I live near Minneapolis and am blessed with a beautiful family and life of adventure. My hobbies include hiking to hammock, photographing my floral designs, booking the trips, collecting crystals and making endless moodboards.
Experienced Leader
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Asset Marketing Services/GOVMINT
Sept 2024 - PresentTeam Size
13 Brand, Creatives, Content Producers and Project ManagersOverseeing
Consumer Research, Insights, Customer Journeys, Brand Strategy, Design, Copywriting, Social, Digital, Video, Photography -
Post Consumer Brands
05/22 to 07/24Team Size
14 Creatives and Creative OperationsOversaw
Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Content Strategy, Social, Digital, Video, Photography, PackagingBiggest Impact
Increased team engagement score by 41 points in the first year while helping to drive the business to unprecedented high performance. -
Shutterfly
12/21 to 05/22Team Size
30 Designers, Art Directors, Writers, UX Designers and Associate Creative Directors. (Shutterfly & Snapfish)Oversaw
Brand Strategy, Brand Design, UX/UI, Site, CRM, Social, Content Strategy, Video, Photography, Brand Partnership CampaignsBiggest Impact
Led the modernization of Shutterfly's UI & Brand design systems and application across all digital products (site, app, CRM). This included component libraries and atomic content production that enabled speed and scalability. -
Shutterfly, Walgreens, FTD, Simon/Myers
10/14 to 12/21Team Sizes
5 to 12 Designers, Art Directors and WritersOversaw
Rebrands, Brand Campaigns, Seasonal Campaigns, Content Strategy, Photography, Video, Digital, In-Store, Social, Editorial & Trends ContentBiggest Impact
Rebranded Walgreens master brand and simultaneously launched the myWalgreens loyalty program amidst the global pandemic. This total reinvention of the retailer's long-standing loyalty program provided customers timely, personal and meaningful resources to help them navigate uncertain times. This new program rolled out in less than 12 months thanks to agile transformation adopted by those in the organization that were committed to quickly helping customers as the pandemic rapidly unfolded. -
ULTA Beauty
11/13 to 10/14Team Size
5 DesignersOversaw
Beauty Trends, CRM, Digital Display, Social, Content Strategy, Photography, VideoBiggest Impact
Within a year, streamlined process efficiencies to scale creative output in email, social and digital display by 4x. This resulted in a Black Friday and Q4 Holiday campaigns exceeding KPIs by 2.6M in online sales. -
Valspar
10/11 to 11/23Team Size
3 DesignersOversaw
Color Trends, Packaging, In-Store, Print, Content Strategy, Video, PhotographyBiggest Impact
Turned Devine Color, a little-known paint company in Portland, Oregon, into a national brand by crafting an authentic brand story, telling it consistently and selling the full product line into all Target stores.
Trusted Advisor
Cali is the founder of Butter—a strategy-first brand advisory service that believes meaningful brands mean everything. She works along side clients in the CPG, luxury goods, retail, ecommerce, food, beauty, health, wellness, home and tech industries who understand that brand design starts with brand strategy.
My Values
Be Kind
#1 rule, just be a nice human,
kindness goes a long way.
Be Helpful
Show up and be helpful,
always be a problem solver.
Be Humble
Be OK knowing
what you don’t know.
Be Curious
Never stop observing and learning something new every day.
Give Energy
Be the light. Inspire, motive
and fuel others.
K.I.S.S.
If it feels complicated, it is
complicated. Keep it Simple to Scale.