Resume

Product Designer (AI Innovation & Tooling)

Red Ventures (Bankrate) — Charlotte, NC (Hybrid) | Jan 2025 – Present

• Built an AI-assisted imagery workflow (custom GPT + asset pipeline) that increased team output from ~100 images/month to 200+ images/month by reducing time spent searching GettyImages and isolating assets.
• Partnered directly with the Senior Director of Product Design to design, validate, and roll out AI-assisted workflows that improved speed while maintaining brand standards and consistency.
• Designed and shipped BennyCreates, a suite of AI-assisted tools enabling non-specialists (paid media, writers, editors) to generate on-brand assets and prototypes with guardrails—reducing designer dependency while preserving quality.
• Implemented n8n-driven automation workflows and reusable prompt systems (templates, constraints, structured outputs) to standardize results and minimize repetitive prompting across teams.
• Developed BennyCreates Article Image Generator, enabling writers/editors to produce branded imagery for quick-turn articles without designer involvement.

Visual Designer (Bankrate, Post-Rebrand)

Red Ventures (Bankrate) — Charlotte, NC (Hybrid) | Mar 2023 – Jan 2025

• Defined Bankrate's post-rebrand imagery system by establishing style standards, guidelines, and tone for branded imagery and social content.
• Helped lead a team of 6 visual designers, allocating tickets, prioritizing work, and improving delivery workflows in partnership with writers and editors.
• Standardized request intake and production workflows to reduce back-and-forth and improve consistency across high-volume creative needs.

Associate Visual Designer

Red Ventures — Charlotte, NC | Jan 2021 – Mar 2023

BennyCreates Suite | AI-Assisted Tools for Brand-Safe Creation (Ongoing)

A suite of AI-assisted tools designed to help non-specialists create, analyze, and prototype high-quality outputs independently without sacrificing brand integrity, trust, or rigor. Built as an operating model that combines templates, constraints, and structured prompting to guide outcomes.

Tool highlights:

• Paid Media Ad Generator: Enables paid media teams to generate on-brand ad packages without design involvement using styled templates + ratios; users upload assets + headline and export ready-to-run variants. Generates up to 100 ads in seconds, replacing manual Figma production for standard packages.
• Optimized Prompt Generator: Uses n8n to merge an initial prompt + a visual reference (sketch/wireframe/flowchart) into a stronger, structured prompt ready for v0 using Bankrate design-system instructions—reducing repetitive prompting and accelerating prototyping.
• BennyCanvas: "Canva meets Photoshop" internal tool for social content—upload and reposition layers, apply brand shapes/colors, and export final PNGs.
• Article Image Generator: Layer-based workflow that enables writers/editors to create branded article imagery for quick turnaround content.

Bankrate Awards 2025 | Best Financial Products of 2025

Designed and delivered the awards experience spanning UI + category visuals, including custom 3D assets created in Blender for each category to ensure a cohesive, premium system across surfaces.

Evolving Inline | Internal Widget Creation System

Redesigned a multi-flow internal experience enabling an internal team to create and manage new widgets for Bankrate.com.

Collaborated with partner banks and internal stakeholders to support revenue-driving placements while improving clarity and usability for internal operators.

AI + Visual Workflows Talk (Midjourney Focus)

Presented to 50+ creatives on how AI can shape and change visual/imagery workflows, with practical guidance for adoption and quality control.