About Me

Designed creative solutions for a wide variety of internal- and external-facing first-party Nintendo and third-party publisher projects using strong technical skills in the Adobe Creative Suite and knowledge of Nintendo’s various IP, brand guidelines, and style guides.

 

Created a variety of physical and digital assets including (but not limited to) web banners, retail displays, tradeshow graphics, social media, hardware packaging, and promotional merchandise.

 

Designed print-ready graphics files in multiple languages while adhering to brand and production guidelines. Experienced in using templates and working within the limitations of pre-designed art and patterns; recreating previous designs; and updating old design files.

 

Managed a weekly workload of 7-14 projects — created concept pieces and designs; provided draft designs for team and department reviews; made changes based on feedback; and prepared files for hand-off and publishing.

 

Supported retail marketing projects for Amazon, Walmart, Target, Best Buy, GameStop, and other retailers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil markets.

 

Demonstrated ability to follow creative direction, integrate feedback, manage schedules and deadlines, support senior designers with workloads, and keep confidentiality on company projects.

 

Previous projects include (but are not limited to) AAA game titles: Super Mario Bros. Wonder; The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom; Pikmin 4; Kirby: Return to Dreamland Deluxe; Detective Pikachu Returns; The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet.

Managed end-to-end game design, graphic design and illustration, puzzle and mechanics design, UI/UX design, as well as creative writing/UX writing for 10 virtual and physical games

 

Executed game designs, graphics, and website/game prototypes using Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), Miro, Wix, Wordpress, Canva, and other design programs as required

 

Created original illustrations, puzzles, characters, logos, color palettes, typography, and other graphics for use in games, company website, brochures, training materials, sales presentations, etc.

 

Wrote design briefs, gathered research and information from stakeholders, managed design files and templates for web pages

 

Worked in a team of 4 designers and stakeholders to brainstorm, prototype, develop and playtest games for a corporate audience

 

Collaborated with teams and stakeholders to interpret their needs for design work (logos, reports, presentations, social media, posters, taglines) and provide guidance for acceptable interpretations of the company’s logos and characters

 

Recruited users, scheduled, and documented 50+ playtests, integrating changes in the games’ UI/UX design to influence player behavior, improve the user journey, and create a positive customer experience

Assisted with research, development and design of UI/UX for new website, including layout, buttons, icons, fonts, copywriting, text entry fields and modal (pop-up) windows in Adobe XD, Illustrator and Photoshop

 

Created stylescapes and moodboards, website concepts, and ready-to-test prototypes to help develop the company voice and visual identity using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

 

Collaborated virtually across time zones with other interns on creative projects

Assisted with layout design of print edition using InDesign and selected entries for consideration to the editor

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Managed social media, campus outreach, book sales and art show

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Led a collaboration with the design club and facilitated workshops