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St Louis, Missouri, United States

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Contributor to local online publication The Arts STL (www.theartsstl.com); photographed local and national touring artists at venues varying in capacity from 50 to 20,000!

• Established a steady flow of freelance projects over the years, including a two year contract as a full-time designer, photographer and videographer for Columbia College’s Public Relations department.
• Manage all business operations, from networking to accounting.
• Pursued paid passion projects like live music and event photography, editorial photo essays, content creation, custom illustrations and promotional materials for various artists.
• Active contributor to The Arts STL, where I photograph local and touring acts and write music reviews.

Rocheport, Missouri, United States

• Maintained and directed the Missouri Life brand across all platforms.
• Actively involved in every stage of developing the magazine, as well as digital experiences, events, custom publications and various promotions.
• Recruited and oversaw freelance creative talent and vendors. This included managing the art budget, deadlines, proofing, printing and invoicing.
• Implemented creative solutions during the navigation of COVID-19 when issue budget didn't allow for hiring outside creatives. This included traveling to photograph subjects and designing majority of the magazine.
• Accepted a Design Intern from the University of Missouri’s Journalism School, where I fostered an environment for growth and supervised our teams' workload.

Columbia, Missouri

• Led and executed photoshoots in collaboration with the Director of Marketing to eliminate the use of stock photography and enhance the brand experience across all platforms.
• Developed marketing strategies, ran social media, wrote copy and completed print and digital design projects to support dining hall needs across more than 30 campuses.
• Managed and grew corporate social accounts' organic engagement rate by 67.5% during the navigation of COVID-19.
• Worked with leadership to restaff the department. This included recruitment, interviewing and creating a design test for candidates to complete as part of the hiring process.

Columbia, Missouri

Columbia, MO

• Worked with local businesses and individuals to create design and print solutions.
• Prepared client provided files for production.
• Completed digital print jobs and wrote PostScript files for 4 color press printing.
• Experience with color matching and quality assurance.

• Completed design projects that were assigned from beginning to end, including proofing and production.
• Photographed events as assigned and assisted on faculty and staff headshots photoshoots.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Graphic Design With A Minor In Photography

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Photography