Nicole is a creative leader and producer who has earned a bachelor’s of science in leadership, with an emphasis on using psychology to understand and lead teams of people. She has over 15 years of experience in leading and managing diverse groups, and in that time, she has worked with a number of emerging leaders to help them develop their leadership skills.

Her professional journey began in creative ministry, first as a volunteer who moved up to an intern, then to a part-time employee, then to a full-time employee, to eventually leading the team she once volunteered for. Since then, Nicole has had the opportunity and privilege of leading teams of content writers, videographers, photographers, audio engineers, lighting designers, graphic designers, musicians, and artists of all kinds, through the ideation and implementation of a wide variety of creative projects, such as thematically designed and engaging weekend worship services for multi-site and online church, Christmas Eve and Easter TV specials for CBS2 Chicago and FOX32 Chicago, live concerts for audiences of 7,000+, and large ballroom events for non-profit organizations, as well as a host of creative videos. She’s also led and coordinated promotional strategies for a variety of events - casting vision and collaborating with designers to create and capture content to tell a compelling story.

When you combine Nicole’s personal and professional experience with a degree in leadership, her certifications in the Enneagram and The Six Types of Working Genius, thousands more hours of research, and the daily practice of developing her own leadership skills, then what you’ll find is that Nicole is a creative thinker at heart, with a passion to help people tap into their leadership skills, and to help leaders and their teams cultivate a healthy workplace culture. This is the heartbeat behind why Nicole launched The Creative Level.

When Nicole is not leading her own team, working with others, writing, or recording episodes for the Leadership Frameworks Podcast, you’ll find her spending time with good friends over a good meal.