Elevating brands through editorial, high-end visual storytelling that drives engagement, virality, and business growth.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Art Director
Milani Cosmetics
Los Angeles
03.2021 - Current
Transformed Milani into a “cool-girl” brand in mass beauty, bridging prestige quality with accessibility through high-end, editorial visual direction.
Drove Milani’s social growth and virality, leading the brand to outpace category growth for 12 consecutive quarters.
Led creative across print, digital, social, paid media, PR mailers, PR events, campaigns, and photoshoots, ensuring consistency in brand storytelling across all consumer touchpoints.
Elevated in-store & digital presence, making Milani visually competitive with prestige brands.
Developed shareable, high-quality content, leading to increased organic impressions, engagement, and brand affinity.
Led major campaign moments, including: ‘Face Set. Mind Set.’ featuring Olympic athletes, reinforcing the Make It Last Setting Spray product performance on a global stage, which: Resulted in 59% increase in setting spray mentions, Drove 208% incremental lift in page visits and 185% lift in sales, OTT led to a lift in overall brand awareness by +15.5%.
The launch of Blur Out Smoothing Primer, which: Became the #1 best-selling product on DTC platforms, Surpassed its December sales forecast by +90%, Ranked #2 out of all Milani products at Ulta by November 2024.
Worked closely with social teams to propose platform-specific strategies: Instagram as the Brand Hub, focusing on editorial, educational, and high-gloss visuals, TikTok as the Creator Hub, blending trends, humor, and community storytelling.
Refreshed content strategy, driving monthly share and save goals: 44+ shares per Instagram post → Increased reach, 96+ saves per post → Boosted impressions & engagement.
Strategized social-first content that led to: 495M+ hashtag views (#Milani, #MilaniCosmetics, #MilaniGRWM), 43B+ unique media views from global beauty editors.
Strengthened brand authority in prestige-quality mass beauty, leveraging Milani’s 96% prestige-level supply chain and storytelling to reinforce luxury at an accessible price point.
Led an in-house creative team of 5, including a digital designer, two print designers, a multimedia designer, and a photographer.
Hired and managed external creative teams, including a producer, set designers, fabricators, 3D animators, product stylists, video editors, photo retouchers and more to execute campaigns at a prestige level.
Graphic Designer
Murad
Los Angeles
01.2020 - 03.2021
Pushed potential areas of sustainable innovation and opportunity, primarily in packaging and production.
Delivered strong sustainable packaging for 2020 and 2021 which eliminated all plastic usage by using open window diecuts within unit cartons.
Delivered final designs and concepts that stayed true to the brands core values of being clinically proven and science backed while pushing designs to feel new and fresh.
Partnered with the Creative Director on upcoming campaign ideas on new launch products.
Partnered with the Production Designer on all production files and product alignment.
Connected with all vendors for product approvals, proofing and revisions.
Freelance Brand Designer
Freelance Brand Designer
Los Angeles
02.2019 - 05.2019
Assistant Designer, Men’s and Women’s Accessories, Licensing and Jewelry
Lucky Brand
Los Angeles
10.2015 - 04.2018
Education
BFA - Product Design, Sustainability Minor
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA
UX UI Design -
General Assembly
Los Angeles, CA
Skills
Creative & Art Direction
Social & Digital Strategy
Campaign Development & Management
Brand Storytelling & Visual Identity
Paid Media Performance Optimization
Editorial & High-End Visual Design
PR & Event Creative
Brand strategy
Team leadership
Project management
Trend forecasting
Digital design
Market analysis
Cross-functional collaboration
Hobbies and Interests
Fueling my creativity through travel, nature and design.