Cody Torkelson Email & Phone Number

Virginia, United States

Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Contract Support Services (CSS)• Interviews customers to determine project scope, concept, and requirements.• Designs and produces technical illustrations and graphic artwork for banners, brochures, posters, exhibits, displays, and logos. Communicate policy changes, events, internal communications, recognition programs, holidays, history months.• Edits and formats government reports, ranging from 10 to 100 pages in length, following a strict style guide, ensuring quality, accuracy, and compliance with 508 standards and guidelines.• Use the following software programs to perform job functions: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Microsoft Office Suite.

Fort Meade, Md.

• Trained newly enlisted service members in the fundamentals, theories, and practice of photography.• Created presentations for students using original graphics and photography to clarify concepts of photography.• Designed and printed instructional posters, visual teaching aids, and booklets, to support coursework.• Developed a visual style guide used in 8 displays and digital communications.• Used the following software programs to perform job functions: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Microsoft Office Suite.

Fort Myer, Va

• Photographed 350+ high visibility military ceremonies, funerals, and military training exercises nationwide and in the Washington D.C. metro area. Photographs were published weekly in the DoD Pentagram print and e-Edition. Photography was also uploaded to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) for distribution to media. • Worked directly with the leadership of offices to coordinate visual information requests. This included establishing an understanding of the initial concept, coordinating efforts to photograph the appropriate people, places, and/or events, editing photographs (touch-ups, color correction, cropping) for print and digital use on social media, blogs, and websites.• Produced visual products for distribution on social media accounts, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google+, and Flickr. Included taking photographs, editing existing photographs, applying graphics and text to photographs, cropping for the appropriate social media outlet, and adding captions and tags.• Collaborated with public affairs professionals to design visual content for the social media strategy. This included providing ideas for photo series and visual posts, capturing the necessary photographs, and editing photos for final use.• For example, the photo-series on the Arlington National Cemetery included 5 professional photographs, captions, and tags. The photographic content was captured during a single visit, then edited with a one-day turnaround.• Responsible for printing command photos, promo materials (pamphlets, business cards), and large print photos for display around the base.• Used the following software programs to create to perform job functions: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Lightroom, and Microsoft Office Suite.

Fort Bragg, Nc

• Deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as part of a 5-person audio/visual information team that provided marketing, photography, audio, and videography support to strategic psychological operations (PSYOP).• Collaborated with deployed teams to design effective products for their communication strategy based on their research and analysis of a target audience. Examples of final products included health advisories and wanted posters.• Designed and responsible for printing leaflets that were distributed in south-east Afghanistan over 10,000 times.• Worked with linguists on 1,000+ complex multimedia communications projects requiring graphics and audio translated from English to Pashto, Dari, and Arabic.• Used the following software programs to create to perform job functions: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Lightroom, and Microsoft Office Suite.

Associate'S Degree, Communication And Media Studies

U.S. Army Advanced Individual Training, Basic Still Photography & Video Production

This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties required for visual information production assignments.