COMPETENCIES

Strong interpersonal skills and relationship building; innate curiosity to learn and understand; considerable experience in project management; tenacious drive to produce thorough, high-quality work; career experience in design lends itself to natural problem-solving approach.

Strong sense of organizational skills in all things design (research, process and creative). Print & digital media such as product catalogs, brochures, business cards, invitations, banners, posters, packaging design, and website design. Photography, photo editing, retouching, and color correcting. 3D modeling, campaign concepting, storyboard, art direction and video editing. Highly organized with strong project management experience beginning with creative ideation all the way through to production and execution.

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Design Software: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier Pro, Acrobat Reader, Sketchup, Blender

Other: Qualtrics, Daminion, Corel Draw, Magento, Fishbowl, Asana

WORK EXPERIENCE

HUBER ENGINEERED WOODS

10925 David Taylor Drive, Suite 300 | Charlotte, NC | 800.933.9220

November 2019 thru present [CREATIVE SERVICES MANAGER + INNOVATION LIASON]

Description: Provide creative services and support across departments within the organization that fall under ‘Graphic Design Specialist Role below, along with added responsibilities: Design, build, field, and analyze market research. Project management for EXACOR™ products, serve as a liaison of information between MarCom and Innovation to make for more efficient product launches. Front end innovation evaluation, market sizing, and technology vetting.

August 2014 thru October 2019 [GRAPHIC DESIGN SPECIALIST]

Description: Provide creative services and support across departments within the organization. Projects and responsibilities include packaging design, in-house photography and photo retouching, video editing, visual stimuli for research, qualitative research, logo creation, maintaining brand consistency, organizing marketing assets for cataloging and search functions, brochures, posters, installation manuals, banners, flyers, company-wide powerpoint template creation, co-branding efforts with customers, digital banners, updates to company website, and managing printing demands with vendors. 3D asset and visual development to fulfill technical, educational and marketing needs. Video editing, scripting, storyboarding and art direction for video production teams. 3rd party agency/freelance project management.

ROWLEY COMPANY [GRAPHIC DESIGNER]

April 2013 – July 2014

230 Meek Rd. | Gastonia, NC | 800.343.4542

Description: Design annual product catalogs. Provide artwork for trade show booths, business cards, brochures and flyers, along with other miscellaneous projects. Photography, color correcting and editing. Art direction on photoshoots and formatting imagery for web and print purposes.

MEINEKE CAR CARE CENTERS, INC. [ADVERTISING CREATIVE COORDINATOR]

January 2012 – March 2013

128 S. Tryon St., Suite 900 | Charlotte, NC | 704.377.8855

Description: Provide graphic support for 900+ Meineke franchisees across the country. Maintain and design artwork for weekly, monthly and quarterly advertising for our company website, web and print media. Projects widely vary from newspaper ads and vehicle wraps to billboards and point of sale materials like counter cards.

ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS

Huber Engineered Woods Marketing Excellence Award - 2020

Mike Huber Award - 2019 [Bronze, HEW Accessories Triple Bottom Line], 2015 [Gold, ZIP System™ stretch tape]

Employee of the Year - 2010 - LogoNation

Graduated in the top 10% of the 2008 class at Delta State University - May 20O8

Dean‘s List - Spring 2006 and Spring 2007 | President’s List - Fall 2006, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design | Minor in Drawing

Delta State University - August 2004 – May 2008

Hwy 8 | Cleveland, MS | 662.846.3000