Creative lead for the world’s largest prediction market, working across brand, performance marketing, out-of-home, and experiential activations.

Following my undergraduate education, I moved to Los Angeles in 2018 to work for Frank Gehry in his design studio. While working at a firm that uses physical modeling as its primary design tool, I was able to establish myself as a project design lead at the firm and help bring Frank's concepts to reality. I've acquired extensive experience in concept, schematic design, design development, and construction document phases. My greatest contributions to the firm include leading the 3D design and BIM coordination for a pair of residential skyscrapers in Toronto (currently in construction), acting as design lead for the winning proposal of an international opera house competition in the Middle East, facilitating the concept design of a unique hospitality project for Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, and more recently, working as the project lead for a small sushi restaurant in Santa Monica. I have also worked on a museum in Paris, a house in Mandeville Canyon and a skyscraper in New York. I am exceptionally versed in 3D and physical modeling and have gained an enormous appreciation for Frank's process of form-finding rooted in his innate curiosity for testing new materials and pushing their tectonic limitations.

In 2019, I was approached by Vans Shoes to assist in an advertising campaign for one of their new products. I worked closely with their marketing team to produce graphics that became the basis for a product marketing scheme in stores across the US.

Short-term internship between academic semesters in which I assisted a design team on the concept design phase of a new mixed-use development project in Miami. This entailed weeks of intensive research, diagramming and physical design studies in preparation for the client “kickoff” meeting. Work ranged from in-depth site analysis to producing scaled site models and massing studies.

Assisted a team of architects in the design development phase of two commercial resort projects. The work consisted of sitting in on client meetings, redeveloping a resort master plan, working with the client on schematic design, drafing floor plans of future housing projects, and rendering the initial renovations for the resort arrivals experience.

One-month internship in which I learned the nuts and bolts of how a residential architecture firm operates and was introduced to the basics of Sketch-Up, AutoCAD, and Adobe Suite.

Bachelor of Science in Architecture with Honors
Awarded Intermediate Honors (2016), Dean's List (2015, 2017. 2018)
Thesis: “An Informal Urban Generator: Redefining the Human-Trash Relationship”

Relevant Coursework:
Jndependent Study in Architecture (8 Semesters), Mandarin Chinese (8 Semesters)

One year ago, my friend and I started a company that is best described as a “creative label.” We behave like a record label, fueled by constant collaboration and the desire for others to join our collective, but with a strong focus in design. We sign and collaborate with artists that build objects, write articles in our editorial, and/or create music. We learn from others every day.

Assisted professors Inaki Alday and Margarita Jover in preparing an exhibition that showcased 22 years of their collective design work, and more specifically, constructing a 4' x 8' model of their various projects.

In charge of facilitating a weekly discussion meeting with 20 students for an architectural history and theory course taught by professor Li Shiqiao.

Section leader for an introduction to design course taught by Sanda Iliescu. This teaching experience challenged me to rethink fundamental design techniques as I led 10 first-year students through weekly design workshops and prepared them for a final review of their work.

Short-term internship between academic semesters in which I assisted Studio 27 in the schematic design and renovation of a university building. The work ranged from analyzing old construction documents to diagramming existing and proposed mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems within the building.

6-week summer architecture course