Hey You -
Welcome to my portfolio!
My name is Christy and I am currently a Product Professional with skills spanning across many different product specializations. First and foremost I am currently a Product Owner. Additionally I have a history working on: Web Development, User Research, User Experience Design, User Interface Design, Graphic Design, and Project Management. At the end of the day, my passion is solving problems through great design and technical solutions. Here you will find some of my best and favorite work. Thanks for checking out my portfolio!
Facts you can't find on my resume:
- This site is coded by yours truly. I love to code when I can because it s a great challenge to me.
- I have many hobbies. Some of my favorites are snowboarding, drawing, and photography. You will see much of my work reflecting these hobbies throughout this site as they are truly inspiring to me. See you on the slopes!
- I am a total foodie; if you ever want to talk product, design, research, tech over delicious cuisine or coffee, sign me up(!!)
My Story
It all started with illustration- a skill that I did not know I had or that I loved until my sophomore year of high school. Once I began illustration I realized that this was a skill I could carry with me throughout my life but I never realized quite how far it would take me!
Initially when I got to college I studied Hospitality Management and boy was I wrong in that decision. Following that first choice, I tried about two other majors and eventually landed in James Madison's School of Media Arts and Design(SMAD). That is where I discovered that I could design things to be just as beautiful as art while also making the world a better place.
In my second year in the "SMAD" program I saw a flyer for an internship with JMU Football. I decided to send an email and to date that was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I was hired within a few days to work for the JMU Football team as a Creative Media Intern and I got to practice illustration, graphic design, and discovered my love for photography.
In the following two years, I graduated from James Madison with a B.A. in interactive design and graduated the following year from Elon University with my M.A. in Interactive Media.
Over the past two years I have been serving as a Product Manager & Product Owner(with an immense love for product design) at Brunswick Corporation, Freedom Boat Club. This has been an eye opening start to my career as I have been working at the epicenter of design, development, and strategy within the organizaiton. I understand that with the combination of those three things, we can make the world a much more efficient and blissful place.
