I studied graphic design at the University of Central Florida and Japanese at Seisen University in Tokyo, and I've been based in Saitama since 2019. I started out as a freelance designer, which is why I still design my own promo material.
Most of my work has been about people: patients at a dental clinic in Managua, students and parents at an English school, buyers on an international eBay store, clients at an antique gallery, and newsletter readers for a Florida brand. A lot of what I bring to work, I learned from the things I love outside of it.
Things I've organized, built and shipped, mostly on my own time.
I organized gaming events across Japan: landing sponsorship deals, booking and running venues, handling logistics, and designing the promotional material. Along the way they grew into a community for foreigners living here. At Eikaiwa TREE, an English school in Saitama, I also ran events for 100+ attendees that helped keep students enrolled.
I use AI tools every day. These are real things I've shipped with them, from games to books.
Mobile game
A cozy Android pet game: raise and evolve 50 hand-painted pets across five mini-games, with weekly leaderboards, in 6 languages.
Coming soon to Google Play
Children's book
A picture book I created and self-published on Amazon, under my pen name Freya May.
YouTube visuals
Visual assets for a U.S. YouTube channel, delivered on deadline from Japan and refined against the client's feedback.
Etsy shop
Digital patterns for designers and crafters. I handle the designs, the listings and every buyer question.
Web design
40+ bilingual sample sites for local shops in Japan, each with one feature built around how the shop actually works: a cocktail picker for a bar, a most-loved-breads chart for a bakery, an order guide for a florist.
I'm looking for a remote Customer Experience Manager role on U.S. business hours. Email is the fastest way to reach me.
