Education
Bachelor's Degree / Morehead State University (MSU) / Expected Graduation May 2019
~ Convergent Media major
~ Spanish and visual communication minors (all Spanish courses completed)
~ Dean's list all completed semester's
~ 4.0 GPA
High School Diploma / Ballard High School / May 2015
~ Valedictorian
~ National Merit Scholar
~ Cumulative 4.0 GPA unweighted, 4.5 weighted
~ 35 on ACT
Design Experience
Book Layout Designer / Newman Numismatic Portal / February 2019 - Present
~ Sole designer for a book over 50,000 words containing approximately 200 images
~ Created layout, type treatment, cover, index, etc. - all aspects of design
~ Set to be completed by early May, 2019
Freelance Designer / Assorted Companies / March 2018 - Present
~ Created poster, brochure, and t-shirt for Cave Run Storytelling Festival
~ Designed poster for 2019 MSU dance concert
~ Logo design for Nevertheless Arts Ensemble
~ Designed a brochure for Oxybaric
~ Designed posters, ads, and business cards for customers through 502 Print and Copy
Graphic Design Intern / MSU Communications & Marketing / January - May 2018
~ Designed promotional materials for various events
~ Print and social media graphics
~ Updated posters from previous years to be reused
~ Took business headshots for students at a career fair
Employee / The Print Refinery / June 2017 - Present, during summers
~ Worked with customers and managed sales
~ Restored old and damaged photos
~ Minor design tasks, such as laying out collages
~ Designed spin-off website
Creative Director / High School FBLA Chapter / Fall 2013 - Spring 2015
~ Designed all posters advertising meetings and fundraisers
~ Organized, advertised, and ran the first school wide talent show; raised over $1,000
~ 1st place in regional FBLA name tag design
Other Experience
Video Producer / Newman Numismatic Portal (NNP) / December 2018 - Present
~ Creating a series of six videos on coin-related topics
~ Received over 2,000 views on the first video through the NNP website
~ All completed videos are available on my YouTube channel as well as the NNP website
Journalist / CoinWeek / November 2018 - Present
~ Write articles approximately every 1-2 weeks
~ Choose topics and research independently
~ Received over 800 Facebook likes on most popular article (as of March 2019)
Awards
~ Invited participant in RAW Louisville show in July 2018
~ First place in Graphic Design/Digital art at the 2017 MSU Student Art Exhibition at
Mt. Sterling for "Candy Apple"
~ Third place in the 2018 Morehead Film Challenge for "</TH3 H4T>"
~ First place in the 2019 RoundtableTV video contest for Ancient Coins 101
Skills
~ Adobe Certified in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign CC
~ Proficient in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CC
~ Layout and design for both print and web
~ Digital photography/DSLR cameras
~ Video production and editing
~ Copywriting and fiction writing
~ Grammar and proofreading
~ Conversational Spanish
Art & Design Courses
~ Digital Foundations
~ 2D Design and Color Foundations
~ Websites I
~ Graphic Design I
~ Graphic Design II
~ Graphic Design III
~ Computer Art
~ Motion Graphics (in progress)
~ Advanced Study in Digital Art, focused on drawing (in progress)