I am currently teaching Digital Design in an adult vocational school. The students are a mix of adults and dual-enrolled juniors and seniors from across Osceola County. The program is an intensive 1,200-hour study of Digital Design including Microsoft Office, Fundamentals of Design, Page Layout with Adobe InDesign, Digital Imaging with Adobe Photoshop, Web Development with Adobe Dreamweaver, Vector Illustration with Adobe Illustrator, Video Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro and Animation with Adobe After Effects.

I am the owner and creative director of Smalling Studios, LLC, an innovative design and development company specializing in developing user-focused solutions for web development and instructional design projects. Previous clients included: Limbach Facility Services, a nation-wide mechanical engineering firm, St. Joe, a real-estate development company listed on the NASDAQ exchange, and Brentwood Custom Homes, a luxury custom home builder in Orlando.

Business Technology teacher with an emphasis on teaching college & career bound skills to all levels of high school. These skills included Microsoft Office Suite, researching skills, logical functions, basic accounting and presentation skills. Prepared students for the Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams which included Word, Excel & PowerPoint. Upper-level Web Design and Digital Design teacher, with an emphasis on building the student’s skills and techniques to prepare them for college and the workplace. Prepared students for Adobe Certified Associate exams in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Flash by using teacher-created projects, direct instruction and practice exams. Department Head (2012–Present). AVID Summer Institute (Summer 2013).

Part-time position, while earning a Business Administration degree, as a graphic designer supporting the business development activities of a 25 person private architecture firm. As an Integral part of design teams; I pursued and delivered graphic design for projects ranging from $3M to over $180M dollars. In addition to graphic design, IT management activities included: IT budget creation, long-term strategies for company growth, technology research, cost analysis studies, oversight of third-party vendors, and overall company IT support.

Provided business development support for a 50 person architecture firm focused on commercial and educational projects in the South Florida area. Design projects included trade show booths, environmental design, and community events. Management information systems duties included oversight of system upgrades to support company growth from 18 to 50 employees over three years, IT budget creation, cost analysis studies, oversight of third-party vendors, and overall company IT support.

Webmaster of seven corporate web sites, utilizing ASP and back end Access databases. Duties also included brand maintenance and advertising design for high-end medical clients, doctors, and spas.

Business development support for a 180 person engineering and architecture firm focused on large-scale land planning, cruise terminal design and transportation projects. Used digital imaging to incorporate future facilities on existing sites and provided photography of numerous facilities that was used in a variety of corporate materials. Designed and maintained the corporate web site, and implemented a company-wide intranet.