Professional Experience
A Graphic Designer with eight years of experience in designing visual branding, advertising, print design, and production. My expertise is in visual branding for non-profits, and new businesses. Highly communicative with clients to help broadcast their message through their visuals, and reach their desired outcomes.
Expertise
Graphic Designer
8 Years
Production (print)
2 Years
Illustrator
15 Years
Specialty
Arts & Humanities
8 Years
Family, Children & Teenagers
4 Years
Industries
Marketing (firm) - Small to mid-sized corp. cl
1 Year
Nonprofit
4 Years
Publishing (non-book) - all
2 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
8 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
City of Springfield Chamber of Commerce (3-5), Hand Jam Soaps (10+), Fireside Candle Company (6-10), Rainforest Delights (3-5), BYOPizza (10+), The Aviary (10+), I Love Tacos Taqueria (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Westward Alliance (6-10), Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks (10+), Think Big Foundation (10+)
Other Work History
Lead Graphic Designer for Think Big Foundation.
Graphic Design Assistant at The Lamp Stand.
Lead Graphic Designer at Jordan Essentials.
Lead Graphic Designer and Print Producer at Tri-L Manufacturing and Win Publishing.
Technical Skills
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, BaseCamp, print production.
Unions
Freelancer's Union, and The Graphic Artists Guild.
Computer Skills
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Lightwave, Maya, ToonBoom, and Natron.
Equipment
Wacom Cintiq tablet and Adobe Creative Cloud.
References
Available upon request.
Awards
Drury Rising Star Award in Animation (2018)
Associations
Recipient of Drury University's "Rising Star Award" for my animation work.