DESIGN + WRITE + PERFORM
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about me
DESIGN + WRITE + PERFORM
Design
UX, product, and graphic designer, marketing and content strategist at OddBird. A Certified Object-Oriented UX (OOUX) strategist and mentor.
Since 2014, I’ve been the lead designer at OddBird web design and development agency – spearheading the design process through brand and UX design, content strategy and usability testing. For over 20 years, I’ve coordinated developers and clients from Adobe to Google, SRAM to Mozilla in an Agile process to create integrated web graphics, build design systems, and design accessible user experiences with wireframes, object maps, CTA matrices, user journeys, and user research analysis.
I have also lead the marketing teams for a variety of small businesses, and acted as co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of a personal care products manufacturing startup where I coordinated multiple crowdfunding campaigns that reached over 200% of their goal.
Write
Winner in Kids’ Choice Contest ’22. WriteMentor Flash Fiction Shortlist ’22. Michelle Begley Program Mentee ’25, ’24, and ’23. Member of the Story Grid Guild since ’20 and SCBWI PAL since ’10.
I am a queer, neurodivergent author inspired by Tom Lichtenheld and Kaz Windness. I create picture books, early readers, graphic novels, and middle grade novels that explore nonbinary identity, dyscalculia, and ecosystems.
Perform
Drummer and vocalist performing soundscapes and poetry in Teacup Gorilla, a dark indie-rock band.
Since 2012, I’ve been touring, performing, and generally rocking out with Teacup Gorilla. Check out our award-winning music video of Just Like That, for a sneak peek and a very life-like robot. And our Jane Eyre queer gothic rock original score.
design
DIGITAL • PRINT
write
UX Design • Story Structure
Intuitive Web Design with OOUX
Winging It Channel During our conversation we look at 3 examples of unintuitive web design, and learn how to create websites and apps that are more intuitive using object-oriented user
How to Design More Intuitive Websites & Apps
OOUX Strategies to Identify and Avoid Unintuitive Objects Do you want to make your website or web app more intuitive for the people who visit? If so, I’d like to introduce you
When to Choose a Progressive Web App
Part 3 – Responsive Web App vs Native Mobile App vs Progressive Web App If you’re weighing the performance optimization and device integration opportunities of a native mobile app against
let’s chat
If you’d like to chat about a web design, brand, or writing project, I’d love to hear from you. Please fill out the form below. If you’re looking for full-stack design and development of a custom web application, please get in touch with me at OddBird.
