Oh hey, I’m Kels.

I’m a queer, pacific northwest baseball-loving-homie that loves product design, illustrative typography and mid-century csa-style illustration a whole heck of a lot.

I have been lucky in my career thus far to have had moments where I have been able to lead design teams, delivered design as a staff–level individual contributor, and even delivered design curriculum to up and coming design students.

Throughout my career, I’ve been fortunate enough to have led and delivered world class products that have been featured at WWDC, Google I/O and Microsoft Build. 

I value curiosity, kindness, and collaboration and try my best to bring those pieces of myself and design skills to each team, project and moment I am in. I’m an enneagram Two and a INFP-A human!

TL;DR I’m a empathetic introvert who likes to help

I really like noodling on things solo and jammin’ with fellow work homies synchronously. I have experience forming and coaching teams along with facilitating depth and imagination sessions. Previously, I have led, supported, and grown teams at lululemon and shopify.

Previously, I was co-leading design at Panobi, where I was helping growth teams win. Currently I can be found over at Archetype, a branding, marketing, and design firm I co-founded to help indie authors shine!

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While I work on updating my portfolio, feel free to drop me a note, check me out on LinkedIn, view what I’m making over on Instagram or download my resume here.

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