By now I’m sure you’ve gathered that I’m a creative designer, an avid blogger and that I’m generally crazy about pretty colours and shapes. If you want to know more, grab a warm drink, light the fire and cuddle under a soft blanket while I condense my life story into a few paragraphs.

To be honest, design was not an obvious career choice for me. I grew up hating art class, and never developed even simple drawing skills. However, two areas that I excelled at were problem solving and communication. My career over the last three years have been built upon these two skill sets.

As I began to study and understand the world of design, I began to fall in love with things like typography, grids, and colour. Reading articles by those who have been in this industry much longer than I have has helped feed this passion as well as hone my skills as a designer and a communicator.

In 2009, I joined a advertising agency in Vancouver. I helped manage and build websites for multi channel campaigns reaching all throughout Canada and the United States.

In February 2011 I made a move to digitally focused agency in Gastown. The move has given me the opportunity to work on a ton of different platforms and projects requiring a blend between esthetic, efficiancy and originality. It has also given me the change to be exposed to some of the other parts of the industry besides design and development like strategy and brand development.

This "plugged in" lifestyle naturally keeps me updated with the latest industry changes. I’m subscribed to hundreds of design blogs and constantly surf the blogosphere, not to mention my geekishly active profile on Twitter, where I post my findings and updates on a daily basis.