Experience

Creative Director | Hawaii Home + Remodeling Honolulu, HI | 2016 – 2025

• Directed visual branding and creative strategy for Hawaii Home + Remodeling, an advertorial shelter publication, ensuring alignment with editorial vision, client and audience engagement goals across print, digital, and custom content.
   

• Provided creative leadership across cross-functional teams—including editors, photographers, clients, and strategic partners—while overseeing budgets, vendor negotiations, and end-to-end production of print and digital assets such as editorial features, branded collateral, social media content, and web visuals.
   

• Designed and launched Hawai‘i Disaster Preparation (2023), an educational publication empowering Hawai‘i communities with actionable strategies for natural disaster preparedness.

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Art Director | Hawai‘i Magazine Honolulu, HI | 2013 – 2016

• Collaborated closely with the editor to concept and lead visually compelling, audience-driven editorial stories that aligned with brand voice and reader engagement strategies.
   

• Produced and art-directed photo shoots across the state, overseeing pre-production through final layout—including location scouting and guiding businesses through each step of the process.
   

• Recruited, managed, and mentored a network of freelance designers, photographers, and illustrators; negotiated rates and timelines while ensuring deliverables met creative standards and budget constraints.

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Associate Art Director | Honolulu Magazine Honolulu, HI | 2010 – 2013

• Managed recurring front-of-book sections including Calabash and Dining Departments, coordinating photoshoots with in-house and freelance photographers and illustrators. Prepared all final design files for print production, maintained issue flow and deadlines.
   

• Worked closely with the head art director and editorial team to ensure layout designs followed brand guidelines. Participated in editorial and planning meetings, contributing to both issue design and event and marketing collateral such as Hale Aina Awards and Best of Honolulu.
   

• Supported the magazine’s broader mission—including layout for a feature on homelessness that led to the creation of Kahauiki Village, a community housing initiative sparked by the publication’s impact.