Pre-employment project done on spec for the Common App College Card Redesign that explored a more functional layout for students to review their application progress at a glance.

RESPONSIVE CLOUD-BASED SAAS

Budget Your Life is a software tool designed to assist high school students in understanding their financial future. Based on the tool by Headed2 (acquired by PowerSchool in 2022) and reimagined using Figma to utilize the Neon Design System, this application allows students to visualize how their potential earnings align with their budgetary needs.

With Budget Your Life, students can input their expected income based on their career aspirations or anticipated earning potential. The software then generates visual representations that illustrate how their income compares to their projected expenses, helping them understand the financial implications of their choices.

By using Budget Your Life, students can gain valuable insights into financial planning. They can see firsthand how different career paths and location may impact their finances, enabling them to make more informed decisions about their education and career choices.

In summary, Budget Your Life is a practical tool that helps high school students explore their financial futures by visualizing how their earning potential relates to their budgetary requirements. 

High-fidelity prototypes

Case Study | Role: UX Design and Research

Empathy Tutor is an app and responsive website that focuses on helping tweens and teens learn more about and practice empathy in their communication. It also offers support to parents and teachers in educating the teens in their lives. With the increase in texting and social media usage, teens are struggling with communication skills resulting in strained relationships. Parents and educators need support and tools to model healthy communication skills. Teens need an engaging way to learn and practice those skills. The goal was to design an app that would improve education on empathetic communication to help teens build strong relationships and aid parents and educators in modeling healthy communication skills.

Role: Design and layout

Designed various posters to appear in print and digitally for speaking events at the University of Michigan

Role: Design and layout

Collaborated on the design and layout of the Kessler Scholars 2018 Annual Report

Role: Design and layout, print production

Designed several Annual Reports for The Office of TechTransfer at The University of Michigan

Coated stocks, soft-touch floods, hi-gloss and metallic spots

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Role: Design and layout, print production, marketing support, website support

Designed marketing campaigns and brand reinforcement for ann Arbor Smiles including brand expansion to include Ann Arbor Smiles Pediatric Dentistry.

annarborsmiles.com

Role: UX Design and Research

The Snack Shack is a local poolside snack shop that caters to the members of the Chippewa Tennis + Pool Club. The clientele ranges from adults to young children, and everyone in between. Patrons visit the shop on busy pool days, after swim practice, and during tennis events. The Snack Shack is a busy place during the summer, but there is only one handwritten menu available on the wall in the small lobby of the store. The lobby gets crowded with guests deciding what they want to order. I wanted to create a digital menu that guests could view from their phone, laptop, or smartwatch from anywhere. This would alleviate the congestion in the lobby and help users decide what they’d like to order prior to entering the shop, easing the crowding issue. With the use of QR codes strategically placed around the pool, the hope is to increase the use of the digital menu and reduce crowding in the Snack Shack lobby. Users can socialize while viewing the menu in the dining area, make their selections, and determine their total anywhere in the pool area prior to ordering.

Case Study

Role: Site design and build, logo design

Built a responsive website and logo design for a small startup, BlueBird Garden Designs, that specializes in custom gardens.

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Role: Site design and build, logo design

Designed and built a responsive website and logo design for the Collegiate Church Network.

View online: collegiate.church

(Site maintained by client and has been edited.)

Role: UX Design and Research

Maiz Mexican Cantina is a local favorite in Ypsilanti, MI. During the pandemic, they were required to pivot from a primarily in-person eatery to one offering a variety of carryout options. To help make this transition as painless as possible, I decided to create an app that would make the process of ordering food for pickup-up curbside or in-store simple and seamless.

Case Study

Marketing Mailer for the Ann Arbor Educational Foundation

Brochure for Kennedy Care Home Healthcare

Role: Design and layout

University of Michigan Undergraduate Viewbook

Role: Design and layout

Ongoing Magazine for The University of Michigan School of Social Work (Winter/Spring 2007, Summer/Fall 2007, Winter/Spring 2008)

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Role: Design and layout, print production

Special Edition of Leaders and Best magazine
Uncoated stock with metallic ink spot and flood color

Role: Design and layout, pring production

2006 Annual Report for The Office of TechTransfer at The University of Michigan

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Role: Design and layout

2007 Annual Report for The Office of TechTransfer at The University of Michigan

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Ongoing Magazine for The University of Michigan School of Social Work

One in a series of booklets for The University of Michigan Human Resources Benefits Office

Marketing materials and collateral for Evening Palette, an exhibit of Ford Motor Company designers, at The Henry Ford Museum