Product Designer & Art Director

About

b. 1986, HK.

 
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Hi, I’m Mary.

I’ve been designing professionally for over 13 years, (and if I’m being honest, nerding out on websites since the days of Geocities), but my passion for creating extends far past the computer screen. I spend my spare time illustrating my favorite critters, learning the art of lei-making, and diving full-force into a new pandemic-era hobby of home coffee-brewing. I’m originally from Duluth, Minnesota, but you’ll likely catch me with a Macbook and cortado in hand in either Atlanta, Honolulu, or the SF Bay Area! I love working remotely with distributed teams across the country.

I have been teaching Bikram hot yoga since 2010, which has taken me across the world teaching in some amazing locations.

In 2018, I became an Integrative Health Coach and am passionate about sustainable and local whole foods nutrition.

 
 
 

Experience

Interactive Art Director
Fertile Minds, Remote | January 2016 - Present

  • Create elegant UX and visual design solutions for consumer-facing brands and campaigns in California.

  • Manage email design/build for leading nutrition-focused animal health company.

  • Present creative concepts, user flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and final deliverables to clients.

  • Develop style guides and collaborate daily with developers.

  • Other responsibilities include packaging and nutrition label design, icon design, corporate presentations, and print collateral.


Associate Art Director
Naturebox, Redwood Shores, CA | February 2015 - January 2016

  • Designed key product features including user dashboard, product filtering, and “snack pantry”, an editable queue of upcoming items.

  • Attended focus groups, observed user testing, held group sessions to brainstorm and assign value for product ideas.

  • Presented wireframes, site flows, mockups, & polished designs.

  • Designed landing pages and email campaigns including concepts, design, and marketing copy.

  • Art directed product and lifestyle photoshoots including mood boards, planning, photographers, casting, locations, prop sourcing, and food styling.

  • Hired and trained junior graphic designer, delegated design tasks.


Product & Graphic Designer
Naturebox, Redwood Shores, CA | April 2012 - February 2015

  • Second hire at company which later grew to 100 employees

  • Developed first iterations of site flows for monthly subscriptions and customization paths, designed product pages, catalog, checkout pages.

  • Created an online quiz to collect user data on snacking and dietary preferences.

  • Created social media content, videos, and promotional campaigns.

  • Designed new packaging and managed nutrition labels for all products.


Visual Information Specialist
SAM-Lab, Remote/Boston, MA  |  October 2008 - August 2010

  • Organized complex data into infographics and digital illustrations.

  • Designed engaging presentations for global management consulting and technology firms including IBM, managed client relationships daily.


Associate Creative Director
Diet.com, Boston, MA  |  February 2007 - September 2008

  • Designed user dashboard, digital workout and meal planners, & recipe catalog.

  • Recorded weekly podcasts and wrote member newsletters.

  • Managed community forums.

Education

Boston University, 2007
Bachelor of Science in Communication & Advertising
Minor in Visual Arts
Cum Laude, Dean’s List, GPA 3.5

New Zealand Web Design Internship Program, 2006
Gravitate Limited, Auckland-based Web Design Firm


Awards

2020 Diamond Award for Best Website for Credit Unions, $500 million - $1 billion range
Water & Power Community Credit Union Website Design
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Skills

  • Web & Mobile Design

  • Wireframes & Mockups

  • User Research

  • Site Flows

  • Art Direction

  • HTML & CSS

  • Logo & Print Design

  • Packaging Design

  • Copy Writing

  • Presentations

  • Self-Learning


Tools

  • Adobe CC

  • XD

  • Figma

  • InVision

  • Balsamiq

  • Sketch

  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud