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About

My name is Claire, and I am a creative fixer — someone who brings clarity, direction, and fresh energy to any design challenge. Over the past 12 years, I’ve worked across nearly every corner of art and design. From flyers to full publications, digital billboards to app interfaces, event branding, apparel, packaging, and beyond, I’ve built a career on solving problems with equal parts strategy and imagination.

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Corporate environments taught me to value process, structure, and thoughtful planning; agency life trained me to think fast and push ideas further; freelance work reinforced resilience, initiative, and the joy of helping passionate people bring bold ideas to life. Through all of it, I’ve naturally stepped into creative leadership—shaping concepts, guiding visual direction, organizing workflows, and elevating the people and projects around me, even without formal direct reports.

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When it comes to design, I love challenges that push me outside my comfort zone. While I have a personal style, I take pride in adapting it to fit each brand’s unique voice. And whenever the opportunity arises, I can’t resist weaving in a little humor, subtle symbolism, or clever storytelling—whether in the copy, the concept, or the mark itself. Some of my favorite projects aren’t just about the finished design, but about the collaborative, thoughtful, and often energizing process that leads there. That’s what keeps me inspired and excited to create again and again.

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Education

University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

Beginning with the foundations in all areas of art and design, the BFA path focused on ensuring students studied in 2D and 3D spaces, history of art, and passing entry and exit portfolio reviews and interviews.

(In Progress)

Coursera ​

Coursera

Visual Elements of User Interface Design

The History of Art and Design

Four-week immersive course in the Tuscany region of Italy, studying major historical and cultural sites while producing written reflections, sketches, and documentary photography.

Awards

Silver Addy Award

2018

EMPLOYER: Candorem

CLIENT: Crawfish Junction

PROJECT: Restaurant Menu

CATEGORY: Elements of Advertising - Copywriting

2019

Silver Addy Award

EMPLOYER: Candorem

CLIENT: Race Day Events

PROJECT: Race Day Corporate Site

CATEGORY: Online/Interactive - Websites - Consumer

2019

Silver Addy Award

EMPLOYER: Candorem

CLIENT: Sullair NA

PROJECT: Corporate Website

CATEGORY: Website Features - Visual Appeal - Utility for Websites

2020

FOLIO Awards

EMPLOYER: DCI Marketing

PROJECT: Subaru Drive Magazine

2022

Content Marketing Awards 

EMPLOYER: DCI Marketing

PROJECT: Subaru Drive Magazine

2019

Silver Addy Award

EMPLOYER: Candorem

CLIENT: Brian Harmon Books

PROJECT: Hands of the Architects Book 1

CATEGORY: Sales & Marketing - Collateral Material - Publication Design - Cover

2019

Silver Addy Award

EMPLOYER: Candorem

CLIENT: Brian Harmon Books

PROJECT: Hands of the Architects Book 2

CATEGORY: Sales & Marketing - Collateral Material - Publication Design - Cover

2019

W3 Award

EMPLOYER: Candorem

CLIENT: Sullair NA

PROJECT: Corporate Website

CATEGORY: Website Features - Structure and Navigation for Websites

2021

Content Marketing Awards 

EMPLOYER: DCI Marketing

PROJECT: Subaru Drive Magazine

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