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I am an illustrator and designer with a ton of experience working with unique client teams to help nail a vision. My work has been instrumental in winning bids for partnership and effectively garnering customer and employee engagement. I am brought on again and again for additional work for my clients. I can easily work in step with your pre-existing design plans or you can set me running and I'll bring you back a host of unique paths to select.
I also am a freelance videographer and video editor with extensive experience working in both Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere.
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experience
Freelance Illustration, Design, and Video
2009 - present
I work independently to create layouts, logos, illustrations and presentation graphics. Most recent ongoing work is with Lowe’s Companies, Inc. and Singularity University. Clients have included Harpo Productions, Harper Collins, Protocol Labs, Uncommon Partners and Case Western University Alumni Association.
I've recently revisited working in video production. Extensive skill and experience in cinematography and editing with both Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro. Recent projects include advertisements for social media and music videos.
Production Designer
TELUS International
Nov 2021 - Jun 2023
Worked at Apple via TELUS to create regionally localized images to publish on their Knowledge Base/ Support websites and internal training modules.
Consistently exceeded monthly goals for high-volume production assignments.
Daily use of Adobe Photoshop to edit and export completed image sets and animated gifs for global publishing.
Daily use of the latest Apple devices, OS, and additional software in order to configure images properly for capture and completion of work.
Created documentation and guides for team members for quick-start usage of capture devices and job components.
Trained new production hires and provided ongoing assistance to team members.
Quality Assurance: Reviewed customer and employee feedback for various parts of the Apple website, identified problems to fix, and fixed them. Also reviewed my own work post-publishing to make sure all final images were uploaded correctly and requested escalations as needed.
Refinement of technique and workflow in both Apple OS and Adobe Photoshop in order to more effectively address related future projects.
Graphic Designer
SmartTouch Interactive
Dec 2018 - Apr 2019
I created custom emails, social media ads (including video, gif, single image posts), banner ads (animated and still), and layouts for this marketing company and their real estate and home services clientele.
Production Artist/ Administrative
Sunset Canyon Pottery
Oct 2015 - May 2017
Hours scheduled to offset solo freelance work - various stages of ceramics production, customer service, updating and maintaining website and social media, order fulfillment and shipping.
Project Manager/ Creative Director
CGI Communications
2007 - 2009
Began as a commercial scriptwriter and then was promoted to special projects writer for CEO. Cowrote a business plan and presentation materials for start-up movie and television production company. Strength of plan drew necessary funding and ownership agreement. Was then promoted and worked on project development; also designed promotional materials and presentation graphics.
Skills
ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE & CLOUD
ADOBE XD
FIGMA
SKETCH
CANVA
FINAL CUT PRO
POWERPOINT
KEYNOTE
PROCREATE
MAC OS &
WINDOWS COMPATIBLE
Education
MFA in Non-Toxic Printing and New Forms
Rochester Institute of Technology
I enrolled in order to explore new methods of printmaking so that I could expand my overall body of work. While there I developed art pieces that dealt with expectation vs. actuality. My thesis included several intaglio-type large scale prints and imagomachines, my name for the kinetic sculptures I was making.
BFA in Film Art
Syracuse University
I explored narrative via filmmaking using mostly film and analog editing processes. The work very significantly influenced the way I tell stories with comics and also helped me to secure a scriptwriting position that I built into a Creative Director position.