You’re a telepath! OMG!

Well, no, but I try really hard, speak two languages fluently, and another two and a half enough to get by and know you’re talking not-so-nice-things-not-quite-behind-my-back. The biggest challenge with my portfolio and work is: 99% of colleagues/hiring teams/companies/recruiters want to see ‘process’ and are taken back by what looks like overly polished visual design. So, to frame why my portfolio looks the way it does, you’ll need to understand my career path, current work environment, and strengths.

Again, I can’t really read minds. Most times my intuition is weirdly spot on. Sometimes, you might as well be talking to a wall in Klingon… But don’t worry, I will still try and translate that into design to get feedback on. As a former ArtCenter alumnus, I prefer a direct critique without the beating-around-the-bush-fluff. In any case, my day to day requires a bit more brainpower to stay on top of all our projects, while actively navigating a profitable startup within a massive, industry-leading, corporate environment with its own sets of diverse requirements, constraints, and stakeholders. Back to my biggest challenge: Standard best practice processes aren’t quite established – yet (we are and have been working on that…).

What the heck does that mean? Let me show you a project example.