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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
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