Experience

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  Nossi College of Art

  • Greater Nashville Area, TN

  • Chair, Graphic Design

    • Jan 2019 - Present
    • Greater Nashville Area, TN

    Oversee the Graphic Design Program. I have written and reordered the majority of the curricula within the program. I advocated and wrote the current internship program that did not exist prior to my appointment. I also serve as the brand manager and creative director for the college.

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  Mabry Creative

  • Greater Nashville Area, TN

  • Owner/Graphic & Web Design Professional

    • Jan 2009 - Present
    • Greater Nashville Area, TN

    Provide a broad range of graphic and web design services that prioritize user experience and explore the boundaries of emerging media. A few clientele include HarperCollins, Dollar General Corporation, RCA Records-Nashville, FLIGHT Foundation, PCCTN, Just Hope International, 412 Foundation, Song...

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  Belmont University

  • Greater Nashville Area, TN

  • Adjunct Art Professor

    • Dec 2014 - Jan 2020
    • Greater Nashville Area, TN

    Taught ART 4490 Design Administration, ART 3410 Linear Design, ART 1700 Principles of Web Design and ART 1400 Digital Imagery.

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  The Art Institutes

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Program Director for Graphic/Web Design, Advertising, and Art Foundations

    • Jun 2013 - Dec 2018

    I oversaw the award-winning graphic and web design program. Under my leadership, the graphic and web program had the highest graduate job placement rate among all programs at the institution. A few of my many responsibilities included student advising and scheduling as well as determining and scheduling course offerings, faculty, and classrooms. Responsibilities also included institutional effectiveness reports, open house presentations, new student orientations, faculty interviewing/hiring/managing, faculty evaluations, and coordinating professional advisory committee and department meetings. I sought to balance successful graduation and retention rates with high academic and professional standards for students and faculty. I successfully introduced and fostered a culture that promoted collaboration (inter- and extra-departmental), visual and verbal articulation, innovative thinking, and creative risk-taking.

  • Graphic/Web Design Instructor

    • Sep 2009 - Jun 2013

    I chaired two committees and designed successful curricula for several courses. The goal was to better reflect real-world design challenges and more adequately prepare students by helping develop the specific core competencies required of professionals in the graphic and web design fields. Courses taught included Senior Portfolio, Senior Capstone, Art Direction, Environmental Graphic Design, Publication Design, Corporate Identity, Conceptual Design, Motion Graphics, Business of Graphic Design, Digital Illustration, Advanced Layout, Advanced Typography, Design Applications, Fundamentals of Web Scripting, and others.

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  HarperCollins Publishers

  • Greater Nashville Area, TN

  • Graphic Designer II/Digital Content Designer

    • Jan 2009 - Jan 2010
    • Greater Nashville Area, TN

    As a project manager for the digital content team, I acted as the designer and front-end developer of the intranet portal as well as designed and typeset a number of book interiors. Book titles include The Final Summit, The Truth About Dating, Reggie, Why God Won’t Go Away, Water’s Edge, Nick of...

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  Lose Design

  • Greater Nashville Area, TN

  • Director of Graphic Design Services

    • Mar 2005 - Jan 2009
    • Greater Nashville Area, TN

    My responsibilities included the creation and monitoring of brand standards as well as providing graphic design solutions to many businesses and municipalities throughout the Southeast. Other responsibilities included experiential environmental signage systems, proposal management, trade show boo...

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  Southerland, Inc

  • Greater Nashville Area, TN, Phoenix, AZ, Oklaho...

  • Art Director

    • Jan 2000 - Jan 2005
    • Greater Nashville Area, TN, Phoenix, AZ, Oklaho...

    Responsibilities included the branding and marketing of our company and all divisions thereof. My branding duties extended to many of Southerland’s national and regional clientèle including Mattresses Unlimited, Limestone Furniture, Howard’s and Mattress King. I also gained invaluable experience ...