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FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, and MAVENS OF DESIGNS — I’m unexpectedly on the job hunt, and humbly coming to you, friends! If you know of any organizations in need of a good-natured typographic wrangler, spirited community builder, experienced writer, or enthusiastic design event host, I'd be grateful if you’d considering name-dropping me and/or the brand new midnightumbrella.com.

For those of ya who I might not have had the good fortune to meet yet—howdy! It’s great to make your acquaintance. Here’s my deal, friends:

I’m a designer by trade, friends! Letterforms to logos to layouts, and all the collateral in between—there’s something special about cooking up creative communication when you have something to say. Type’s my weapon of choice (give me a tall grotesque an artboard to steer it by), but I’ve been known to illustrate if duty calls.
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You better believe that I love rallying design-loving folks, helping creative communities come together to talk shop & support one another. I’m the co-founder of Bay State Design Shop, and my work at both Monotype & Dribbble focused on the hand-shaking & baby-kissing necessary to build meaningful rapport with their creative communities.
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Next best thing to designing? Excitedly sharing design know-how with others. In addition to teaching design classes, I’ve authored articles on typography & creative practice. I’ve also had the chance to hone communications and provide affable, approachable, and down-to-earth public-facing voices for the brands I’ve worked alongside.
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I’ve been lucky to manage and host numerous design-related events in the last few years—from designer meetups and 300-person sold-out BSDS events in Boston, emceeing the main stage of Dribbble’s 700-attendee Hang Time conference at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom, and moderating virtual workshops and livestreaming sessions.

Thanks for the help and consideration, pals. You’re great—remember that. Hold fast, stay well, and know that FORTUNE FAVORS THE KIND.

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