Creativity applied thoughtfully to deliver joy and drive change.

A podcast about iconic design and popular culture. Visit https://www.twodesignerswalkintoabar.com/ for the whole story (and lots of other stories).

This class covered, through presentations and discussions, aspects of graphic design applications including adjacent skills that include research methodology, design process, and presentation techniques.

Providing marketing strategy and messaging advice for the leading nonprofit organization in the Triad providing animal resource information, humane education, low cost spay/neuter assistance, and promotion of responsible pet care.

Advisor to a vibrant board committed to celebrating the great work and creative people in and around Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point, North Carolina.

Artist-run co-op gallery in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem since 1984.

Part of a group of faculty members, alumni, professionals and fine artists asked to advise on the content and scope of the visual arts programs in the David R. Hayworth School of Arts and Design at High Point University.

Worked as part of a small advisory team to help develop STEAM curriculum-centered summer camp for area children.

Creative Farm was created for people who want to make their dreams a reality but don’t have the need (or the deep pockets) to hire an agency. We provide professional design help without the headaches of finding talent, managing a freelancer and wondering if your project will get done, all for a flat monthly rate. Really.

LOFT provides comprehensive support and optimization services for digital products. What property management does for real estate, LOFT does for SaaS, web and mobile applications.Learn more here: http://poweredbyloft.com/

Leadership Winston-Salem’s Flagship Program is designed to ignite community leaders with a mission of educating, connecting and energizing leaders to serve and improve the community. The program challenges participants to increase their personal and collective capacity to transform the community through civic engagement, servant leadership and building social capital.

After years of collaborative partnership, Fifth Letter has officially integrated with Honestly. Stay tuned for what comes next.

Manage your business. Don't let it manage you.Smpl. was a service built to enhance the professionalism of freelancers and small graphic design shops. We provided quality tools such as proposal templates, service agreements and project checklists in plain English that you could use yourself and present to a client or fellow employee with confidence.

I was part of a group of faculty members and administrators, professionals and fine artists asked to advise on the content and scope of the visual arts programs at High Point University.

Mentored four teams in areas including presentation skills, idea articulation/refinement and provided general business model feedback. Also assisted with data gathering/social proof for one of the teams.Have also participated in Startup Weekend in Raleigh as part of multi-disciplinary team.

For $29 per month, Social Sidekick gives you the ability to interact with your social media accounts through the ease and simplicity of email, giving you the flexibility to reach current and prospective customers in a fraction of the time.

Part of a vibrant board committed to celebrating the great work and creative people in and around Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point, North Carolina.

NiftyNotes allows users to easily create cost-effective and beautiful print-on-demand birth and adoption announcements, using the web, without the need for graphic design or technical knowledge.

Worked with a multi-disciplinary team of regional designers to bring thought leaders to our area who shared their visionary thinking with our local design community through a series of lectures and workshops.

Instructor for 300 level business class teaching students basic fundamental layout, illustration, and image editing applications on the Macintosh platform using Adobe Creative Suite. We also touch upon professional options for students from a technical or business background being on project teams with graphic designers.

Responsibilities at Mitre Agency (then Mitre Design) included managing many different client projects of varying size, scope, and medium. Clients included the categories of building products, apparel and textiles, finance, food and restaurants, conference facilities, higher education, technology consultation, and nonprofits. Projects included logo and identity development, website design, business-to-business and business-to-consumer materials, environmental graphics and signage, annual reports, advertising, and posters.

Instructor for 200 level art class teaching students to use layout, illustration, and image editing applications on the Macintosh platform. We also covered professional options for graphic designers and toured studios, a service bureau, and a commercial printer.

Responsibilities at Henderson Tyner Art Company included managing many different client projects of varying size, scope, and medium. Clients included the categories of apparel and textiles, finance, technology, arts organizations, and nonprofits.

Instructor for 200 level art class teaching students to use layout, illustration, and image editing applications on the Macintosh platform. We also covered professional options for graphic designers and toured studios, a service bureau, and a commercial printer.

Provided internal design support for a variety of departments within GlaxoWellcome. Work ranged from posters created for a food drive to brochures for technological awareness, a large-scale, dimensional mural for a new sales force resource center, a multi-faceted display for employee recognition, and on-site materials for a celebrity-laden drug launch event.

Responsibilities included the design of several seasonal catalogs, special inserts, and covers, including photographic art direction for product and fashion photography as well as cover concepts. Also went on press checks for catalogs at Quad/Graphics, a prominent web-offset printer in the Midwest. Worked with and helped manage support staff of two other designers and a copywriter.

Responsibilities included the design of product logos, packaging, instructions, and technical drawings, as well as supporting the bicycle catalog art director to execute seasonal catalogs, special inserts, and covers as well as the occasional catalog photo shoot. We also worked with the retail store planners and merchandisers to help with in-store graphics and product presentation, including an audit of all private-label packaging to create a uniform appearance for all products.