My work
Here is a small sampling of projects I’ve worked on. Common across them is my ability to bring people together and design simple-yet-elegant solutions.
Brand Strategy & Web Design
Ocupop, 2022-Present. As Senior Strategist with Ocupop, I work to understand our clients’ goals and opportunity areas. In this project with Consumer Reports, I helped develop the information architecture for a new web experience, and supported the creation of video content and other visuals, in collaboration with our design team.
Copy Editing for Research
UNESCO RCEP, 2023. Copy edited academic papers and conference proceedings on various education-related topics in the Gulf States and Yemen.
Web & Social Support
Local Businesses, 2023-Present. Provide tailored, affordable support to small businesses to create and maintain their websites and social media presences. This includes running social media for Golden Hair by Kristin and supporting web design for Big Furry Friends dog training.
IRC Innovation Fund
International Rescue Committee, 2019-2021. Developed the concept and structure for an Innovation Fund in collaboration with IRC leadership, donors, and project designers. The fund serves as a way for the IRC to identify and test promising new ideas. Acquired internal buy-in and built awareness for the fund to increase applications. During my tenure at the IRC, Innovation Fund projects were on track to reach 3.8 million people.
ValleyHUB Communications & Partnerships Strategy
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Food Innovation Center, 2022. Worked with the team to identify communications and partnerships goals and developed a strategic document including a clear road map and comprehensive set of tools.
Food Systems Strategy for WFP Afghanistan
World Food Programme Afghanistan, 2017. Traveled to Kabul to develop a strategy for the country office’s future engagement with food systems. Identified existing and potential linkages across programs, as well as opportunity areas with national and global strategies, policies, and trends.
Sharing Arabic-Language Design Tools
International Rescue Committee, 2020. Traveled to Jordan to lead creation of a dual language website in English and Arabic. The website was a final product for the Mahali Lab, a community-led design incubator working with refugees in Amman. The website aims to share design tools developed for the project, which were previously unavailable in Arabic.
Capturing Lessons Learned from 20 Countries
World Food Programme, 2015. Wrote and edited a set of 20 brief internal country case studies pulling together information from field visits, reports, and interviews to concisely pull out lessons learned and implications for smallholder agricultural programming. This set of case studies formed the basis for the creation of an overarching narrative on the Purchase for Progress pilot.