Work Experience
Web & Graphic Designer
Freelance
2004 – present
- Web Design
- UX/UI Design
- Branding & Logo Design
- Sales Deck / Presentation Design
- Illustration
- Project management
Designer & CEO
Aligned Adventure
2014 – Present
- Product design
- Illustration
- Blogging, copywriting & SEO
- Landing page design
- Lead magnet / opt-in design
- Email Marketing
- Social Media
- Management of both project-based and long-term virtual assistants
Transformational Coach
Julia Baldwin Taylor
2020 – present
- 200+ hours of coaching clients in 1:1 and group settings
- Areas of focus: career transition, entrepreneurial success, work/life balance
- Help clients set and reach goals, find purposeful work, build sustainable habits, and grow their confidence
- Designed and delivered interactive workshops in Keynote and Zoom
- Built sales funnels in ClickFunnels
Designer & CEO
Wild Blue Weddings
2017 – 2020
- Created and sold successful wedding stationery brand in under 3 years
- Brand/identity design
- Product design
- Content strategy, creation & management
- Blogging, copywriting & SEO
- Created 64-week email marketing sequence based on customer wedding date
- Designed and wrote 48-page e-book that was used as lead magnet
- Grew Pinterest account to 1.2M monthly viewers
Web & Graphic Designer
Blizzard Internet Marketing
2006 – 2014
- Designed and built hundreds of client websites, including custom WordPress themes
- Managed up to 15 projects at a time
- Maintained long-term customer relationships
- Led and maintained communication between internal and external stakeholders
- Translated high-level visions into technical specs for backend developers
Adjunct Faculty
Colorado mountain college
2009 – 2012
- Taught semester-long credit courses in graphic design, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver (in person and online)
- Led student critiques and provided constructive feedback
- Mentored students seeking a design career
Graphic Designer
Raymond Geddes & Co.
2003 – 2004
- Package Design
- Magazine/Catalog Design
- Photo Retouching
Skills & Traits
Technical Skills & Software
Design:
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Lightroom
- Figma
- Procreate
- Canva
Web:
- WordPress (Divi, Beaver Builder)
- HTML/CSS
- Shopify
- New Zenler
Marketing:
- ClickFunnels
- Klaviyo
- MailChimp
- Social media scheduling tools like Tailwind and Later
Misc:
- Keynote
- Premier Rush
- Project Management software like Asana, Trello, etc.
- Microsoft Office
- Google Workspace
Essential Traits
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Awesome at finding solutions to complex problems
- Supportive, collaborative team player
- Ability to work independently with little or no guidance
- High level of emotional mastery
- Empathetic, compassionate, and intuitive
- Great sense of humor
- 15+ years of experience working in a remote environment
Education
Coaching Certification
Transform coaching academy
2020
- ICF Accredited Program
- 80 Hours ACSTH
BS in Graphic Design
Towson University
2004
- AIGA Student Chapter Founder & President