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Work πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»

CURRENT

β€” Senior Designer @ Critical Mass x Airbnb on the MarCom Growth team πŸš€
β€” Industry Mentor for digital designers + recent grads in the RGD Mentorship Program (since May 2023) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ«

β€” PT Freelance Brand Designer + Digital Creative Consultant (since 2011) ✨

SPECIALTIES

β€” Figma extraordinaire πŸ–±οΈ
β€” Digital design systems πŸ•ΈοΈ: building, maintaining, optimizing, bridging the gap between dev + design
β€” Creative strategy + design direction πŸͺ„: high-level, holistic, values-based, for any scale (e.g. marketing campaigns, branding, UX/UI, business models)
β€” Copywriting πŸ“: pitch decks, marketing, long-form content, speeches, comedy

PAST

β€” Education πŸŽ“: Bachelor of Arts in Design with Honours from Simon Fraser University (School of Interactive Arts + Technology, 2014)
β€” Clients πŸ—„οΈ: HP, Rocky Mountaineer, BC Hydro, Concord Theatricals, Ocean Wise

β€” Interactive Designer @ Engine Digital (steadily grew from Junior to Senior responsibilities during my time in 2015 to 2021) πŸ’»
β€” View my LinkedIn for details and/or email me to access my five case studies πŸ’Ό

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BASICS

β€” Filipinx settler (she/her) based on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish, Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish, StΓ³:lō, Stz'uminus + Musqueam (aka Vancouver, Canada) 🏑
β€” Astrology πŸ”­: Taurus Sun in 1st house, Scorpio Moon in 7th house, Taurus Ascendant
β€” Human Design: Projector, 2/4 πŸ“½οΈ
β€” Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: INFP-A (also known as a "Mediator" or "Sentamentalist") πŸ•ŠοΈ
β€” Likes πŸ’–: tarot + oracle reading, playing video games, going to art + design museums, travelling, eating + nerding about food

FAVOURITES

β€” Music 🎢: BeyoncΓ©, Jazmine Sullivan, PJ Morton, Megan Thee Stallion
β€” Comedy 🀣: Steph Tolev, Ali Wong, Bo Burnham's "Inside", Nick Kroll's "Little Big Boy", Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks & Recreation, Broad City
β€” Musicals πŸŽ­Rent, HamiltonHadestown
β€” Films + TV 🍿: Past LivesEverything Everywhere All At Once, Life Is BeautifulAdventure Time
β€” Animes πŸ’₯: Sailor Moon, Attack on TitanDemon Slayer, One PieceMy Hero Academia

IN PROGRESS

β€” Mezzo singer + soloist in Chorus Studio's B-Roll + Spotlight Choirs (since 2018) 🎀
β€” Roller dancing with FlΓΆ-sthetic πŸ›Ό

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