BIO





HELLO !


I’m Charlie,

A multidisciplinary designer and artist currently based in the Chicagoland area. 

With 3+ Years of professional design experience and a lifetime of creative spirit, I’m eager to get involved with new design projects. I am passionate about leveraging my design and technical skills to positively impact on the world around me. 

When I am not working professionally, my creative pursuits include fashion design, ceramics, pen sketching, and textile dyeing.





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EXPERIENCE





Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Graphic Design + Informatics

Univeristy of Illinois 
Urbana-Champaign


Professional
Experience AI Fellow & Reviewer

Handshake AI
San Fransisco, CA (Remote)

09/2025 - Present


Senior Designer

Siebel Center for Design
Champaign, IL

08/2024 - 06/2025


Design and Experience Intern

Siebel Center for Design
Champaign, IL

06/2024 - 08/2024


Founding UX/UI Specialist

Speakease AI 
Champaign, IL (Remote)

08/2023 - Present

More Below





Technical Skills
Digital Design & Prototyping

Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, After Effects, Stager, Sampler, Acrobat)
Figma
Procreate


Development

Basic Python
HTML
CSS
Javascript/Typescript
Wordpress


Collaboration

Miro
Figjam
Slack
Discord





Exhibitions
2025 BFA Exhibition (Artist)

Krannert Art Museum


CFE.7 (Designer & Model)

Siebel Center for Design


CFE.6 (Designer & Model)

Siebel Center for Design


CFE.4 (Model)

Siebel Center for Design


CFE.3 (Designer & Model)

Siebel Center for Design


CFE.2 (Designer & Model)

Siebel Center for Design


23’ School of Art and Design Fashion Show (Designer & Model)

Siebel Center for Design


22’ School of Art and Design Fashion Show (Designer & Model)

Siebel Center for Design




AwardsDean’s List Scholar

University of Illinois 
Urbana-Champaign


A. Doyle Moore International Travel Fund Scholarship

University of Illinois 
Urbana-Champaign


Transfer Student Scholarship

University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign


CFE.7 Design Competition Judges Choice Award

Circular Fashion Expo







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SELECTED WORK







1. Broken Threads (2025)
Role: Creative Director, Designer

My Undergraduate Thesis project at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examines our current unhealthy relationship with clothing and what can be done on a personal level.

Displayed at the Krannert Art Museum as part of the 2025 BFA exhibition, This project is a culmination of research, garment dyeing, various mending techniques, photography, graphic design. 



2. Mortal Magazine (2025)
 Role: Creative Director, Editor in Chief

Mortal magazine is an exercise in typography, design systems, branding, writing, photography, and illustration. 

Designed with humanity in mind, Mortal offers a departure from the overbearing reach of our modern technology. 



3. Zero Studios
Role: UX Designer

The Zero Studios e-commerce site is an advanced prototype designed in Figma. The scope of the project also included branding and a design system.




4. Harmony of Ideas
Role: Art Director, Graphic Designer

In this seasonal campaign branding project for Krannert Center for Performing Arts, I created and executed a design concept drawing inspiration from the center itself.



5. Speakease AI

!! Page Under Maintanence !!

Role: Founding UX/UI Specialist

Founded in august of 2023, Speakease AI provides AI powered translation to users around the world. While I build this page, please check us out at speakease.ai