JOURNALISM & DESIGN EXPERIENCE
Graphic Designer for University of Missouri Health Care
November 2009 - Present
• Work full-time as a graphic designer in MU Health Care's public relations and marketing division. Design projects such as magazines, booklets, posters, logos, T-shirts, brochures, billboards and E-newsletters.
Carnegie and Knight News 21 Fellow
May 2009 - July 2009
• Developed a multimedia package about energy and demographics at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Did interactive design, video editing, research, interviewing and marketing during the fellowship. Project lives on the Web at Poweringanation.org
Advertisement Designer at The Design Center
January 2007 - June 2009
• Designed posters, newspaper ads, handbills, T-shirts and logos.
Magazine Design Teaching Assistant
August 2007 - May 2008, January - May 2009
• Taught a lab section of Magazine Design in the journalism school. Gave lectures covering the use of InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Critiqued students’ designs, offered artistic guidance and graded projects.
Publisher of CountryHome.com Prototype
January 2009 - May 2009
• Worked with a group of students to develop a prototype of CountryHome.com for Meredith Corporation. Wrote editorial content, designed Web pages and developed operation and marketing plans.
Online Editor of Vox Magazine
August 2008 - January 2009
• Administered the production of Voxmagazine.com. Oversaw video, audio and interactive graphic projects. Organized and developed a production system for convergence projects for following semesters.
Intern at Conde Nast’s Cookie Magazine
June 2008 - August 2008
• Assisted editors with daily activities and wrote posts for the Nesting blog on Cookiemag.com. Represented the home department at product reviews and trade shows.
Assistant Art Director - Arts Department of Vox Magazine
January 2008 - May 2008
• Designed the Arts page as well as occasional features and covers.
Editorial Assistant at Inside Columbia Magazine
Summer 2007
• Wrote feature stories and assisted the editor-in-chief with daily tasks. Wrote copy for several monthly departments.
Reporter and Designer for Vox Magazine
August 2006 - January 2007
• Wrote and designed feature and department articles.
Publications Intern at Washington University in St. Louis
Summers 2005, 2006
• Wrote articles for newsletters. Designed brochures and magazine sections.
Advertisement Designer at the Columbia Missourian
August 2004 - May 2005
• Assisted the manager and constructed advertisement on a daily basis.
EDUCATION
University of Missouri - Columbia
Master of Arts in Journalism
• Graduated with Magna Cum Laude latin honors in December 2009
• Research Focus: Online development in the magazine industry
University of Missouri - Columbia
Bachelor of Journalism, Minor in Art History and Archaeology
• Graduated May 2008
• Graduated with 24 hours of honors course credit and with Magna Cum Laude latin honors
SKILLS
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, XHTML, CSS, Quark Xpress Basic Knowledge: Actionscript 2.0, Actionscript 3.0, After Effects, Final Cut Pro
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
• University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Multimedia Bootcamp (May 2009)
• How Design Conference - Boston (May 2008)
• How Design Conference - Atlanta (June 2007)
• At The University of Missouri: Flash I, Flash II, Dreamweaver I, Photoshop