Experience

Vintage Church
• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Graphic Designer

  • Jul 2022 - Present


University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Strategist

  • Apr 2017 - Dec 2019

• Senior Designer

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2017

  Communicating and interacting on a day-to-day basis with key players in major departments and schools at UNC-Chapel Hill to create design solutions that help promote, further, and represent the university.From hand-drawn illustrations, event invitations, reports, and catalogs to designing responsive sites for the web), I utilize the Adobe Creative Suite to create a wide range of quality print and web designs that meet the needs of our clients.Responsible for a large portion of project management including logging hours spent using online software tool, TimeFox, communicating with outside print vendors for bids, and maintaining a focus on the overall project timeline to meet target dates.Contributing to the success of my fellow designers by giving and receiving internal critique to in-process design work. Show less



Cru

• South Africa
• Software Development

• Graphic Designer

  • Jun 2009 - Jan 2013

  Designed print, web, and presentation materials using the full spectrums of the Adobe Creative Suite CS5 as well as other presentation software to expose university students internationally to Cru Global and to resource operation and field staff. Raised full-salary plus benefits (over $125K over 3 years) through extensive fundraising and donor relations. Maintained monthly communication with donors via MailChimp HTML email software and direct mail newsletters. Worked with cross-functional teams (operational and field staff) to create design solutions. Produced design print, web, and presentation materials for over 15 different Cru Global conferences (in the last 2 years)—many of which had at least 500 attendees. Consistent in the practice of giving and receiving constructive critique and feedback from others in order to arrive at the best possible solutions. Assumed responsibility for all aspects of project management (initiating meetings with conference directors about design needs, staying on schedule with conference timelines and deadlines, clearly communicating with print vendors, proper preparation and organization of files, and working creatively within budget constraints). Show less



Strategic Guru

• Switzerland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Design Intern

  • May 2009 - Jun 2009

  Assisted the senior graphic designer and marketing team on multiple design projects including interactive flash banners, html emails using Constant Contact software for client email campaigns, and many other various print pieces. Assisted the senior graphic designer and marketing team on multiple design projects including interactive flash banners, html emails using Constant Contact software for client email campaigns, and many other various print pieces.



Meredith College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Graphic Design/Fund Development Intern

  • Nov 2008 - May 2009

  Assisted Alumnae Association with tasks including designing direct mail sets send to over 14k donors of the college, print collateral for alumnae events, and coordinating production of print materials with local vendors. Assisted Alumnae Association with tasks including designing direct mail sets send to over 14k donors of the college, print collateral for alumnae events, and coordinating production of print materials with local vendors.