Experience

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  Levo Credit Union

  • United States
  • Financial Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Marketing Manager

    • Sep 2017 - Present

  • Marketing Specialist

    • Sep 2017 - Present

    I take an active role in overall marketing, which includes: strategy, project coordination, graphic design, social media, email automation, photography, videography, and analytics. I work with everyone from administration to branch managers to coordinate all of the credit union's activity and promotions.

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  Tallo Health

  • Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

  • Small Business Owner

    • Mar 2015 - Present
    • Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

    I believe in using products that are natural, healthy and good for you, not chemicals. That's why I created Tallo Health. It's an all natural and organic balm that is medicinal for the body and has many different purposes.

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  Tropical Sno-Hawaiian Shaved Ice

  • Sioux Falls, SD

  • Franchise Owner

    • Jun 2018 - Jun 2020
    • Sioux Falls, SD

    If you’re looking for a ten-minute vacation, an affordable luxury, a bit of self-indulgence, or a retreat from the heat, Tropical Sno is the place for you. We can’t take you there, but we can give you a taste. It's shave ice with mouth watering flavors and concoctions.

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  Epicosity

  • 300 N. Main, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

  • Client Relations Director

    • Jun 2010 - May 2017
    • 300 N. Main, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

    My primary role at Epicosity was to manage a team of account executives, manage client accounts in categories of finance, government and education. I would also manage budgets, strategies, and client proposals. Building great relationships and establishing trust with my team and clients is very important to me, but client satisfaction and providing results give me the greatest satisfaction. I also participated in graphic design, video shooting and directing, and photography.

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  imij photography & design studio

  • Brandon, SD

  • Small Business Owner

    • Jan 2006 - May 2010
    • Brandon, SD

    I wore many hats. Owner, photographer, retoucher, designer, account manager, marketer, accountant, cleaning lady... should I go on? We photographed all groups: Families, Seniors, Weddings, Children, Maternity, Newborn, Sports, CommercialMarketing Specialties were: Design, Print Deliverables, Digital Manipulation and Websites

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  Digital Doctor

  • Valley Springs, SD

  • Small Business Owner

    • 2001 - 2006
    • Valley Springs, SD

    Digital was the new wave and all I craved. Working with photographers in teaching my Photoshop classes I recognized a need and an opportunity to open a business servicing professional photographers as a pro-lab. I dove feet first in a business that had the potential to grow nationally. With that came BIG investments, and BIG risks. I was able to do it locally for a few years and loved it, but if I didn't make the BIG leap to go bigger, technology and the field would advance without me. I decided to shift directions...

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  Southeast Technical Institute

  • Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

  • Photoshop Instructor

    • 1997 - 2002
    • Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

    I trained Adobe Photoshop Workshops at STI for 5 years. There were many photographers and many graphic designers over the years. I grew leaps and bounds in Photoshop doing this. It's one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done.

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  Argus Leader

  • Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    • 1992 - 2001
    • Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

    You have to start somewhere right? Well, this where I started. Before the digital age, we still hand pieced all our ads with typesetters and wax machines while cut amber lithe sheets for color. Anyone remember those days? Glad we've evolved. What an exciting time to learn digital and transition it in. I loved every minute of it and in just a matter of a few years, we forgot what it was like to do it the old way. I started out in traffic, moved to scanning and photoshopping files, and finished out here as the lead designer for the Furniture Outlet Stores and all their chain stores.