscal and educational decision.) I have decided to include it here because I want my résumé to more accurately reflect my path—which isn’t always linear or perfect.
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2016Savannah College of Art and DesignBFA Graphic Design
Skills & Tools
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Adobe
After Effects
Illustrator
InDesign
Photoshop
Premiere
XD -
Development
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Jekyll
Shopify -
Internet
Airtable
Google Drive
Notion
Small Victories (RIP) -
UI/UX
Adobe XD
Figma -
Type Design
Glyphs App
DrawBot
Python