Resume

• 1999

  MA

  Communication

• 1987

  BBA

  Business

  Digital Summit

  How Design Live 2016

  How Design Live 2018

  How Design Live 2015

  Digital Summit 2018

  HubSpot

  Inbound

  Email Marketing

  HubSpot

• Help promote activities at the school as well as manage fundraising events. Maintain school website. Solicit donations from local businesses for fundraisers.

  St. Patrick Catholic School

  Den Leader

  District Committee Member

  Pack Committee Member

  I have served as a den leader for the past four years

  organizing activities for the boys in my group and teaching them the tenets of scouting. My position allows me to teach boys to become good citizens as well as allowing them the opportunity to have fun while learning.\n\nI also have served for the past year as a district committee member to help improve the scouting program in my area.

  Boy Scouts of America

  Graphic Design

  Advertising

  Facebook

  InDesign

  Social Media Marketing

  Adobe Acrobat

  Newspapers

  Newsletters

  Brochures

  Public Relations

  Press Releases

  Editing

  Photoshop

  Direct Mail

  Social Media

  Newspaper

  Photography

  Adobe Creative Suite

  Marketing

  Illustrator

  Gage

  Jennifer

  Gage

  Diboll Free Press

  Motorhomes of Texas

  The Lufkin Daily News

  Publications Development

  Stephen F. Austin State University

  Self-Employed

  Lufkin

  Texas

  Maintain and advance the advertiser's identity through original and creative design concepts for print and web advertisements for the newspaper

  Business Link and Charm magazine.\n\nCreate original layouts and designs for newspaper special sections.\n\nSuccessfully manage and coordinate graphic design projects from concept through completion.\n\nReview and fact-check layouts for typographical and art errors and ensure consistency.\n\nWrite headlines

  short article previews and photo captions.\n\nProvide a final check on advertisements and pages prior to publication to ensure that the various elements create the desired effect.\n\nProduced inhouse marketing materials and web graphics to promotion the newspaper's products and identity.\n\nBuild strategic relationships with both internal and external clients.\n\nEnsure that all publication deadlines are met for projects I was assigned.

  Advertising Graphic Designer

  The Lufkin Daily News

  Nacogdoches

  Texas

  Develop

  maintain and advance the company's identity through original and creative design concepts

  across a variety of media platforms

  including print

  social and electronic media. \n\nUtilize strategic branding to engage customers and improve revenue growth. Utilize internal and external design to develop strategic business marketing and communication plans.\n\nMaintain Facebook

  Twitter

  Google+ social media accounts. Ensure appropriate messaging is executed online to support brand awareness and generate leads. Monitor brand-related online conversations. Monitor the social media performance.\n\nSuccessfully manage graphic design projects from concept through completion and meet deadlines. Review and fact-check layouts for typographical and art errors and ensure that the various elements create the desired effect.\n\nPlan the layout of each issue of the Owners Club Magazine which includes the selection of the stories and photos.\n\nCreate brand style guides.\n\nCreate copy

  theme and graphics for marketing collateral.\n\nBuild strategic relationships with clients and vendors.

  Marketing Specialist

  Motorhomes of Texas

  Lufkin

  Develop

  maintain and advance the client's identity through original and creative design concepts

  across a variety of platforms.\n\nReviewed and fact-checked layouts for typographical and art errors and ensure consistency.\n\nProjects include web content and design

  training manuals

  banners

  catalogs

  newsletters

  advertisements

  brochures

  logos

  stationery

  billboards and booklets according to client’s needs.

  Graphic Designer

  Self-Employed

  Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Photography Lab. \n\nTeach students how to use single-lens reflex cameras

  digital cameras

  scanners

  develop film

  make prints and mount photographs.

  Stephen F. Austin State University

  Staff Assistant

  Edit

  write

  type and proofread manuscripts using AP style. \n\nScan

  adjust and crop photographs. \n\nMaintain

  collect and count money from newspaper racks. \n\nPerform other duties as assigned.

  Diboll Free Press

  Adjunct Lecturer

  Teach students how to use Adobe InDesign

  Photoshop and Illustrator.\n\nTeach students basic design principles

  basic typography principles and design trends of contemporary media.

  Stephen F. Austin State University

  Publications Development

  Crockett

  Texas

  Responsible for the production (editorial

  quality control and design functions) of books for various publishers. \n\nManage all stages of the book production process. \n\nPrepare manuscripts for editing

  word processing

  proofreading and composition. \n\nProofread manuscripts and quality check page proofs.

  Project Manager

  member

  AIGA