Hi! I'm Sarah.

I’m a compassionate creative collaborator. I genuinely enjoy building my knowledge base, letting ideas marinate, and uniting with others (who may think differently than I do) to generate clever, inclusive solutions.

Skills

Software

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Office, Google Suite

Squarespace

rekordbox


Design

Drawing

Wireframing

Information Architecture

Writing & Editing

Fine art painting


Education


Mission College

2020 • A.S. Graphic Design • 4.0 GPA

San Jose State University

2003B.A. Art History

Experience


2019 - present

Design Lead & Owner, Crossing Light Studio

Conceived and built every aspect of my fine art and design business, including a Squarespace website, shop, and blog at crossinglightstudio.com
2020

UX Designer, East Valley Artists Annual Show & Sale Online

Partnered with the club's Webmaster and Annual Show Committee to bring the club's annual show and sale online for the first time ever. Created private pages for the juror, individual artist pages, and even a scavenger hunt game to encourage users to visit every page of the show. • Earned a Meritorious Service Award for my work on this and other projects during the pandemic (2021)
2014 - present

Board Member, East Valley Artists

• Newsletter Editor (2023-present)• Co-Webmaster (2022 - present)Publicity Director (2015 - present)Exhibiting Member (2014 - present) 2018

Process Manager, Innovation Counsel LLP

As part of my role as lead Docketing Specialist at a boutique Silicon Valley patent law firm, I wrote detailed training materials on internal docketing procedure, easing the interaction and daily flow of work between attorneys, agents, administrators, and accounting staff