That’s me

That’s my cat

Oh hey, I’m Kels.

I’m a product designer and freelance creative director living in the pacific northwest.

With over fifteen years of experience working on everything from toys-to-life second screen apps, b2b SaaS products to even bleeding edge augmented reality wearables I’ve been fortunate to work with world class brands, helping shape and bring great product experiences to a global audience.

When I’m not working you can find me reading, or groaning through my baseball team trying to close out a game. Outside of traditional and swishy product design, I’m a big fan of illustrative typography, mid-century illustration, and a retro avocado color palette.

Brands and teams I’ve collaborated with

A little more about me.

Take a moment to get a better sense of my working style, core values and skills I can bring to your team.

I like to work intentionally as much as possible, creating time for my own individual divergent thinking and explorations balanced against sprints of collaborative working sessions.

I’m a strong asynchronous communicator and facilitator and have found deep value in approaching hybrid ways of working and engaging partners, proving that great work can be crafted, and created from anywhere.

Working style

Curiosity, kindness, and collaboration are three strong values that show up in how I move through the world. I try my best to bring those pieces of myself and design skills to each team, project and moment I am in.

Put another way: I’m an enneagram two and a INFP-A human!

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

Core values

Having delivered work as a staff level designer and also as director I’ve built up a toolbox of skills that can support org maturity levels of all kinds.

Where my leadership and directing experience shines: