2024

• Left Automattic Special Projects and continue to work with various clients around the country as Sara Cannon Studios 
• Clients include WeRateDogs, 15/10 Foundation, CUNY Academic Commons

2022

• Spoke at WordCamp US on Designing for Accessibility 

2020

• Left Conserv and started my own digital consulting Business, Sara Cannon Studios.
• Joined Automattic Special Projects as a Design Contractor 

2019

• Left ArtProcessors and joined the Birmingham startup Conserv as their CXO

2018

• Closed down my digital agency, Range, and started work at Art Processors as their Design Lead

2017

• Started mentoring students at a Design BootCamp, formally known as Bloc 
• Sara featured in Samford University publication "The Belltower" in reference to her solo art show opening "Art Gallery Finishes Yearlong Retrospective with Artist Sara Cannon"

2016

• Spoke at WordCamp US "Creativity & Open Source" Slides| Event Page | Video | Blog
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Birmingham "Strategic Design: How Information Can Drive Your Design Decisions to Success"  Slides | Event Page | Video  
• Sara featured on Godaddy's "What you missed at WordCamp US 2016"
  
• Spruce Planner featured in AL.com Article "Startup Drinks event at Innovation Depot's Velocity Accelerator"
  
• Range featured in Tech Birmingham
  
• Spruce Planner featured in AL.com Article "16 regional startups to compete in Will This Fly? competition in Huntsville"
  
• Spruce Planner is accepted into Will This Fly pitch competition
  
• Spruce Planner featured in waaytv.com article "16 semifinalists named for Rocket Hatch 'Will This Fly' competition"
  
• Sara and her Art is featured in Birmingham Magazine both Online and in Print
  
• Sara's talk on Creativity and Open Source Featured on "How to be a better Human: Lessons from WordCamp US"

2015

• Spoke at WordCamp US "Pushing the Creative Limit" Slides| Event Page | Video | Blog 
  
• Spoke at WordCamp New York "Learning Through Stealing" Slides| Event Page | Video | Blog 
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Ann Arbor "Learning Through Stealing" | Slides | Event Page | Video | Blog

• "We've received very positive feedback regarding the caliber of speaker and quality of content. Your talk has frequently been mentioned as one of the most valuable of the day. .. So thanks again for helping make our camp special!" - Ross Johnson, Lead Organizer

• Spoke at WordCamp London "WordPress & User Experience" | Slides | Event Page | Video

• A million cheers for today’s engaging speakers incl @saracannon and @lornajane, you so brightened up North London!  - 1&1

• Spoke at WordCamp St. Louis "WordPress & User Experience" | Slides | Event Page | Video
• Range Mentioned in "Best WordPress Companies, Agencies and Studios" on WP Mayor
  
• Mentioned in "Designer vs Developer: be the unicorn" on PostStatus2014
  

2014

• Spoke at WordCamp San Francisco "Typography & User Experience" | Slides | Event Page | Video 
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Birmingham "Typography & User Experience" | Slides | Event Page | Video
  
• Spoke at WordCamp New York "Smart Design"  | Slides | Event Page | Video 
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Chicago "Smart Design" | Slides | Event Page | Blog Post | Video 
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Atlanta "Smart Design - Icon Fonts, SVG, and the Mobile Influence" | Slides | Event Page 
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Atlanta Kids Program "Design Basics: CSS & Typography” | Event Page 
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Atlanta "Cain & Obenland In The Morning” | Event Page | Video 
  
• Listed on WPKube’s “25 Awesome WordPress Women To Watch In 2014”
  
• Interview by WordCamp Chicago “Interview with Sara Cannon”
  
• Mentioned in "5 Reasons You Should Attend WordCamp Birmingham" by See Jane Write

2013

• Spoke at WPSessions "Icon Fonts" | Slides | Event Page 
  
• Spoke at Montreal Girl Geek "Font Swoon"  | Slides | Event Page | Blog 
  
• Spoke at Montreal WordPress Meetup "The Future of UI: How Mobile Design is Shaping the Web"  | Slides | Event Page | Blog 
  
• Spoke at WordSesh "Be the Unicorn" | Video | Slides | Event Page | Blog 
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Atlanta "Designer vs Developer - Be The Unicorn" | Video | Slides | Event Page  | Blog  
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Phoenix "Designer vs Developer - Creators in WordPress" | Video | Slides | Event Page  | Blog 
• Wrote the foreword for the Book “Web Designer’s Guide to WordPress” by Jesse Friedman
  
• Press Mention: “Artists and projects that deal with memory/identity”
  
• Interview by WPSessions “Meet Sara Cannon, WordPress Expert”
  
• Authored “Be the Unicorn” on Torque Magazine
  
• Listed on Peter Schuster’s “Who to Follow on Twitter – 2013”
  
• Listed on WPMUDev “Who’s Who of WordPress: 99 Twitter Accounts You Should Be Following”

2012

• Left Scout Branding Company and started my own digital agency Range
• Spoke at IPSA Birmingham "Designing for the Modern Web: HiDPI"  | Slides | Event Page | Blog
  
• Spoke at AAF Montgomery "Responsive Web Design"  | Slides | Event Page 
  
• Spoke at WordCamp San Francisco 2012 "Designing for the Modern Web" | Video | Slides | Event Page | Blog  
  
• Spoke at Future Insights Live in Vegas "Responsive Web Design" Future of Mobile Track  | Slides | Event Page | Blog
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Phoenix 2012 "Design Swoon"  | Video | Slides | Event Page | Blog | Blog 
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Atlanta 2012 "Design Swoon" and "Font Swoon"  | Slides |  Slides| Event Page | Blog | Blog 
  
• Published in the CodePoet EBook “WordPress Meet Responsive Design”
  
• Podcast Interview on WP Late Night #22 “I Brought Kittens” with Sara Cannon
  
• Featured on Peppermag “Artist | Sara Cannon”

2011

• Spoke at WordCamp Las Vegas 2011 "UI Design for Themes & Plugins" with Chelsea Otakan | Slides | Event Page | Blog | Blog  
  
• Spoke at Jelly Jelly Cafe Tokyo “Responsive Web Design”  | Slides| Event Page | Blog | Blog.  
  
• Spoke at WordCamp San Francisco 2011 “Responsive Web Design”  | Video | Slides | Event Page | Blog | Blog | Blog.  
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Boston 2011 “Theming and Mobile: Optimizing your WordPress site for various devices”  | Video | Slides | Event Page | Blog | Blog  
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Reno 2011 “Typography on the Web”   | Slides | Event Page | Blog |  Blog
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Phoenix 2011 “CSS Tricks”  | Video | Slides | Event Page | Blog | Blog 
  
• Interview by Pagely “Sara Cannon - WP Heavy Hitter”
  
• Featured on WPTavern “Sara Cannon On Responsive Web Design From WordCamp Boston”

2010

• Spoke at WordCamp NYC 2010 “Typography and Your Theme”  | Slides | Event Page | Blog 
  
• Spoke at IPSA 2010 “Advanced Web Typography”  | Event Page 
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Birmingham 2010 “Beyond the System Font: Advanced Web Typography”  | Slides | Blog | Blog 
  
• Spoke at BarCamp Birmingham 2010 “WordPress Child Themes”  | Blog  
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Savannah 2010 “Customizing WordPress themes / Child Themes”  | Slides | Event Page | Blog | Blog
  
• Spoke at WordCamp Atlanta 2010 “WordPress and Your Brand 2010″   | Slides | Blog
• Designs were honored with a Silver Birmingham Addy Award with Scout Branding
  
• Birmingham News “Scout Branding in Birmingham has won a nationwide reputation”

2009

• Spoke at WordCamp Birmingham 2009 “WordPress and Your Brand”  | Slides | Blog
  
• Spoke at IPSA 2009 “Interactive Branding and Typography Tips”  | Slides 
  
• Spoke at BarCamp Birmingham 2009 “Interactive Type Tips”  | Slides | Event Page
  
• Designs were honored a Gold and Silver Birmingham Addy Awards with Scout Branding

2008

• Started work as a Interaction Designer and Developer at Scout Branding Company 
• Designs were honored with a Silver Birmingham Addy Award with Scout Branding

2006-2007

• Graphic Designer at Wilbanks Elam

2005

• Graduated from Samford University with a BS in Graphic Design

2003

• Summer Internship at Kinetic Communications

Sara Cannon is a Design and Digital Strategy Consultant, UX/UI Designer, Creative Director, & Artist.
Have a project I could help you with? Contact me at sara@saracannon.com.