Visual and graphic design, UX, strategy and content for great brands
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I help companies develop visual design, UX content, and marketing creative. I also do research, help with strategy and conduct UX audits for user and buyer journeys.

I often work in roles with internal teams building apps, games, brands, websites, marketing campaigns and content.

In addition, I help those businesses and organizations develop better marketing and brand content libraries along the way.

It's always my focus to improve the interactions people have with companies and experiences of all kinds.

I've worked mostly in startups and SMBs, but also in large corporations on variety of consumer-facing and B2B products; games, entertainment, clean energy, education, business and productivity tech.

I advocate for customer and business goals together, using "why, for who" and resulting solutions and product principals as a guide.

Visual Design - Live Nation

Digital Promotions Design for Live Nation Brand Partnerships

Major Brands such as Coke, Mabelline, Dunkin', Bacardi, Forever 21, White Claw, Diplomático, Club Wyndham

Digital concert, festival and brand promotions are part of Live Nation's business strategy and revenue generation.
I provide visual design for landing pages, social, and contest apps showcasing these partnerships between Live Nation, venues, festivals and brands.

Visual, Product and UX Design - CloudRunner

CloudRunner is a B2B, cloud-based SaaS app for Accounting and HR groups, gathering industry specific tools in one place, featuring single sign in and permissions management for multiple users.

As part of a small team we worked on research, flows, feature design, UX and UI design, prototyping, buyer journeys and mapping, the product website, How to and Getting Started content, copy, creative for advertising, marketing, and anything needed for this startup which was acquired by a cloud hosting company.

Visual, product and UX design for TankZen

TankZen is an Internet of Things project connecting aquarium tank sensors with a mobile app, to monitor tank health and save fish, increasing owner satisfaction. Visual and product design, UX and UI design

Visual, Product and UX Design for Games

Visual, product and UX design for games along with their their advertising, marketing, white-labeling for companies like Yahoo and MSNGames.

Visual design and animation for Microsoft

Visual design and animation, for multiple projects and groups at Microsoft

Visual, Product and UX Design - BooksILove

BooksILove was an iPhone app created to share book recommendations with friends and followers, publicly or privately.

Visual Art - Landscape Paintings

I create landscape paintings and in particular, I am drawn to the colors and light in Washington, British Columbia and Hawaii.

What leaders say about working with me

Marina was a direct report while working at CloudRunner. The product was brand new and required an immense amount of thought leadership in terms of usability, design approach and look/feel. She was instrumental in our successful product launch which led later to an acquisition. I would love to work with her again.

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John Swidersky

SVP Product/ CloudRunner

A bit more...

"The role of the designer is that of a very good, thoughtful host anticipating the needs of his guests."
—Charles Eames

I'm always asking...

The 7 Tenet of UX
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    My #1 super power is listening . My genuine interest and empathic nature allow others to share their authentic selves, and me to advocate for both business and UX.

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    I enjoy writing and condensing ideas and messaging into smaller manageable parts, to help users learn, create product awareness, increase adoption and support it all along the way.

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    All the design things. Visual design with color, layout, photography, illustration, iconography. Type. Hierarchy. Contrast. Readability. All the Adobe products + Figma...oh wait...just all the Adobe products then.