L.L.Bean Christmas tree at flagship store campus.

L.L.Bean

Production Artist and Creative Systems - January 2023 to present

Digital Production Artist/Creative Systems

  • Process images for web product display pages for various launches.

  • Provide QA and process requests for product photography

  • Organize and attribute images on L.L.Bean’s Digital Asset Management system, MediaBank.

  • Source, edit, and upload images for Google Performance Max Advertising.

  • Curate and manage image repositories for wholesale partners’ photo asset needs.

  • Test AI products to determine capabilities for future image generation/retouching.

  • Provide training for Google Performance Max, Wholesale, and L.L.Bean’s Asset Management System.

  • Provide support for Digital Asset Management System and wholesale initiatives.

Print Production Artist

  • Used Adobe InDesign to build catalog layouts based on business and designer specifications.

Media Production Coordinator - August to January, 2023

  • Used Digital Asset Management System to organize product samples/digital assets and generate reports.

  • Worked with Art Directors to ensure successful media shoots.

  • Prepared props/products for shoots on/off set.

Creative Systems Intern - May to August, 2022

  • Helped create a proposal for wholesale expansion based on audit.

  • Redesigned Intern and DEI webpages.

Georgetown Pottery

Potter and Multimedia Specialist - January 2014 to May 2023

  • Created molds for slipcasting.

  • Helped design pottery mold for a new clock mold.

  • Poured molds for over a hundred items daily.

  • Prepared pots for glazing

  • During the pandemic when the store was closed, I filmed product videos which sold over 120 unique pieces in one month.

  • Performed electrical wiring for lamps.

  • Cleaned and organized products

Freshly thrown pottery drying at Georgetown Pottery

Driftwood Mug

Below is my process for creating a mug out a piece of driftwood I found on a beach. Due to the details in the driftwood, I had to build a 3-piece mold for the body with a separate 2-piece mold for the handle.

Wooden triangle frame for mold

The first step was creating a frame to hold the 3-piece mold.

two-thirds of plaster tree mug mold

2/3 of the mold are complete!

Plaster mold filled with wet clay.

Now the mold is filled with wet clay called slip that dries around the plaster edges first

First third of tree mold sectioned off with green clay

Partitioning the mug with clay to pour the first third of the plaster mold.

Final third of plaster mold poured

After reassembling the frame with the two plaster mold pieces in place, I pour the final third.

Mug drying in plaster mold

I pour out the excess clay and am left with the mug body!

Second third of mold sectioned off with plaster and green clay

After the plaster dried in the first third. I flipped the mug to pour the second third.

Completed triangle, plaster mold ready for slip pour

Now the mold is complete and ready for slipcasting!

Clay mug with seams from mold

Now the seams must be trimmed and the handle added on.

Small tree branch surrounded by green clay

This is a close up of the handle mold in progress

Tree branch surrounded by green clay in wooden box

Now the first half of the mold is ready to pour!

Wooden box half-filled with wet plaster

Plaster is poured into the first half.

Second side of branch surrounded by plaster in wooden box.

The mold is flipped after the first half is dry and now it is ready for the second plaster pour!

Both halves of mold side by side.

Here are both halves.

Both halves of mold combined.

Wet clay is poured into the hole in the top (pour gate), and the handle is extracted and bent.

Mug and handle side by side with seams.

Now the handle is ready to attach to the mug.

Greenware mug with handle attached

Here is the mug after trimming

Two mugs: one with glaze ready-for-firing and the other unglazed.

Now the the mug is glazed. I used a black glaze and lightly sanded the mug. This keeps the black in the details of the mug such as the wood grain and knots, but leaves the rest white.

Completed mug held in hand

After firing in a kiln the mug is complete!

Completed tree mug with birch finish outdoors

The black glaze brings out the wood grains.

Completed mug showing handle and knot details

Each mug has a different color on the inside.

Close up of merit badge sash.

Scouting - 2007 to 2017

My journey to the rank of Eagle Scout in Troop 648 has taught me many things from leadership to lighting a fire with steel wool and a battery. Some of my favorite memories in scouting came from my time as a Troop Guide helping cub scouts transition into the troop. For my eagle project, I cleaned up and added trail markers to a half-mile public trail. Through fundraising and a generous donation from Hammond Lumber, I was able to build 10 bog bridges on muddy areas of the trail which are in good condition even today!