Hi! I’m Steph

I’m a designer local to Boston.

I’m passionate about creating work that makes people’s lives just a little bit easier. This could be a simple Instagram marketing campaign that is ADA compliant or assisting in designing a product or service based on user needs versus focusing on what is most profitable. In all of my work, I add a lens of human based design so the user is always in mind.

Currently I’m a part time grad school at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in their Masters of Design Innovation (MDes) program. I’ve been learning how to collect data on target audiences, find pain points, and create design solutions to those problems.

When I’m not working, I’m crafting, listening to true crime podcasts, or hike with my dogs.

“The goal of design is to raise the expectation of what design can be.”

Paula Scher

Resume

Cambridge Savings Bank

Creative Designer

Drive concept and execution of both print and digital creative around new product launches, brand initiatives + partner collaborations, web, social media channels, in-branch, and experiential for the brand to support product, marketing, and business objectives.

April 2023 - Now


Contract Production Designer

June 2022 - April. 2023

Citizens Bank

Produce assets consistent with the brand. Create high quality visual marketing assets while prioritizing multiple projects and delivering best possible user experience on strategy and on time.


Design Consultant

April - May 2022

Harvard Radcliffe Institute

Graphic design, layout, and provide assistance as needed, including supporting multimedia projects. Help maintain, edit, and manage digital photo assets


Marketing Designer

Dec. 2018 - June 2022

Carnegie Higher Education

Generate templates for internal and external documents. Assist in creating company brand standards. Design CollegeXpress brand guide


Volunteer Multimedia Designer

May 2018 - Current

Disgruntled Veterans Foundation

Design and maintain website and social media content. Create brand standard, logo, and mascot.

Education


Bridgewater State University

Bachelor of Arts Concentrating in Graphic Design

From 2014 to 2018 at BSU, I got a BA concentrating in graphic design. Graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Minors:
- Communication Studies
- Women & Gender studies

Involvements:
- Alpha Sigma Tau
- Residencial Assistant
- Orientation leader
- American Marketing Association
- National Residence Hall Honorary

Internships
- The Washington Center, Summer 2017
- Million Women Mentors, Summer 2017

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Master of Design Innovation

I started my part time graduate program in the fall of 2021, three years after graduating Bridgewater State. I did this so that I could get more hands on design experience. I didn’t feel like I was gaining the skills I wanted in the jobs I held so I enrolled in a masters program. This way I can explore different types of design with like-minded people in a structured setting with a vast network of design professionals.