Creating what’s next for brands, people, & our planet.
Senior Creative Strategist connecting consumer insight, brand ambition, creativity, and sustainability to uncover whitespace opportunities for growth.
For 15 years, I’ve helped consumer packaged goods (CPG) and food brands turn changing consumer needs, cultural shifts, and business challenges into differentiated strategies, products, experiences, and stories.
What if everyday products could do more good?
I believe the things we use every day can be better for people and better for the world around them - without asking people to compromise on what they want.
Safer ingredients. Healthier choices. Products that support communities. Business models that create value beyond the transaction.
With 15 years of experience across creative strategy, design, retail business consulting and my Master’s of Sustainable Design, I know how to connect consumer needs, cultural shifts, business realities, and sustainability to turn opportunities into products, experiences, and ideas people genuinely want to use.
I help brands see where they can go next - uncovering white space between what people need, what’s happening in culture, and where the market is headed.
From there, I translate opportunity into positioning, innovation pipelines, and product ideas that give brands a differentiated reason to matter.
My approach connects strategy and creativity from the start: find the unmet need → define the opportunity → shape the story → build the innovation pipeline.
Find the opportunity.
Make it matter.
A differentiated lens to business growth & innovation.
My Master’s in Sustainable Design brings a systems-thinking perspective to how I approach products, packaging, and business challenges.
I look beyond the individual product to consider ingredients, materials, sourcing, use, end-of-life, and the people and communities connected to them - helping identify where more responsible choices can also create meaningful consumer and business value.
JLB’S GUESTQUEST: SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES SPOTLIGHT
“Sustainability is no longer a fleeting trend but a business imperative. While the risks of inaction can no longer be ignored, a significant benefit of developing actionable sustainability strategies builds resiliency for your business and brand.”
Guest Speaking Appearances
Guest Speaker At Sustainability Summit MN AIGA Design Camp ‘20
The session 'Designing in the Climate Crisis: Sustainable Design 101' with Calvin LaBrie & Eric Benson heightened awareness regarding the risks associated with inaction within the design industry, while also introducing actionable sustainable design strategies aimed at empowering behavioral change among designers in the Midwest.
Guest Speaker for ‘A Slice of Sustainability: The Future of Food’
A comprehensive Table Talk for Females in Food delved into the importance of sustainability within the food industry. It examined consumer macro and sustainability trends accelerated by COVID-19, provided insights on climate change impacts, and identified opportunities for sustainability across the entire food system.