Worked as a Content Strategist Intern at Lift Division in Columbia, MO. Lift Division works with digital branding and strategy as well as inbound marketing. My role was to design and wireframe websites, create infographics for clients, design business cards, compose content and create websites with that content for those clients. Within this internship, my infographics and wireframes have been published on the websites of a handful of our many clients. I also work with client relations, taking any questions, comments or concerns and redirecting them to the appropriate person.

I was hired by University of Missouri staff as a Graphic Designer for the Reynolds Journalism Institute Competition at the University of Missouri, Columbia. In this position, I took on the mockup and design of an application proposed by a group of engineers and web developers. The result was a mock-up of an Artificial Intelligence software that can help journalists determine trends in news and develop stories based off of survey results. Mobile mock-up of various screens (6) and a website mock-up of the back end/admin section of the application (6) were created. These graphics were used for a presentation to the board in hopes to win a position in the next round of the competition in New York City.

I was hired as a Freelance Graphic Designer for Royal Collections, Co. For this, I was asked to create and design a fully functioning e-commerce website and complete a brand overhaul with a new brand identity. In addition, this new brand identity carried over to designing mail-outs such as poly mailer packaging, stamps, thank you cards, business cards and designs implemented on the actual products being sold.

Summer Intern for the International Brands Department at Atrevia, Spain’s #1 Global Communications Consultancy. In this position I worked to develop marketing and communications programs for international companies to maintain brand reputation in Spain. The client I worked most closely with was California Walnuts. Spain is a prominent consumer of walnuts and therefore this company wanted to guarantee their competitive positioning through PR events, advertising and marketing. I worked to build presentations for California Walnuts that contained Atrevia’s proposals/future actions and explanations as to how these actions would benefit California Walnuts’ position in their market. Additionally, I determined impact through exposure on various platforms such as social media mentions, online coverage, printed media and attendance/interaction with the event or campaign. I also worked to research and hire the most effective and reasonable influencers to boost awareness of our brand. I selected these influencers by understanding their reach in comparison with their expected fees. In addition, I compiled and sent monthly press releases to our clients to inform them on news that may impact their positioning in Spain. In addition to this release, I compiled a full price analysis of competition and market trends in order for the client to understand fluctuations and positioning of their brand each month. I was also given the ability to be an active member in a global company, which taught me the importance of international relations in business.

Marketing and Business Development Intern at the global engineering firm, Arup. As an intern, I worked to package proposals for future business endeavors (i.e. engineering projects), construct resumes to build strong resume packets for potential jobs, communicate with team members and engineers to win bids and create media pieces to advertise completed firm works. Within the proposals were project sheets created using Adobe Design software that highlighted jobs completed by Arup as well as resume packages. These were two main aspects of the proposal process, as well as compelling and professional write-ups selling Arup’s potential contribution to a job’s success. I was pressured to meet deadlines, research firm successes and potential new opportunities and communicate with all Arup staff both in the Los Angeles office as well as on a global scale. Creativity was a key in both an aesthetic sense and linguistically. In order to win jobs, it was necessary to build relationships with a client, understand the firm’s strengths, and put all of that work into creating suitable proposals. Project sheet creation involved getting rights to the most aesthetically pleasing imagery as well as wording the description so to do justice to the engineering effort put forth. Thereafter, the team would work to win awards on completed projects. I worked hard at writing three award submittals and succeeded in winning Arup all three. I also wrote journalistic pieces on past and on-going projects – all of which were published in our global newsletter. The professional working environment allowed for a look into the industry I am pursuing a career in and presented me with the skills to succeed in doing so. I was also given the ability to be an active member in a global company, which taught me the importance of international relations in business.