Experience

Frosty Acres Brands

• United States
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Design Manager

  • Nov 2021 - Present



Quikrete

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Graphic Artist

  • May 2020 - Nov 2021

  Working directly for the Vice President of Marketing, my in-house design role includes the creative development of marketing collateral materials, signage, displays and point-of-sale literature. The role also includes copywriting, copyediting and pagination of product catalogs, newsletters and corporate profit and product manuals. In addition, I have creative direction of new products including product photography and application, label design, and marketing materials. The position includes working on multiple projects at once, and consistently meeting draft deadlines



Canopy Workforce Solutions

• United States
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Director

  • May 2019 - Feb 2020

  Working directly with the CEO of Canopy WS, I began my role as Creative Director by designing a logo, brand guide, website and social media presence. I planned company advertisement campaigns, selected and planned trade shows, and managed all visual communications and brand consistency in sales and operations departments. I designed the UI and UX and worked directly with developers to bring the overall creative concept to completion. Working directly with the CEO of Canopy WS, I began my role as Creative Director by designing a logo, brand guide, website and social media presence. I planned company advertisement campaigns, selected and planned trade shows, and managed all visual communications and brand consistency in sales and operations departments. I designed the UI and UX and worked directly with developers to bring the overall creative concept to completion.



FC&A Publishing

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Artist

  • Apr 2018 - Feb 2019

  Using the Adobe Creative Suite of design software, I designed visual concepts including book covers, marketing materials, email and direct mail campaigns, advertisements and new products. I collaborated with the art director and marketing manager to pitch new concepts and designs for books and customer-focused marketing campaigns. Because of my prior experience in copyediting, I was able to go above and beyond the standard requirements of the position and assist in paginating and editing upcoming publishings.



THE NEWNAN TIMES-HERALD, INC

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Features Editor and reporter, Paginator, Ad Designer

  • Oct 2013 - Apr 2017

  My work with the local newspaper began as a part time ad designer, composing newspaper, magazine and web ads for local businesses. Within three months, I took on the role of contributing reporter, moving to Features Editor which included writing editing and designing features in the Health, Food and Leisure sections. I later took on the additional role as Creative Lead for a secondary publication, the “Xtra,” a special, weekly, promotional paper. This role included creating a logo, selecting content, designing ads and managing marketing and branding.