RESUME
Professional
info
Multiple award-winning designer, photographer and writer with a strong background in production and marketing. Always willing to take on projects in an environment capable of expanding
creative boundaries.
Skills
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ADOBE INSDESIGN
ADOBE PREMIERE
ADOBE ANIMATE
ADOBE AUDITION
QUARK XPRESS
Work
experience
Advertising & Production Manager
Moorefield Examiner
2013 - present
• Manage advertising traffic for two weekly publications
• Create advertising specials and new revenue producing publications
• Produce special sections and design advertising as needed
• Design front page of weekly paper and oversee visual quality of the final product
Graphic Designer
Grant County Press
2012 - 2013
• Produce advertising, sports page layouts and printed materials for clients
Communications Coordinator
2011 - 2012
• Develop, design and coordinate advertising for 60 computer centers throughout West Virginia.
• Gather stories from computer center patrons for use in promotional materials.
• Write and distribute press releases for newspapers, websites and social media.
Awards
• WV State Journal 40 Under 40 (2012)
• Pendleton County Young Professional of the Year
(2010 & 2014)
• 127-time West Virginia Press Association (WVPA) Advertising Award Winner (for advertising design in print, digital and video)
• 58-time WVPA Better Newspaper Contest Award Winner (for design, photography and writing)
Education
West Virginia University
2011
REGENTS BACHELOR OF ARTS
Fairmont State University
2004
Associate of Science, GRAPHIC DESIGN
Potomac State College of WVU
2001
Associate of Arts, JOURNALISM