I’ve worked as a graphic designer for 10 years — eight of which have been at an environmental conservation and advocacy nonprofit. As a design team of one, I’ve developed a specialty for turning policy jargon and scientific research into publications as simple and striking as the sagebrush steppe landscape where I live. Over the years, colleagues have joked that projects are given to me to be “Claire-ified.”

To me, designing, writing, and editing are not only about creating or crafting beautiful things but about leaving things better than we found them. 

This ethos saturates my life off the clock as well. I’m deeply invested in encouraging meaningful and necessary change in the face of climate change. I currently serve on the steering committee of the Lander Climate Action Network and am a member of the group Climate Designers. I have edited for Edible Austin for over 20 years and have written timely stories on sustainability, local food, and public lands issues for Mountain Outlaw.

From Monday to Thursday, I don my writer-turned-archivist-turned-graphic designer hat, bringing this diverse expertise to any project or proposal that comes my way. From Friday to Sunday, I’m off running or backpacking through the nearby Wind River Mountains, or writing a poem about it.

Seek me out for a perfectly crafted sentence or ask me how to best tell your story. Give me your digital mess and I’ll gladly sort and alphabatize it. I’ll design a poster that stands out on a small town’s overcrowded bulletin board. I love red pens, grid paper, and efficient systems.

I’m currently open for freelance gigs.
I also adore having conversations over mugs of chai, if you do, too.