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Experience

University of Memphis Art Department
Memphis Tennessee · Graduate Student Teacher
September 2005–December 2006
  • Teach undergraduate Typography I course each semester
  • Design innovative curriculum to align with design principals taught in Typography II class
University of Memphis Center for Multimedia Arts
Memphis Tennessee · Design Research Assistant
January 2005–December 2006
  • Conduct research for interdisciplinary group of professors
  • Design print and multimedia based material in support of major projects
  • Coordinate tasks with a variety of students, professors and researchers
Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company Inc
Norfolk Virginia · Multimedia Technical Designer
January 2003–October 2004
  • Designed interactive layouts for CD-ROM alumni directories
  • Utilized Adobe Software, HTML and JavaScript in designing text and graphics
  • Digitized audio and video material for CD-ROMs
  • Responsible for communicating directly with clients throughout design process
  • Required to multitask over several projects at once from initial concept through final completion
  • Selected to design web site for Legacy Editions, an historical projects division of Harris
  • Received Graphic Design USA Award for Bucknell University interactive CD-ROM
  • Partial list of alumni and member directories include: Stanford University, Tufts University, Naval Postgraduate School, Theta Xi Fraternity, Kansas State University and St. Norbert College

Directory Designer
July 2001–January 2003

  • Created dynamic book layouts for alumni directories including: covers, endsheets, 10–25 pages of editorial material, and CD-ROM jewel case inserts
  • Worked directly with clients to establish a design style suited to their image
  • Acknowledged for logo design and naming of Reconnect, a proprietary company database system
  • Partial list of alumni and member directories include: Marine Corps League, Indiana University, Southern Illinois University, Emory University and Chicago-Kent College of Law

Illini Union Communications Department
Urbana Illinois · Student Graphic Designer
January 2000–May 2001

  • Designed posters, ads, and print collateral for the Illini Union and Illini Union Bookstore
  • Created comprehensive artwork designs for client approval and carried ideas through to final output
  • Worked within a team of student designers to formulate conceptual and visual material

Lind-Waldock & Company LLC
Chicago Illinois · Intern
Summer Internship 2000 · Winter Internship 2001

  • Improved layout of Contract Specifications, a market analysis distributed quarterly to investors
  • Assisted in design of advertisements published in the Wall Street Journal and Investor’s Business Daily
  • Designed new logo for Short-Term Traders Program, a division of Lind-Waldock
  • Created promotional brochures and company related materials

Krasl Art Museum
St Joseph Michigan · Intern
Summer Internship 1999

  • Researched artists scheduled to exhibit work throughout the year
  • Designed and wrote material needed for annual art exhibit brochure
  • Assisted Director of Education throughout classrooms and with preparation of exhibits
Education

University of Memphis
  • College of Communication and Fine Art
    Masters of Fine Arts · Graphic Design
    December 2006
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • College of Fine and Applied Arts
    Bachelor of Fine Arts · Graphic Design
    May 2001