Previous Work Experience:

Freelance Graphic Designer (October 2021—Present)
Creating social content, display ads, web graphics, branding, presentations and reports, illustrations, emails, print projects here and there. I love working with small businesses and nonprofits 💖 Brands I work on currently: Planned Parenthood, Fos Feminista, American Cancer Society, the IRC, SEIU, Duke’s Seafood, and more.

Amazon Photos (July 2020—October 2021) | Visual Designer and Social Media Manager
Creating social media content and managing accounts for Amazon Photos’ Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, including a Prime Day sweepstakes that achieved 742k impressions on our hashtag #PrimeDayPhotos. I also designed web graphics and emails (including auditing and redesigning templates), managed vendors, and art directed a product photoshoot.

Freelance Graphic Designer (January 2020—July 2020)
Designing marketing emails for Nectar Mattresses; creating social media content for nonprofit organizations like World Central Kitchen, Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, Vote Pro Choice with the agency Equality Equation

Rauxa (January 2018—December 2019) | Art Director
Collaborating with our strategy and dev teams, I have redesigned Alaska Airlines emails to be more user-friendly and on-brand. I have also designed and provided art direction for landing pages, print materials, social campaigns and motion graphics. My work has helped increase conversion, revenue and bookings, and brand loyalty.

M3 Messenger (June 2017—December 2017) | Designer
I worked on winning RFPs for their food+travel client, SSP America. By highlighting the restaurant group’s brands with location-specific art, my work made them stick out from the competition as true experts in their field. I also created trade show and event materials.

Butter London (April 2017—June 2017) | Digital Designer
Just a short stint, but I was able to quickly learn the brand and produce all of their digital marketing assets (email, social, and web graphics) at the fast pace they needed.

YMCA (February 2017—April 2017) | Designer
Designing print and web materials for YMCA locations across the Seattle area. I made brochures and flyers, social posts and web ads, signage, presentation decks, and email newsletters.

Amazon (October 2016—January 2017) | Visual Designer
Designing for the device engagement team. I created assets for multiple products including Kindle, Tablets, and Fire TV: motion graphics, social posts, presentation decks, emails, and a style guide and assets for a new feature launch on Fire tablets.

Microsoft (August 2016—October 2016) | Designer
Updating web graphics for the Microsoft online store to meet the standards of their new style guide: banners, web ads and product detail pagese

Amazon (August 2015—July 2016) | Designer
Production and editorial designer at D1 Creative (previously Amazon Creative Services). I worked on banners and graphics for Amazon.com (the majority for home, kitchen, garden, launchpad, and wedding registry), associate ads, printed marketing materials, email templates, and I began development on a style guide for the Amazon Wedding Registry with the goal of creating a one-stop-shop registry experience that is inclusive, inspirational, and functional for Amazon users.

What the people are saying….

“Sierra is a super talented genius! I asked her to design a logo and a sticker for me and she enthusiastically accepted the job. A day or so later, I opened my inbox to find about six fully executed ideas that were all awesome. I wound up (happily) buying more from her than I intended and her work got me extra excited to launch my new side business. I definitely hope to be able hire Sierra again and again. (I also get compliments on her work all the time.)”
—Kelly Hinkle, Creator of Feminist Sticker Club and Cat Sticker Club

“I was Sierra’s manager at Amazon creative services. Sierra was one of the best designers we had on the team. I would give Sierra the highest marks for rehierabillity. She is a rockstar.”
—Jason Henrickson, Program Manager at Amazon

“Sierra was a contract visual designer for Amazon Device customer engagement campaigns. She was an invaluable contractor at times when a high influx of work was required under tight timelines. She worked with me to conduct design explorations which helped hone style guides and best practices for engagement channels, her explorations ultimately contributed to guidelines set for those channels and their success. She was reliable and timely throughout the duration of her contract and I would gladly work with again.”
—Bowen Ames, Art Director at Amazon