
About
Strategic Communications
& Design

Education
+ Member AIGA
+ Startup Weekend Mentor past
+ Startup Spokane Mentor Connect past
+ Programming Fund Committee Member, Spokane Arts past
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Hey friend, I'm Joe!
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I focus on social, human-centered problems and work primarily with mission-based brands and organizations motivated by social responsibility and the greater good.
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I work as a catalyst. By utilizing lateral thinking for creative but grounded ideas, combining true strategy with an applied empathic approach to design, I help shape actionable, achievable goals to change people and communities— to reshape lives and society for the better.
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I use communication design to create systems that support empathy, equity, and cohesion. That means designing the conditions where trust can be built, behavior can shift, and relationships between people and institutions can evolve. My work blends strategy, behavior, and communication into structures that people can actually use.
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In doing this I take the lead in:
• communication architecture and message design
• aligning brand identity with behavioral insight
• audience relationship development and engagement systems
• shaping creative strategy grounded in empathy and outcomes
• designing tools and standards that hold up across contexts
• cultivating values-based brand culture, building real trust
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I hold to my mission of creating better relationships between people and the systems around them. Any opportunity to help shape lives or communities through designed communication is one I take seriously.
Awards & Recognition
Affiliations
Eastern Washington University
+ BFA Visual Communication Design
+ Public History
+ Startup Weekend 7: First place brand/art direction
+ Startup Weekend 6: First place brand/art direction
+ MSUSND (News Design/Editorial Design) Awards: Second Place, Special Sections, The Education of the Modern World