EXPERIENCE
Elevance Health || Cincinnati, OH
(April 2019-present)
Designer II
Working as in in-house designer in the healthcare industry. Executing multiple brands on member-facing materials including fliers, brochures, emails, presentations and microsites.
EMI Network || Cincinnati, OH
(January 2015-December 2018)
Senior Designer
Print design for the agency primarily working on advertorials to be seen Forbes and USA Today, designing special project pieces for the Chicago Cubs as well as their official magazine, VineLine.
F+W || Cincinnati, OH
(January 2013-January 2015)
Art Director of Horticulture Magazine
Working closely with the Editor and Content Director for Horticulture Magazine. In charge of the design, illustrations, photography contracts, and prepress for each issue.
Freelance through Creatives On Call || Cincinnati, OH
(January 2011-January 2013)
Production and Graphic Design
Responsibilities included clerical work, image processing and various design tasks for sales materials, presentations, company meetings, articles, company forms and paperwork.
Hobsons
(August 2012 - September 2012)
Frontgate
(February 2011-April 2011)
Signal US Interactive || Cincinnati, OH
(June 2011- August 2012)
Junior Designer and Social Media Coordinator
Responsibilities include design work for clients including banners, social channel customization, emails and fliers. I was also responsible for posting and monitoring of clients social channels as well as weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting.
The Daily Kent Stater || Kent, OH
(April 2008-September 2010)
Advertisement Designer
Responsibilities included designing and placing ads in the Daily Kent Stater as well as designing the ads for the student run magazines. I would layout the classified sections, sort the ads for the next paper, separate pages for production, check colors, type and links to ensure the pages are ready to be sent to the printer.
RELEVANT SKILLS
Program Knowledge
Mac and PC:
Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
Basic HTML, Front-end Web Design
Microsoft Word, Powerpoint
Ceros
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
EDUCATION
Kent State University || Kent, OH
Bachelor’s Degree in
Visual Communication Design
Minor in Studio Art
SEGD || Kent, OH
(Summer 2010)
Intensive two week workshop
We worked with high school students from John Hay High School and designed a program to promote activity and exploration of Cleveland’s University Circle. Each group designed a way finding family and put together presentations for professionals in the Environmental Graphic Design field.