I'm one of those people who will try everything at least twice. Once to see if I like it and a second time to figure out how much. My career path has been a winding, exploratory road of following my gut, taking the leap, enjoying every experience, and making memories. It's why my résumé, as it currently stands, has what may seem like relatively short stints at a variety of companies, both large and small, all around the world.

An entrepreneurial fire has never left my side and my spirit yearns for it. I’ve always felt the need to move around and explore all options. I opened and co-owned three businesses, two of which are very much alive and well today, worked for big corporations like L’Oreal and National Geographic.

I’ve worked in contract furniture as an interior architect, at an institutional/educational architecture firm as a construction manager and architectural design technician, was a designer and design strategist at a luxury, multi-disciplinary studio in Barcelona, and ultimately attempted to leave the world of architecture as a designer for high-end Scandinavian inspired residential studio before moving to Savannah to complete both of my Master’s degrees at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). In grad school I studied Design Management (DMGT) and ultimately continued my graduate coursework in Luxury Brand Management, which led me to New York City for a while where I worked as a Design Director at Kiehl’s before realizing my mind wanted back in Savannah

Today, I teach at SCAD as a professor in Fashion Marketing, focusing on branding, advertising, art direction, and visual communication design for the Fashion Industry. I still run SMITH HALL STUDIO, an exploratory, multi-disciplinary design studio that focuses on branding, strategy, art direction, editorial, and visual identity work for small businesses in Savannah as well as interior architecture and design, renovations, and remodeling for high-end residential and commercial clients.

No matter what I’m doing, human-centered design methods are forever integrated into what I teach, build, design, and do and that will never change.

Go against the grain and think wrong.