Chris Lykins Email & Phone Number

Chattanooga, TN, US

Chattanooga, TN, US

Chattanooga, TN, US

Chattanooga, TN, US

Instructor, Graphic Arts Technology

Chattanooga, TN, US

I teach principles of design and principles of illustration

Chattanooga, Tennessee, US

I spent four years working in a small stationery store in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Nearly every day someone would stop in and say, "Ooohhh...writing notes is such a lost art!"It irked me.Writing notes is not a lost art. We write every day! It's true that today's correspondence happens most often over email or social media, but we do write every day. The.

• I have had the opportunity through my contact to work with many different clients on varying projects from simple party invitations to branding projects.
• Worked with Cessna Decosimo on party invitation.
• Created logo and social media images for Lonna Harris
• Created "So You Think You're a Rock/Star" campaign for Rock/Creek customer appreciation in 2011–it's currently in use.
• Worked with Gallery 1401 to create new branding
• Work with Nancy Prebul to help layout children's books, create her portfolio website, and begin social media as an artist/writer.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• I work for RootsRated, a Chattanooga startup, to write content for 2 North Shore and Grassroots Outdoor Alliance. In addition to writing for the blogs, I also manage the social media associated with both brands.
• Content writer for 2 North Shore and Grassroots Outdoor Alliance blogs
• Social Media Manager for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for both 2 North Shore and Grassroots
• Manage Wordpress for 2 North Shore and Grassroots adding appropriate plug-ins and managing relevant content in addition to producing content
• Created spreadsheets documenting websites, blogs and every social channel for 100+ Retail Members and Vendor Partners

• Shadowbox is a stationery company that specializes in customized stationery for personal correspondence, weddings, birth announcements, parties invitations, etc.
• Manage day-to-day operations in store
• Design stationery for weddings, parties, birth announcements, business correspondence, personal correspondence

Continuing my role from Enzo's Market, I was brought back into Grocery Bar to manage the new store's social channels (Facebook, twitter, Instagram, Google+)

• Designed in-store signage: aisle markers, name tags, sale signs, menus, chalkboard menu, shelf signage and promos, table tents, napkin holders, etc.
• Designed multiple ads for local print papers and magazines.
• Created Instagram channel, Foursquare channel, Google+, Pinterest.
• Managed all social channels from May 2013–May 2014. Worked w/store management to turn social channels over to in-store staff January 2014.

• We were approached in 2011 as a result of my business partnership with Mark McKnight whose reputation for marketing and PR is second to none in the Chattanooga area. We were asked to help the Chattanooga Bicycle Club.
• Managed all social media beginning in October of each year leading up to event in May of the year.
• Created all email communications to registered riders and potential registrants.
• Created brochure for possible sponsors
• Designed billboards for Highway 153.
• Wrote 15- and 30-second radio commercials.

I worked part-time while working on my degree in Graphic Design. Every designer should work in a pre-production position. This job has allowed me to see how and why every file that will be printed must be prepared.

St. John's Restaurant is the premier fine dining restaurant in Chattanooga. Its chef/owner has three times been nominated for a James Beard Award--the award of distinction in the culinary world. The restaurant's reputation is based on the selection of foods, the preparation of foods, and the knowledge of the serving staff. The serving staff is responsible.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Graphic Design

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Secondary Education And Teaching

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English/Pre-Law