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discover carolina

Art Director
March 2009 - May 2009
Worked to create a book to mail to prospective students that would raise excitement about the university in their hearts.

inessence productions

Graphic Designer
December 2008 - February 2009
Created a logo and event flyers for this up-and-coming event planning group that specialized in electronic music concerts.

center for digital humanities

Lead Web & Graphic Designer
August 2008 - present
Created a logo and website for the recently birthed center. Worked with professors and graduate students to create websites for NEH funded research projects. Designed flyers for lecture series that the center, and the greater humanities department, were putting on. Designed an interface for a digital collection program.

garnet&black

Art Director
April 2008 - April -2009
Worked with the Editor in Chief to try to reposition the magazine as a serious publication. Created a unified vision which carried throughout the entire year. Pushed boundries and ruffled feathers with edgy cover art choices. Fought against the budget cuts to save the magazine from destruction. Represented the University at the 87th Annual ACP/CMA National College Media Convention in Kansas City, MO.

university publications

Photography Intern
January 2008 - May 2008
Studied under professional photographers learning how to take: mug shots, envrionmental potraits, studio potraits & candid shots for various publications and websites that the university puts out. Learned how to light using speedlights. Gained profficency in the RAW workflow. Learned how to use a professional level camera (Nikon D1x).

university of south carolina

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism & Mass Communication
Major: Visual Communication
Minor: Media Arts
Cumulative GPA: 3.434

programs

Adobe: After Effects, Bridge, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop
Final Cut Pro & Motion
Various office suite programs

technical

Photography: Nikon & Canon DSLRs, studio lighting with strobes & hotlights
Programming: HTML / CSS / Wordpress Templates

2009

Three gold student ADDY awards for Editorial Spread design (for work with Garnet&Black)