Education and Professional Experience

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
     Graduated in May 2005
     B.A. in Studio Art
     Emphasis: Graphic Design and Painting
     Minor in Digital Graphics


January 2008-August 2008
     Leisure Arts, Little Rock, AR, Marketing Department Graphic Designer
     Design sales sheets and advertisements for magazines, websites, and tradeshows. Design
     project sheets and prepare web images for two monthly e-newsletters. Design front panels
     and web panels for Leisurearts.com, FreePetProjects.com and TheLeisureBoutique.com
     websites. Aid marketing department with preparing promotional materials for
     tradeshows. Aid the web department with various web projects.

July 2006-January 2008
     Arkansas Jacksonville Leader, Jacksonville, AR, Graphic Designer and Webmaster
     Design advertisements for classified and regular sections of the Jacksonville Arkansas
     Leader newspaper, Leader Extra, The Minuteman and Little Rock Airforce Base
     newspaper, The DropZone. Layout the Features section of the Leader. Design LRAFB
     Drop Zone website. Make updates to the Leader, Leader Blues and LRAFB Drop Zone
     website. Design various web banners and advertisements for the websites.
     Write various articles on local artists for paper.

May 2006-July 2006
     America's Bride & Groom, Little Rock, AR, Graphic Designer
     Involved in various departments of the bridal magazine including: layout,
     ad design, aiding the editor and advertising department.

October 2005-February 2006
     Inviting Company, North Little Rock, AR, Webmaster
     Maintain and update Inviting Company, Ink-Well and Treehouse Designs websites.
     Implement new design of Treehouse Designs website. Reshoot product, color correct images,
     and sent out weekly email sales promotions. Assist the IT, Rub a Dub-Dub,
     Ink-Well, Treehouse Designs, Inviting Company, and Production Departments.

March 2000-May 2005
     Title Wave Video, Cabot, AR, Assistant Manager
     Excellent customer service, monitor inventory and store orders, trained new employees,
     opening and closing procedures, set up store displays and prepare product for release date.

Technical Skills

     Proficient with the following programs (Macintosh and PC): Adobe Golive, InDesign,
     Illustrator, ImageReady, Photoshop, Macromedia Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Freehand,     
     Flash, QuarkXPress, CSS, HTML, Excel, and Multi-Ad Creator.    

Graphic and Web Skills

     Magazine Layout/Design, Magazine Ad Design, Photography/color correcting/clean up
     Postcards, Logo Design, Multi-Page documents, Advertising Campaigns, Newspaper Ad design,      Newsletters (Both web and printed), Newspaper Layout/Design, Website Design, Javascript           CSS and HTML coding, Bookmaking and Binding.