ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE: primarily Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Limited experience with After Effects/motion graphics.

MICROSOFT 365 APPLICATIONS: primarily: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Clip Champ. Limited Experience with: Microsoft Excel.

CREATING DIGITAL/PRINT ADVERTISEMENT:

Magazine advertisements (full, quarter, ½), flyers, signage (posters, banners, labels, etc.), museum/exhibition panels, digital and printed billboard ads, presentations, branding/stationery design (logos, postcards, business cards, envelopes, etc.), fillable forms, stickers and t-shirt designs, social media advertisements (Facebook, Instagram, etc.), and TV graphic elements (lower thirds, openers, and violators).  

SOCIAL MEDIA & EMAIL MANAGEMENT:

Create social media ads and videos, schedule and make posts. Make email newsletters and send email blasts through MAILCHIMP.

DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT:

Experience with using BRIGHT SIGN to put advertisements on monitors. I have managed media playlists on INTERCARD INC. Kiosks as well as TV media playlists through BRIGHT AUTHOR and BRUNSWICK CLOUD.

Manage and update digital billboards (through FORMETCO and THINK SIGN).

WEBSITE MANAGEMENT:

Design, manage, and update websites that use SQUARESPACE and WIX.

Limited experience with HTML and CSS.

PRINTING: Can make prints using large format printers (36 - 48” Wide – Example: Canon ImagePROGRAF GP-300)

ARCHIVAL WORK: My Past Perfect data input/entry, accessions, museum inventory management, and identification.

COORDINATE & SCHEDULE EXHIBITIONS: Contact artists and schedule exhibitions and installations.

Currently working at the GADSDEN MUSEUM OF ART (owned by the City of Gadsden) in Gadsden, AL (January 13, 2023 – Now):

Full-time Gallery Coordinator (& Graphic Designer) | January 2023 – October 5, 2023

Full-time Graphic Artist / Project Designer | October 5, 2023 – Now

BIG TIME ENTERTAINMENT in Oxford, AL:

Part-time Graphic Designer | August 2021 – January 6, 2023

CATO FASHIONS:

Sales Clerk | April 2021 – July 2021

TV Station (WEAC TV24):

Part-time Graphic Designer | June 2018 – August 2020

FILM PROJECTS:

I have been involved in the production of a documentary (Woven Together:  The Story of Alabama’s Poarch Creek Indians – 2022)

I have also been involved in the production of an Emmy Award-winning documentary (The Fire in Anniston: A Freedom Riders Story – 2021)

Oxford High School, Oxford, AL

Diploma

Graduated May 24, 2018

Jacksonville State University, AL

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Graphic Design concentration)

Graduated December 16, 2022

Summa Cum Laude: Graduated with Summa Cum Laude at JSU (2022).

GLITCH: I was awarded "Best of Advertising" in the GLITCH 2021 Competition for my ad campaign design for GLAD Press N' Seal (2021).

Skills USA: Placed 3rd in the State Ad Design Competition (2016 – 2017) | 3rd in the State T-Shirt Design Contest (2017 – 2018).

I own my Graphic Design business, Love Pure Design, LLC (March 7, 2023 - Now)

Instruct graphic design interns on projects like creating panels, vinyl signage, and social media post designs, etc. (GMA 2023 - Now)

Instructing interns and volunteers on data entry and other archive tasks (GMA 2023 - Now)

I have participated as a panel judge in the ASCA (Alabama State Council on the Arts) Visual Arts Panel (March 2023). I had to determine which artist would be recommended for the fellowship out of an extensive list of applicants. Discussions had to be made with the other panelists to determine the grant winners.