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What I like

• I like learning new things especially as it relates to creative roles (i.e. skills, tech, trends).
• I start with sketching, usually hand-drawn to get ideas out of my head. 
• I obsess over small details that make whatever I am working on a more compelling story.
• I need to spend time researching my own ideas to validate their place in the design process.
• Asking “why” will always be how I start to understand a project.
• I am inspired by nature, patterns and designs found in the natural world. This directly influeces my creativity.
• I prefer to design under shorter deadlines. It allows me to get into a hyper-focused state of getting something done and maximizing my attention on a specific task. 

Strengths

• Process-oriented and creative exploration.
• Defining a project narrative and telling a compelling visual story.
• Craftsmanship - attention to detail and the execution of work.
• Well-rounded artistic skillset: drawing, painting, fine art, photography.
• Thinking strategically about how a problem could be solved.
  
• Creative direction and visual design 
  

Weaknesses

• I value honesty and sometimes that comes across more brash and forward than I would like when providing feedback on someone else’s work.
• I can sometimes think too “big picture” or daydream about how a project could grow into an inspiring upwards spiral but then miss the immediate deliverables needed to get the project done. 
• Delagating can hang me up and at times will try to shoulder a bulk of the work rather than looping in others on my team to help accomplish tasks.  
  

How to communicate with me

• Email actually works pretty well. I also prefer apps like Asana that help delineate tasks.
  
• Conversations face-to-face (even if that means Zoom).
• Reoccurring meetings help me balance my calendar and prioritize conversations.
• I really appreciate grabbing a coffee to chat where the conversation can drifting naturally between personal life and professional topics. 
  

Low patience for

• Corporate jargon, please just be specific.  
• Unwillingness to try something different.
• Messy files when handing off to someone else (layers, naming conventions, folder structure, etc)
  
• Vague briefs or ones that contain too much design direction (are you designing it or asking me to?)

Things I struggle with

• Priortizing conversations. Sometimes I can get buried in the work in a creative way that prevents me from looking up to have a quick check-in along the way.
• Sometimes I try do everything on my own. 
• Procrastinating on certain aspects of a project and using others as an excuse to validate still “accomplishing” something – the idea of cleaning the house while you know there are other more pressing things to get done. 
  

Give me feedback

• I prefer it more immediately than in retrospect to completing a task.
• I would rather hear an honest critique than hollow praise.
  
• I am open-minded and appreciate the opportunity to improve.

Conditions I prefer for work

• Flexibility, whether that is what hours in a day I work, where I work, and how I am able to balance life.
• My most creative hours are first thing in the morning. Afternoons are best for meetings. 
  
• I can work from anywhere and sometimes an office is the last place on that list. Coffee shops, airports, my home studio, and especially my VW van. I can usually find a very productive rhythm in these places more so than at a desk. 

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