resume

Objective

Strengthen your department and help increase sales by applying my communication and creativity skills, as well as my

knowledge of marketing and graphic design. My ability to simplify the complex, develop emotional and compelling design

and branding, and manage multiple projects using various media makes me confident that I will excel in any given role.

Experience

Juiced Creative, Rogers AR  2007-2009
Marketing Director

– Created and managed all marketing for the company.
– Developed the message and positioning, then determined the best medium for distribution.
– Created the company’s look and feel including logo, style guide, and color scheme.
– Created print design, web layout, direct marketing, booth design and organization and sales collateral.
– Wrote copy for advertising, brochures, magazine articles and press releases.
– Performed minor PR functions.

Concept Artist
– Worked with brands such as Unilever, Sunbeam and Bic to create engaging in store marketing vehicles: POP displays.
– Took projects from sketch, to 3-D renderings, to mock-up, to manufacturing.
– Worked intimately with vendors, buyers, Walmart Marketing, structural engineers and both litho and flexo printers.

Photographer

– Planned and executed many fashion shoots for apparel companies such as L’Koral, One Step Up and Freeze.
– Performed many product shoots, for national in-store marketing campaigns,  from shrimp cocktail to leather bags.

Pitsco Inc., Pittsburg KS.  2005-2007

Sr. Designer for Systems Marketing

– Influential with the corporate image, including ad campaigns, catalogs, brochures, environmental booth displays,
interactive flash animations and sales collateral.

Photographer

– Worked with both fast paced action shots on location, i.e. children interacting in the classroom, and staged shots in the studio for national publications and catalogs.

Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO 2004

Art Director of award winning Winged Lion creative arts magazine.

Education

• M.S.S.U., Joplin, MO., Bachelor’s degree in art with an emphasis in graphic communications

• Crowder College, Neosho, MO., Associate degree in Art and Design

Awards Received

• 2 golden Addy awards

• Alpha Chi (National Honors Society) Alumni

• Magna Cum Laude honor

• JAAF performance scholarship

• Two awards, including first place in Missouri Collegiate Media Association contest

Knowledge/skills

• High sensitivity to color, composition and typography.

• A working knowledge of the print process, including 4 color lithography and flexography

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Bridge, and
Strata 3-D and Cinema 4-D.

• Experienced photographing and directing the photography of people, products and action in both studio and on location.

• Ability to illustrate as well as sketch ideas while sitting with client.

• Experienced producing and directing print, web, and interactive design.