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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Logo design and brand development, including signage, stationery, brochure and website design to support branding guidelines.Music CD label design and layout for artists with a wide variety of music styles.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

In-house designer and printshop specialist responsible for visual concept development, design and production of print and campaign communications. Maintain branding across all departments. Design work includes signage from banners to vehicle wraps, logos, t-shirts and apparel, brochures, magazines, annual reports, stage design, billboards, web graphics and social media collateral. Great relationship with vendors.

Managed communications, social media, marketing and print collateral. Supervised and directed video, web, social media and graphic design team. Provided training and team building opportunities for team members.

Designed newspaper page layouts and illustrations for editorial content. Collaborated with art director, reporters and editors to create charts, maps and infographics on a tight schedule and at times for breaking news. Wrote headlines and copy related to designs. Created and designed ads for internal/community promotions. Design work also included web graphics, logos, branding, layouts for special print sections and photo editing.

Designed company logo, CD cover design and assisted in first website design and layout.

On-demand digital printing, designing logos, business cards, brochures, letterheads, flyers and resumes, photo retouching and large format printing. Position also consisted of troubleshooting computer problems, customer service and file management.

Bfa, Graphic Design

Magna cum laude

Urban Ministry

Associates, Graphic Design