Skills
Adobe Suite
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• InDesign
Branding
Advertising
Print Design
Package Design
Page Layout
Typography
Web Design
Motion Graphics
Traditional & Digital
• Illustration
• Painting
• Photography
Business and Marketing
Education
Associates Degree of Applied Arts in Graphic Design and Illustration
Madison Area Technical College
Organizations
Visual Arts Classic(2 years):
a statewide art competition for southern WI High Schools
Creative Arts Collective: Madison Area Technical College club
National Society of Leadership and Success: Madison Area Technical College Branch
Yearbook Committee(1 year):
Portage Highschool, Portage, WI
Art Club(4 years): Portage High School, Portage, WI
(President 1 year)
- 3 years experience working as an office manager for a regional sales consultant, maintaining the website, updating social media announcements, managing mailing lists and sending out promotional materials to clients and sales staff.
- 4 years of retail experience working for Kmart and Ace Hardware with responsibilities including cashiering, floor sales, online orders, inventory maintenance, and implementing store planograms.
- 2 years experience at Concept Attractions in Wisconsin Dells with responsibilities including cashiering, sales, training employees and interacting with guests in a high volume, fast paced environment.
Freelance - designed invitations and artwork for friends and family and participated in coordinated art projects for Portage Schools.
For the past year I have been building a side business featuring my artwork using hosted sites like Instagram and Etsy and also a Facebook page which features scheduled live drawing & painting sessions.