Senior Graphic Designer
CurrentEmmy Award-winning design and production of on-air show elements, including animated show opens and in-show graphics for Nashville’s top rated television station, and one of the top-rated CBS affiliates in the country. Portfolio available at https://portfolio.wowium.com/.Primary Responsibilities• Creation of show logos, and all graphics related to individual shows.• Design and maintenance of graphics templates used by news producers and reporters.This includes use of… Show more Emmy Award-winning design and production of on-air show elements, including animated show opens and in-show graphics for Nashville’s top rated television station, and one of the top-rated CBS affiliates in the country. Portfolio available at https://portfolio.wowium.com/.Primary Responsibilities• Creation of show logos, and all graphics related to individual shows.• Design and maintenance of graphics templates used by news producers and reporters.This includes use of VBScript to create user-friendly template interfaces.• Providing daily graphics support to some of the best news reporters and photographers in the business, enhancing their storytelling with compelling visuals.• Production of interactive presentations (Adobe Flash, Microsoft PowerPoint).• Creation of advertisements for web, social, print, OTT platforms, and roadside billboards.• Design of vinyl graphics for NewsChannel 5’s fleet of vehicles (helicopter included).• Design and production of segments incorporating augmented reality.• Specialty advertising (promotional product) design including all manner of swag.• Training and mentoring of art department interns and new employees.• Design and integration of election graphics with third-party election software.Major Accomplishments• Instrumental in station’s graphics transitions in 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2020. This includes rebranding Talk of the Town multiple times, the longest running local talk show of its kind, providing all-new logos, show opens, in-show graphics and set graphics.• Regional Emmy Awards in 2007, 2019, and 2021.• Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and National Headliner Award in 2016.• Promax National Award (Gold) in 2020.• Converted sponsorship workflow to shared, cloud-based system in 2014.• Created a Virtual Steeplechase horse race in 2020 based on previous winners, since that year’s Steeplechase was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Produced using the Unity game engine. Show less
