Design Experience

Contract Graphic Designer (3 years, remote)

Create layout and design of print magazines, print and digital advertising design for companies across varying industries, book design, social media design, and motion and video work. I create branding standards, perform website maintenance; and create slide decks and brochures, event collaterals, and more.

Design Director, Today’s Woman magazine, TBain & Co., Louisville, KY (1 year, remote)

Perform monthly magazine layout and design; digital design; media kit design; checking client ads for accuracy and file integrity; upload of digital magazine to Issuu.com and magazine website; copyediting; maintaining Wordpress website.

Editorial Design Director, Today’s Media, LLC, Louisville, KY (4 years)

Execute editorial and cover layout and design of one monthly and two quarterly magazines; copyediting; responsible for story and photo assigning for Today’s Family magazine; upload of digital books to Issuu.com.

Senior Graphic Designer, Zion Publications, LLC, Louisville, KY (16 years)

Create editorial and cover layout and design of one monthly and two quarterly magazines; advertising design and media kit design; checking client ads for accuracy and file integrity; creating logos and supporting materials for events; copyediting stories; handling prepress/file upload duties.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator); Dropbox; Wordpress; Insite online proofing platform; Canva; some Adobe Premiere Pro. Proficient on Mac and PC.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, News-Editorial sequence
University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.