Providing creative leadership and consultation services, community arts workshops, and communications and brand storytelling to organizations large and small since 2005.

Managed news and communications campaigns with a core focus on undergraduate recruitment and alumni development. Coordinated top-level website changes and advancements, including the migration of multiple external websites including the Marching 110, School of Music, onboarded into the Drupal CMS. Established the foundational elements for the marketing and promotions of the first ever College of Fine Arts scholarship contests, including three brand-align campaigns built around email marketing, multi-platform social media awareness, college and school website integration, and paid social ads customized for each contest area in Dance, Music, and Art.Streamlined the college-wide support structures making annual recruitment events more impactful. Implemented brand aligned materials and messaging from earliest “save the date” through post-event follow up communications, while working closely as a bridge between the schools and the University admissions team.

Coordinate and oversee production photography covering the staged productions in the School of Theater, managing student photographers, and teaching annual Production Photography course for Theater production and design students.

Create web content, communications products, and press release materials supporting the overall mission of the College of Fine Arts, and the faculty, staff, and students within its four schools (School of Dance, Film, and Theater; School of Art + Design; School of Music; School of Interdisciplinary Arts.)Coordinate and create photographic documentation and visual representations for use in marketing and communications materials, for media releases, and event promotions for the College of Fine Arts and the Tantrum Theater. Editor and lead-writer for robust bi-annual alumni news publications (print and web), each crafted to speak to the program/school speciality (Art + Design, Music, Theater, Dance, Film, Interdisciplinary Arts) within the College of Fine Arts, including upwards of 30+ stories twice a year.Mentor undergraduate and graduate student staff and interns in daily professional practices in higher education and arts marketing and communications.TALKING STUDIO: Producer and host of a discussion-based podcast providing a platform for students to share their creative research, adhering to the notion that "discussions make space."Member of the College of Fine Arts Marketing Advisory Committee

Personal Vision: SeminarAn upper level course exploring individual artistic development, theoretical and historical contexts related to the photographic arts, as well as the art of writing about your own work (artist statements) and the work of others (exhibition responses).Intro to Digital Photography: An introductory course to digital photography beginning with basic digital photography skills, including camera vision, digital practices, and creative photographic problem solving. Intermediate Photography: Secondary level photographic art course focusing on both digital and film camera techniques, digital editing and manipulation skills, darkroom development and printing processes, and digital printing.

Awards2012-15 Graduate Assistantship and Full Tuition Waiver2013 Deans Professional Activity Fund2014 Deans Professional Activity FundInstructor: Advanced Film Photography & View Camera (2014):
Advanced level art course large format photography, studio lighting, and advanced darkroom printing techniques as a means of visual expression while developing skills in the language of lens based images.Instructor: Intro to Digital Photography (2013):
Introductory level art course using digital photography, cameras, and the computer as a means of visual expression while developing skills in the language of lens based images.Teaching Assistant, Image Foundations, Laura Larson (2014):
Foundations level studio art course with an interdisciplinary focus on the imageTeaching Assistant, Moving Image, Colleen Keough (2013):
Advanced level studio art course focused on analog/digital hybrids of video and new media, including sound recoding as art practice, performance for projection, and video as object.Teaching Assistant, Intro to Film Photography, Daniel Williams, (2013):
Introductory level film photography course with a dual purpose of teaching black and white darkroom and traditional color printing practices using the anxiety filling HOPE Color Processor.Teaching Assistant, Foundation: Function, Brian Deiterle (2012):Foundations level studio art course with an interdisciplinary focus on function as mode of thinking, making, and critical inquiry into representation, form, and performance.

Teaching Digital Photography in the classroom and online. Providing verbal feedback through the use of Voice Thread applications, and Blackboard instructional portal.

As a graphic design consultant I provided Alliance Data in-house project support on a variety of internal communication designs, corporate environmental branding art, and event graphics throughout the summer of 2012.

Production Manager of a 5-8 person team producing high quality, in high volume, product photography content for national e-retail clients.

Guide Somali High school students in a work study program through COWIC/JOBLeaders, the Columbus Urban League and Somali Link Newspaper.Teach fundamentals of photography, and graphic design applications within the broad career track of visual design.

Active Board Member of the Film Council Of Greater Columbus, presenting the Columbus International Film & Video Festival. Leading the membership network initiative and providing board support. Graphic design support, and social networking consult for the 56 year old film festival. (www.chrisawards.org) (www.ohfilm.wordpress.com)

Graghic design and creative consultant with various local companies like: DSW, Inc; Bath & Body Works

Design consultant for the following companies: Fahlgren Machine, Fahlgren Advertising, Frame 360, and Attache'.

- Designed core program & collateral publication materials, including workbooks, textbooks, and teacher’s guides for K-7- Supported design team in layout development, illustration edits, and thematic design enhancements- Monitored design schedule, maintained product design accuracy and continuity

Provided marketing direction, created collateral in print/web/broadcast venues, event planning, student internship coordination, community outreach.