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Resume

EDUCATION

B.A. in Graphic Communication 2021
Bluefield College, Bluefield, VA
Summa cum laude, Honors, GPA 3.96

KNOWLEDGE

Skills

  • Photography 
  • Layout design  
  • Logo design
  • Web Design
  • Writing
  • Video editing 
  • Digital Illustration
  • Social Media
  • Drawing
  • Painting

Software

  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop 
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Figma
  • Microsoft Office
  • WordPress
  • Procreate for iPad
  • Hootsuite

Strengths

  • Creative ideas 
  • Teamwork
  • Independant work

EXPERIENCE

Web Coordinator and Design Co-Lead
The Rampage – 4 years, 2017-2021

Faculty Supervisor: Chris Shoemaker

Roles:

Editor: Scheduled articles and posts written by students for online publication. Coordinated articles, photography, graphic arts, and social media posts for digital and print editions. Prepared and managed content for digital publishing. 

Graphic Designer: Collaboratively designed digital and print versions of The Rampage magazine, including layout and photos/graphic arts. Co-developed branding and guidelines for the digital magazine. Created graphics, art, and photos. Coordinated with web programmer(s) to implement new functions/features and improvements to the user interface for both subscribers and contributors. Maintained student user accounts and provided help desk support for website. 

Writer: Researched and wrote articles about news, events, and leaders on campus.

Major Achievements:

  • Re-designed InDesign template to streamline newspaper editing and layout process
  • Pivotal contributor to modernizing The Rampage from print to digital–increased student involvement
  • Co-designed new modern print format, branding and design guidelines–boosted student readership
  • Advocated and implemented process/web tools to broaden student contributor base and content

Internships

Bluefield College Public Relations Office – 3 Months

Supervisor: Lindsey Akers

Photographer/Designer: Photographed Bluefield College events, including Homecoming 2019. Designed advertising and marketing materials.

The Bluestone Review – 3 Months

Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Robert Merritt 

Layout Designer: Designed layout and graphics for annual literary journal highlighting local Bluefield community artistic and literary works.

Freelance Design 

  • Pray Fierce: Designed branding, promotional materials, and social media graphics for Pray Fierce conference. 
  • Vicki Tillman Counseling: Created a series of hand drawn coloring pages.
  • Encouraging Moms at Home: Managed Facebook posts, created hand drawn coloring pages, managed Pinterest boards, and created graphics.
  • Rindina: Designed emotes for use on Twitch and Discord.

Awards

  • 21st Shott Excellence in Media Award
  • 2021 Outstanding Graduate: Graphic Communication
  • Rampage Editor’s Scholar

References

  • Dr. Cynthia Bascom 276.326.4225
  • Allen Roberts 276.326.4622
  • Vicki Tillman 302.738.6859
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